Morpeth Herald 29/12/1916 carries a brief obituary:
Mrs Gourley, 44 Jubilee Street, Annitsford, has received official news that her son, Able Seaman Gabriel Bird-Gourley, Tyneside Z/6544, R.N.D., who was previously reported wounded, is now reported killed in action on November 13th. He was 20 years of age, and prior to joining the Navy worked at Seghill Colliery.
He is not remembered on any war memorial in Northumberland.