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Mercantile Marine deaths, 1917
The Northern Mail 19/02/1919 carries the following:

Victims of Piracy
Mercantile Marine Roll of Honour
The twelfth list of officers and seamen in British Merchant vessels whose deaths have been attributed to enemy action, reported to the Board of Trade during the month ended July 31 1917, includes the following:

Anderson, Axel, A.B., South Shields, June 14 1917
Ashworth, J.T., 3rd engineer, Sunderland, June 17 1917
Bakar, Jahan, sailor, South Shields, April 13 1917
Bell, Stanley, 3rd engineer, Dawdon, July 7 1917
Bendola, Min, sailor, South Shields, April 13 1917
Brown, R., sailor, South Shields, April 6 1917
Bruce, Percy, fireman and trimmer, Sunderland, May 18 1917
Busher, J., A.B., South Shields, April 6 1917
Callan, James, fireman and trimmer, Sunderland, May 7 1917
Castra, John de., fireman, South Shields, June 13 1917
Clarke, F., A.B., South Shields, June 14 1917
Finch, B., steward, South Shields, April 6 1917
Gardner, D., fireman and trimmer, Gateshead, April 6 1917
Gifford, F., 2nd engineer, South Shields, April 13 1917
Hamet, Mavet, sailor, South Shields, April 13 1917
Harrison, J., steward, Sunderland, May 7 1917
Hedley, J.G., cook, Hebburn Colliery, April 6 1917
Hill, Ebenezer, fireman and trimmer, Sunderland, May 27 1917
Jackson E., 1st engineer, Sunderland, April 14 1917
James, C.E., sailor, South Shields, April 6 1917
Kelly, H., fireman and trimmer, Gateshead, April 6 1917
Law, James, steward, South Shields, April 13 1917
Metcalf, J., steward, South Shields, April 6 1917
Mohamet, Joiar, sailor, South Shields, April 13 1917
Monk, F., A.B., Sunderland, May 7 1917
Norman, Abdul, fireman and trimmer, South Shields, April 13 1917
Orange, H.J., 2nd engineer, South Shields, May 23 1917
Rodrigues, M., donkeyman, South Shields, June 13 1917
Ronan, J., fireman and trimmer, Felling, April 6 1917
Rossiter, A., Chief steward, Southwick, April 6 1917
Salem, Said, fireman and trimmer, South Shields, April 13 1917
Spoore, C., 1st mate, South Shields, April 24 1917
Taylor, G.A., 2nd engineer, Sunderland, June 5 1917
Trodden, D., fireman and trimmer, Gateshead, April 6 1917
Turner, P., 7th engineer, East Boldon, June 8 1917
Walton, W., 2nd engineer, Hartlepool, June 14 1917
Williams, A.E., 1st mate, South Shields, June 14 1917

The Northern Mail 03/05/1919 carries the following:

North-Countrymen in latest casualty list
The 14th list of officers and seamen in British Merchant vessels whose deaths have been attributed to enemy action at sea, includes many heroic North-countrymen.
The list is as follows:

Arnott, B., steward, South Shields, Aug. 20 1917
Banks, J., ship’s cook, Jarrow, June 26 1917
Birch, A.E., chief engineer, South Shields, February 13 1917
Blakey, W., 4th engineer, Jarrow, April 20 1917
Bowman, John, 1st engineer, Jarrow, April 20 1917
Boxer, Thomas, fireman, Sunderland, Aug. 6 1917
Clark, John, donkeyman, South Shields, June 14 1917
Clennett, A., deck boy, West Hartlepool, Aug. 4 1917
Cooper, E., 3rd officer, Sunderland, July 31 1917
Cooper, W.C., 1st mate, South Shields, Aug. 4 1917
Cunningham, D., 1st Engineer, South Shields, April 20 1917
Davidson, J.I., A.B., South Shields, June 26 1917
Davison, W., 4th engineer, Jarrow, June 23 1917
Dijkstra, E., sailor, South Shields, June 26 1917
French, K.N., apprentice, Sunderland, May 3 1917
Furness, William, cook, West Hartlepool, Aug. 20 1917
Glennie, T., 1st mate, West Hartlepool, July 16 1917
Gray, William, donkeyman, Felling, Sept. 14 1917
Hermansen, Tobian, fireman and trimmer, South Shields, June 21 1917
Heylen, L., 2nd officer, South Shields, Aug. 4 1917
Hopwood, W.C.A., 1st officer, South Shields, August 4 1917
Jamoodn, Mursallim, fireman, South Shields, June 23 1917
Jensen, Niels, A.B., South Shields, June 26 1917
Johnston, J.H., 1st engineer, South Shields, August 4 1917
Judge, Thomas, 2nd engineer, Sunderland, July 31 1917
Karlsen, Gustaf, sailor, South Shields, June 8 1917
Le Grand, J., boatswain, South Shields, June 26 1917
Leslie, C.A., 2nd engineer, South Shields, August 21 1917
McRae, D., carpenter, South Shields, June 26 1917
Michell, G.V., 3rd engineer, South Shields, August 4 1917
Morton, N.M., chief officer, Sunderland, July 31 1917
Nicholson, L., 2nd mate, South Shields, April 20 1917
Porteous, George, sailor, Gateshead, Sept. 12 1917
Printer, Walter, steward, South Shields, June 26 1917
Rixon, Arthur, 3rd engineer, South Shields, June 26 1917
Spencer, W., cook, Sunderland, Aug. 14 1917
Thompson, S.A., 3rd engineer, Sunderland, June 14 1917
Thornton, Richard, 3rd engineer, South Shields, July 31 1917
Thulin, C., steward, West Hartlepool, Aug. 25 1917
Tinn, James, 2nd engineer, Gateshead, Aug. 4 1917
Tully, Edwin, 2nd engineer, South Shields, Feb. 13 1917
Whiting, G., seaman, Hebburn, May 27 1917

The Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 19/7/1919 contains the following list:

Honour Roll of Mercantile Marine
Names of local Masters and Men.

The following is a list of officers and seamen of the British Mercantile Marine, whose deaths are attributed to enemy action, reported to the Board of Trade in the month ended November 30, 1917:-

Masters
Atkinson, James, East Boldon, 17th June 1917
Carling, J.G., Norton-on-Tees, 14th Aug. 1917
Carr, William, Sunderland, 17th April 1917
Dawson, Ben, Sunderland, 18th Oct. 1917
Watson, J.K., Roker, Sunderland, 9th Oct. 1917
Officers
Allan, Thomas, 1st mate, East Sunderland, 31st Oct. 1917
Arthur, R.B., 1st engineer, Sunderland, 18th Oct. 1917
Blanchard, J.W., 4th engineer, Sunderland, 18th Oct. 1917
Butchart, J., 1st engineer, South Shields, 18th Oct. 1917
Day, F., 2nd engineer, South Shields, 25th Oct. 1917
Erskine, J., 1st engineer, Sunderland, 14th Aug. 1917
Findlay, James, 2nd mate, South Shields, 19th Oct. 1917
Fraser, William, 1st engineer, Sunderland, 17th Nov. 1917
Lambelle, W.H., 2nd mate, South Shields, 31st Oct. 1917
McDonald, T., 2nd mate, Sunderland, 14th Aug. 1917
Mitchell, A., 1st mate, Gateshead, 19th Aug. 1917
Potts, Frederick, assistant engineer, Sunderland, 31st Oct. 1917
Raffell, Joseph B., 2nd engineer, South Shields, 19th Oct. 1917
Reed, Walter, 2nd mate, Sunderland, 30th Aug. 1917
Snaith, H., 2nd engineer, South Shields, 24th Sept. 1917
Other ranks and ratings.
Abbott, Jos. Johnson, seaman, South Shields, 9th Oct. 1917
Bengtsen, J., A.B., South Shields, 31st Oct. 1917
Bjorkstror, G., A.B., West Hartlepool, 31st October 1917
Devitt, F., A.B., Sunderland, 29th Aug. 1917
Earby, J.B., Steward, South Shields, 31st Oct. 1917
Ewart, A., A.B., Sunderland, 31st Oct. 1917
Garner, John, fireman, South Shields, 22nd Sept. 1917
Green, J.T., fireman, Monkwearmouth, 18th Oct. 1917
Hunter, J., fireman, Sunderland, 14th Aug. 1917
Kreepse, August, A.B., South Shields, 31st Oct. 1917
Moore, H., assistant cook, South Shields, 19th Oct. 1917
Pescod, W., fireman, Sunderland, 14th Aug. 1917
Sloane, Septimus, A.B., South Shields, 31st Oct. 1917
Taylor, W.H., A.B., South Shields, 31st Oct. 1917
Vinton, J., carpenter, South Shields, 30th Sept. 1917