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Silverfox2306 · 07-05-2008, 06:15 PM

I have had a response from the North East War Memorial Project who say the following;

YNH. Stands for Yeomanry - Northumberland Hussars. They were part-time soldiers drawn from Northumberland and Durham with their HQ at Fenham Barracks in Newcastle, a depot in Debdon Gardens, Heaton, Newcastle, and a Drill Hall in Northumberland Road in the centre of Newcastle. The latter became a computer learning centre for Northumbria University. There had been a war memorial plaque in the Drill Hall, but it is not there now. Perhaps it has been transferred to St George's Drill Hall in Sandyford Road, but they still have that on their list of places to visit.

They suggest I try and get a copy of "The history of the Northumberland (Hussars) Yeomanry, 1819-1919, Constable, 1924, which will tell me about the activies of the regiment during the First World War. Unfortunately they cannot tell me if it contains a Roll of Honour.

I will try and get a copy of the book through my local library.

Also as the regiment no longer exists they suspect that its archive of war diaries, etc are deposited with the Public Record Office at Kew in Surrey.

The search continues................????

07-05-2008, 06:15 PM	#10 (permalink)
Silverfox2306 Advanced Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 199 Total Awards: 2	Re: What happened to Thomas Carr? I have had a response from the North East War Memorial Project who say the following; YNH. Stands for Yeomanry - Northumberland Hussars. They were part-time soldiers drawn from Northumberland and Durham with their HQ at Fenham Barracks in Newcastle, a depot in Debdon Gardens, Heaton, Newcastle, and a Drill Hall in Northumberland Road in the centre of Newcastle. The latter became a computer learning centre for Northumbria University. There had been a war memorial plaque in the Drill Hall, but it is not there now. Perhaps it has been transferred to St George's Drill Hall in Sandyford Road, but they still have that on their list of places to visit. They suggest I try and get a copy of "The history of the Northumberland (Hussars) Yeomanry, 1819-1919, Constable, 1924, which will tell me about the activies of the regiment during the First World War. Unfortunately they cannot tell me if it contains a Roll of Honour. I will try and get a copy of the book through my local library. Also as the regiment no longer exists they suspect that its archive of war diaries, etc are deposited with the Public Record Office at Kew in Surrey. The search continues................????
	Fair fa' yer honest, sonsie face Researching: Clark, Aitken, Amos, Laing, Baird, Ritchie (Midlothian) Carr (Northumberland, England and Roxburghshire, Scotland)