Soldiers Died in the Great War states that he was born in Chevington and enlisted in Amble. He had formerly served with the Northumberland Fusiliers with the service number of 43476.
"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.
Thomas Harper is remembered in Chevington on C27.01 and C27.02, in Togston on T22.01 and in theAlnwick Gazette Almanack 1918 page 49
