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Mercantile Marine deaths, 1917
The North Mail 19/02/1919 contains 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:

Davidson, T., Seaman, Newcastle, June 13, 1917
Milne, L.D., A.B., Newcastle April 6 1917
Neville, W.H., 1st Mate, Newcastle, April 14, 1917
Rudd, R., A.B., Newcastle, April 6, 1917
Smith, O., fireman and trimmer, Newcastle, April 6, 1917
Steele, G. Fireman and trimmer, Newcastle, April 8, 1917
Waugh, A., fireman and trimmer, Newcastle, April 6th 1917.

The North Mail 03/05/1919 includes:

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:

Bailes, S., 2nd engineer, Newcastle, April 20, 1917
Bell, Andrew, O.S., Newcastle, Aug. 4, 1917
Nelson, J., 3rd engineers, Newcastle, April 26, 1917
Royle, James, steward, Newcastle, Aug. 4, 1917.
Turner, Roderick, 3rd Engineer, Newcastle, Aug.4 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:-

Noble, W., 2nd engineer, Newcastle upon Tyne, 15th Oct., 1917.
Jamieson, H., seaman, Newcastle, 30th Sept., 1917.
Mortimer, H.C., seaman, Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 8th Oct., 1917.


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