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GATESHEAD

Proctor, R., A/Smn., 1916

Photo: Geordie at War Project

Heslop’s Local Advertiser 21/7/1916

In Gateshead East Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave of:

T7/1515 Able Seaman
R. Proctor RNVR
Royal Naval Division
23rd June 1916 age 26

Death divides
But memory clings

Heslop’s Local Advertiser 21/07/1916 carries a notice which reads:

"A.B. Robert Proctor, died at Naval Hospital, Portland, after service in the Dardanelles, on the 23rd June, aged 26 years. Husband of Francis Annie Proctor, and son of James and Annie Proctor, of Felling."


The CWGC entry for Able Seaman Proctor

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