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Urwin, J.T., Pte., M.M., D.C.M., 1918
In Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe is the Commonwealth War Grave of 20439 Private James Thomas Urwin, D.C.M., M.M., serving with the Northumberland Fusiliers who died 15/05/1918.

There is a family headstone in Chevington Cemetery.

Acknowledgments: S.C. Knox

Soldiers Died in the Great War states that he was born in Manchester and enlisted in "Broomhill, Yorks".

"By the Green of the Spring" A tribute to the men of Chevington and Broomhill who served in the First World War:; J.H. Hardy; 2004; Amble Social History Group.

John Thomas Urwin is remembered in Chevington on C27.01 and C27.02, in East Chevington on E7.01 and in the Alnwick Gazette Almanack page 51


The CWGC entry for Private Urwin

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk