Hello, I'm very new to this so please be patient!
I'm trying to find information to try to clarify a point. One of my family John Godfrey, was killed in WW1. The records on Ancestry show him to have been in the 23rd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, regt. no 45755. He enlisted at Sacriston and was living at High Melsonby at that time. Records show him to have been killed 20/3/1918.
We have been checking the War Memorials, and have found one entry for a John Godfrey, this being on Witton Gilbert WM, but this John Godfrey is shown to have been in the DLI. Having chased up the DLI records, the John Godfrey they have is shown as enlisted at Newcastle and lived at Seaham Harbour, but they have no information why he would be on the Witton Gilbert memorial.
We are quite confused, as John's brother Ernest was in the DLI.
Could anyone suggest where we might be able to check things further, please?
With many thanks
Jo