Tweedie, Douglas Smith | Universities at War

Personal details

Badges and Insignia -Northumberland Fusiliers. Image kindly provided by Wartime Memories Project.

Name on Memorial:

Tweedie, D. S.

Forename(s):

Douglas Smith

Surname:

Tweedie

Date of Death:

Tuesday, May 1, 1917

Age at Death:

University life

College:

Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne

Staff or Student:

Student

Military Service

The information displayed here is at the time of death.

Service Number:

38117

Rank:

Sergeant

Service:

Army

Unit:

Northumberland Fusiliers, 23rd Battalion

Prisoner of War:

Military Training:

Officers’ Training Corps

Theatre of War:

France and Flanders

Biography

Douglas was born in 1891 to Andrew and Alice Mary Tweedie. He was the youngest of 5 siblings, all of whom trained to be teachers. He had 3 sisters, Emma, Elizabeth, and Alice, and an older brother James.

He trained as a teacher at Sunderland Day Training College and Armstrong College and then taught at Redby County School, Sunderland.

Douglas died of his wounds in No. 42 Casualty Clearing Station at Arras, France on 1st May. He was 25.

Addresses before and during the war

Place of Burial or Battle Site Memorial

Douglas is buried in the Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France

Memorials

Additional images

Research information

Sources:

UK Census registers, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

UK Military Service Records, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

Newcastle University Archives (Roll of Service, Armstrong College Calendars)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Researched by:

Sophie Anderton, Ian Johnson, Rosie Setford