Morpeth Herald 16/11/1917 carries a brief obituary:
ROLL OF HONOUR
GARVIE- Killed in action on October 24th, 1917, Private Oswald Garvie, eldest son of Edmund and Katherine Garvie, [25] Bridge Street, Morpeth; and dearly beloved husband of Hannah [K.] Garvie, of 22 Mosdale Street, Hunslet, Leeds.
Morpeth Herald 23/11/1917 carries an obituary:
Mr and Mrs Edmund Garvie, Bridge Street, Morpeth, have received official news that their eldest son, Private Oswald Garvie, R.A.M.C., was killed in action in France on October 24th.
Private Garvie was born and brought up in Morpeth. He was partly educated at St James’s School, under Mr Wm. Bullock, and afterwards was at Morpeth Grammar School, under Mr G.D. Dakyns.
He served his apprenticeship as a grocer with Mr T. Duncan, Morpeth, and was afterwards an assistant in the Morpeth branch of the Newcastle and District Supply Stores. He was next transferred to branches of the Supply Stores in Durham, Leeds, and other large towns in the Midlands.
He joined the R.A.M.C. in 1915, and was shortly afterwards sent to France. For some time he assisted in the large hospital at Boulogne.
He was a youth who was well known and much respected in Morpeth. He leaves a widow, father and mother, and a large circle of relations and friends.
Oswald Garvie is remembered in Morpeth on M17.01, M17.06, M17.09, M17.29
