Morpeth Herald 08/09/1916 carries a brief obituary:
Private W. Doney, East Cramlington, missing.
Morpeth Herald 17/11/1916 carries a brief obituary:
Mrs W. Doney, of 3 Corving Road, East Cramlington, has received official word from the War Office that her husband, Private Wm. Doney, N.F., who was reported missing on 1st July, is now reported killed.
Private Doney was amongst the first batch of recruits at the Cramlington Recruiting offices to enlist in the N.F., in Oct., 1914.
He worked as a miner in the “Ann” Pit, Cramlington, and was deeply respected by his fellow-workmen.
William Henry Axford Doney is remembered at Cramlington on C60.03
