Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (2) (Nicholas Hogg; Joseph William Knapper) good very fine (2) £80-100

Nicholas Hogg was born in and enlisted at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Serving in the 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, he was killed in action in Salonika (’Soldiers Died’ states ‘Mediterranean) on 27 February 1917, aged 28 years. He was buried in the Salonika (Lembet Road) Cemetery. He was the son of Mrs Elizabeth Hogg, of 89 Clara Street, Bernwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

Joseph William Knapper was born in Hanley, Staffordshire and enlisted at Houghton-le-Spring, Co. Durham. Serving with the 1/5th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, he was killed in action in France/Flanders on 10 April 1918, aged 30 years. He was buried in the Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France. He was the son of John and Eliza Knapper, of Netherton Colliery, Morpeth, Northumberland and husband of Emma Knapper, of 19 Sproat Street, Coupen Quay, Blyth.