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For a number of years I have collected information on soldiers from the Sunderland area that were killed during the First World War. I am now fairly confident that I have information on the vast majority of soldiers from Sunderland, Murton, Seaham, Houghton, Hetton, the Washington area + nearby locations that were killed. Anyone seeking information on a soldier from Sunderland should post enquiries in a comment. Please pass on the web address: http://sunderlandsoldiers.blogspot.co.uk
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Sunday, 15 July 2012
Mercantile Marine War Medal designed by Harold Stabler.
Awarded to those who had made a voyage through a war zone or
danger zone during the 1914-1918 war. Approximately 133,000 Mercantile Marine
War Medals were awarded.
The green, red and white ribbon colours symbolise navigation
lights and was worn with the green furthest from the shoulder.
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SS Lowmount - 7th May 1917
Hit a mine laid by German submarine UC-70 on route to
Stockton from Bilbao with a cargo of iron ore.
5 lives lost.
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James Callan - Fireman
- Age 33
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Son of John Callan
& the late Elizabeth Callan, 2 Arras Lane, Sunderland.
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Joseph Harrison - Mess
Room Steward - Age 20
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Son of Simon and
Barbara Harrison, 17 Burleigh St., Sunderland.
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SS Farnham - 19th May 1917
Torpedoed by German submarine UB-50 on route to the Clyde
from Bizerta with a cargo of iron ore.
17 lives lost.
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Alfred Andrew Dunn
- Second Engineer - Age 26
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Born Sunderland.
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Son of Charlotte
Jefferson (formerly Dunn) & the late Coulson Dunn, 16 Valley Mount,
Harrogate.
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Thomas Purdy Newton
- First Engineer - Age 57
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Born Sunderland.
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Husband of Lillie
Newton, 11 Sydenham Terrace, Sunderland.
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Charles Stoddart
Westerby - Master - Age 47
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Husband of Ann
Ingham Westerby, 4 Ettrick Grove, Sunderland.
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SS Highbury - 31st May 1917
Sunk by the German submarine U-82 on route to Birkenhead
from Antofagasta with a cargo of nitrate.
40 lives lost.
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Alfred Henderson
Atkinson - Second Engineer - Age 26
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Born Sunderland.
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Son of Joseph
Atkinson & the late Esther Atkinson (nee Fowler) 101 Hendon Rd.,
Sunderland.
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SS Manchester Miller - 5th June 1917
Torpedoed by German submarine U-66 on route to Manchester
from Philadelphia.
8 lives lost.
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George Albert
Victor Taylor - Second Engineer - Age 28
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Born Sunderland.
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Son of Rachael
& the late George Taylor.
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Husband of Isabella
Taylor (nee Lawther) 3 Cairo St., Sunderland.
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SS Dart - 14th June 1917
Torpedoed by German submarine UC-47 on route to Garston
from Huelva with a cargo of pyrites.
4 lives lost.
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Samuel Armstrong
Thompson - Third Engineer - Age 52
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Born Sunderland.
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Son of the late
Capt. Samuel Wm. John & Margaret Ann Thompson.
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Husband of Hannah
Thompson (nee James) 2 Athol Park, Sunderland.
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SS Stanhope - 17th June 1917
Torpedoed by German submarine UB-31 on route to Dunkirk
from Barrow.
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James Taylor
Ashworth - Third Engineer - Age 28
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Born Hartlepool.
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Husband of Elizabeth
Ashworth (nee Bower) 70 Kitchener St., Sunderland.
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Eli Trenchard - Steward
- Age 31
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Born Sunderland.
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Son of Eli and
Elizabeth Trenchard, 188 North St., South Bank, Yorks.
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SS Dulwich - 10th June 1917
Hit a mine laid by German submarine UB-12 on route to
London from Seaham with a cargo of coal.
5 lives lost.
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John Butters - Fireman
- Age 57
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Born Sunderland.
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Son of the late
Henry & Jane Butters.
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Husband of Mary
Butters (nee Smith) 51 Cambridge St., South Shields.
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William Hutching - Able
Seaman – Age 28
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Born Sunderland.
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Son of the late
William & Jane Hutching.
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Husband of Dorothy
Middleton Hutching (nee Bickford) 81 Coleridge Avenue, South Shields.
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