Morpeth Herald 07/05/1917 carries a brief obituary:
MORPETH MAN KILLED IN ACTION
Mr John Harrison, Bridge Street, Morpeth, has received the following letter from Captain H.R. Smail, 7th N.F.:- “I am exceedingly sorry to have to inform you that your son, Drummer J.E. Harrison, No.1 Coy., 7th N.F., was killed in action on 26th [sic] April. I always found him a good soldier, and regret his loss very much. Please accept my warmest sympathy.”
DEATHS: HARRISON.-
Killed in action on the 26th [sic] April, 1917, Drummer John Edward Harrison, aged 19 years, Seventh Northumberland Fusiliers, dearly beloved son of Margaret and John Harrison, Wansbeck Cafe, Morpeth.
John Edward Drummond is remembered in Morpeth on M17.01, M17.09, and M17.29 and in the Battalion History
