Margaret Burgess has submitted the following:-
George and John born 1894 were twin sons of George and Mary Jane Curtis of 4 Gibson Street, Newbiggin by the Sea. George was employed by Newbiggin by the Sea Cooperative before he enlisted at Alnwick.
George joined the Northumberland Fusiliers, possibly with Walter Brown service number 2250, embarked for France 21st April 1915 and was killed five days later on 26th April 1915. He is commemorated at Ypres Menin Gate Memorial on Panel 8 and 12
Recipient of 1915 Star, the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
The Morpeth Herald 29/12/1916 gives a report from Newbiggin District Industrial and Providential Society – Forty employees had left to serve with His Majesty's Forces and the committee regretted to state that two had lost their lives – George Curtis and Walter Brown and several had been wounded.
Margaret Allison states that he was born in Ashington.
His brother John 20th (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers was killed 5th June 1917 and is listed on the Arras Memorial.
George Curtis is remembered in Newbiggin by the Sea on N10.03, N10.06, N10.08, N10.09 and N10.14 in Ashington on A17.43 and in the Battalion History
