Soldiers Died in the Great War states that he was born in Alnwick and enlisted in Amble.
"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 Chrisp is remembered in Chevington on C27.01 C27.02 and at Alnwick on A11.56 page 48