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Bird-Gourley, G., A/Smn., 1916
In Ancre British Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave of Tyneside Z/6544 Able Seaman Gabriel Bird, serving with the 189th Brigade Light T.M. Battery, Royal Navy Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who died 13/11/1916.

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.


The CWGC entry for Able Seaman Bird-Gourley

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk

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