Colin Boyd has provided the following:
Joseph was born on 27th March 1894. He was working as a teacher living at 3, Chantry Place, Morpeth when he enlisted in the Royal Naval Division on 10th December 1914. He joined the 2nd Platoon, "D" Company of the Collingwood Battalion on 4th March 1915 and was posted as missing assumed killed in action on 4th June 1915.
Joseph Cuthbert Loughran is remembered in Morpeth on M17.01, M17.06, M17.09, M17.12, M17.17, M17.29 and M17.31