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SEATON DELAVAL

Cockburn, M., Sign., 1917
On Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, is the name of Tyneside Z/3926 Signalman Mark Cockburn, serving with H.M.T.B. “No. 91”, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who died 28/07/1917.

Morpeth Herald 24/08/1917 carries a brief obituary:
Mrs M. Cockburn, 69 Blyth Street, Seaton Delaval, has been notified that her son, Signaller [sic] Mark Cockburn, R.N.V.R., has been drowned at sea.

He is remembered at Seaton Delaval on S7.03, S7.04 S7.06 and S7.10 and on our List of Ships' Crews


The CWGC entry for Signalman Cockburn

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