The Red Duster
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
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.
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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SS Ludgate - 26th July 1917
Hit a mine laid by German submarine UC-51 on route to
Garston from Huelva with a cargo of iron ore.
24 lives lost.
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William Sheel - Second
Engineer - Age 32
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Born Sunderland.
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Husband of
Priscilla Annie Sheel, 3 The Westlands, Sunderland.
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Arthur Ernest
Stephenson - First Mate - Age 36
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Born Sunderland.
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Husband of Hannah
Stephenson, 38 Sydenham Terrace, Sunderland.
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SS Belgian Prince - 31st July 1917
Torpedoed by German submarine U-55.
39 lives lost & the Sipper taken prisoner.
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Ernest Cooper - Third
Officer - Age 20
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Born at
Felling-on-Tyne.
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Son of John Pearson
Cooper & Elizabeth Jane Cooper, 23 Zion Terrace., Sunderland.
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Thomas Judge - Second
Engineer - Age 24
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Born Hartlepool.
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Son of Thomas &
Jane Anne Judge (nee Shotton) 195 Cleveland Rd., Sunderland.
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Commemorated on St. Gabriel’s 1914-18 Plaque
St. Gabriel’s
Church, Chester Road, Sunderland.
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Niel McDougall
Morton - Chief Officer - Age 27
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Born Durham.
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Husband of Jane
Morton, 15 Beechwood St, Sunderland.
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SS Fremona - 31st July 1917
Torpedoed by German submarine UC-47 on route to St. Nazaire
from Montreal with a cargo of grain, flour & timber.
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George Anderson - First
Mate - Age 38
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Born Sunderland.
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Husband of Mrs.
Anderson, 3 Blackie Rd., Leith.
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Archibald Virtue
Snaith - Able Seaman - Age 37
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Son of George Dawson Snaith & the late Sarah Snaith, 10
Rosedale St., Sunderland.
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John William
Stainburg - Cook - Age 28
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Born Bishop
Auckland.
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Served under the
name Stenburg
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Son of William
& Sarah M. Stainburg
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Husband of Margaret
Jane Stainburg (nee Buchanan) 9 Bell St., Millfield, Sunderland.
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Charles Thompson - Able
Seaman - Age 59
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Born Copenhagen.
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Son of the late
John & Eleanor Thompson
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Husband of Sarah
Elizabeth Thompson, 2 South Durham St., Sunderland.
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Henry Thompson - Fireman
- Age 29
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Son of Henry and
Isabella Thompson, 14 Adelaide Row, Seaham Harbour.
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SS Cairnstrath - 4th August 1917
Torpedoed by German submarine UC-71 on route to the Tyne
from Bilbao with a cargo of iron ore.
22 lives lost.
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William Spencer - Cook
- Age 68
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Born Sunderland.
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Son of the late
Henry & Jane Spencer
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Husband of Frances
Sophia Spencer (nee Richardson) 5 Clementina St., Hendon, Sunderland.
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SS Thames - 14th August 1917
Sunk by gunfire from German submarine UC-55 on route
Fecamp from Middlesborough with a cargo of pig iron..
10 lives lost
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John Charles
Erskine - First Engineer - Age 34
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Born Sunderland.
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Husband of Louisa
Erskine, 30 Eastfield St., Sunderland.
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James Hunter - Fireman
- Age 51
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Born Sunderland.
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Husband of Annie
Hunter, 23 Maltings Rigg, Sunderland
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T McDonald - Second
Mate
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Recorded in Newcastle
Weekly Chronicle as resident of
Sunderland.
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William George
Pescod - Fireman - Age 43
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Born Shotton
Colliery.
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Son of the late
Robert & Jane Pescod.
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Recorded in Newcastle
Weekly Chronicle as resident of
Sunderland.
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Samuel Wright - Second
Mate - Age 42
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Born Ireland.
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Served under the
name MacDonald
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Son of the late
Samuel and Charlotte Wright.
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Husband of Honor
Wright (nee Feeney) 10 Villiers St. Sunderland.
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SS Rosario 18th August 1917
Torpedoed by German submarine UC-55 on route Troon from
Huelva with a cargo of pig iron. 20
lives lost.
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Joseph Herbert
Cooper - First Engineer – Age 32
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Born Seaham Harbour.
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Son of Jane Hannah
Henderson Cooper & the late John Cooper.
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Husband of Jane Mason
Cooper (nee Humphreys) 68 Angus St., Roath Park, Cardiff.
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SS Treverbyn - 3rd September 1917
Hit a mine laid by German submarine U-75 on route to Manchester
from Narvik with a cargo of iron ore.
27 lives lost
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John William
Anderson - Fireman - Age 49
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Born Monkwearmouth.
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Son of the late
Robert & Elizabeth Anderson.
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Husband of Elizabeth
Anderson (nee Brown) 25 Roker Avenue, Sunderland.
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SS Newholm - 8th September 1917
Torpedoed by German submarine UC-31 on route to Middlesbrough
from Bilbao with a cargo of iron ore.
20 lives lost.
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George Harrison - Cook - Age 35
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Born Sunderland.
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Son of George Harrison & the
late Mamie Harrison.
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Husband of Daisy May Harrison (nee
Parkes) 17 Wolseley Terrace, Chester Rd., Sunderland.
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