In Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France, is the Commonwealth War Grave of 23/838 Private William Montgomery, serving with the 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, who died 25/06/1916.

Eoin Gallacher has submitted the following:-

William Montgomery was born in 1875 at Scotland Gate, Choppington, to parents Thomas and Sarah Montgomery.

In 1881, William, a Scholar, was living with his family at No. 14 Burn Buildings.

By 1891, the Montgomery family were living at Willow House, once again in Choppington.

On the 1901 census, William aged 26, working as a coal miner, residing at Double Row, Barrington, with his father, Thomas aged 49 and mother, Sarah aged 52, along with his siblings; John aged 24, Thomas aged 21, Mary aged 19 and Esther aged 15.

He married Margaret Ellen Graham in 1902, they went on to have Maggie in 1904 and Robert in 1907.

By the time of the 1911 census William was living at 13 School Row, with his wife and children, at which point he was employed at Barrington Henry Pit.

William enlisted in the 23rd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (4th Tyneside Scottish), at Bedlington, on the 20th December 1914, being allocated the service number 23/838.

He arrived in France in January 1916, after which on the 25th June 1916, William was killed in action, aged 42 years.

Morpeth Herald 08/09/1916 carries a brief obituary:
ROLL OF HONOUR
MONTGOMERY.- Killed in action, June 25th, Private William Montgomery, aged 42 years, beloved husband of Margaret Ellen Montgomery, School Row, Barrington. Deeply mourned by his wife and children; also his parents and brother and sister.

William Montgomery is remembered at Barrington on B96.02 at Bedlington on B15.02 and B15.06 at Choppington on C36.01 and in Gateshead on G39.30.