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Mercantile Marine Roll of Honour 1917

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The North Mail 19/02/1917 carries the following:
Victims of Piracy
Mercantile Marine Roll of Honour
The twelfth list of officers and seamen in British Merchant vessels whose deaths have been attributed to enemy action, reported to the Board of Trade during the month ended July 31, 1917, from Northumberland includes the following:

Arvaleaga, L., fireman and trimmer, North Shields, April 6 1917
Garcia, Raphael, fireman and trimmer, North Shields, May 7 1917
Johnson, T., A.B., North Shields, April 6 1917
Jonsson, K., fireman and trimmer, North Shields, June 12 1917
King, M.P.T., greaser, North Shields, June 12 1917
Logan, M., fireman and trimmer, North Shields, June 12 1917
Nolan, P., A.B., North Shields, April ?6 1917
Rowley, fireman and trimmer, North Shields, April 6 1917
Taylor, T., fireman and trimmer, Willington Quay, April 6 1917
Vangalete, G., fireman, North Shields, June 12 1917
Vera, Jose, fireman and trimmer, North Shields, April 6 1917
Ward, G., Sailor, North Shields, April 6 1917
Webb, W.H. fireman and trimmer, North Shields, June 12 1917

The North Mail 19/02/1919 includes:
Heroes of the Sea
North-Countrymen in latest casualty list

The 14th list of officers and seamen in British Merchant vessels whose deaths have been attributed to enemy action, includes many heroic North-countrymen.
The list is as follows:

Agathos, A., fireman and trimmer, North Shields, July 25 1917
Armstrong, J., carpenter, North Shields, April 20 1917
Dockwrey, J.C., Master, Allendale, April 20 1917
Lister, Geo.C., 3rd engineer, Percy Main, February 13 1917
Schier, H.C., 3rd engineer, Whitley Bay, August 20 1917
Kent, G.L., apprentice, North Shields, August 20 1917
Pedersen, D., boatswain and lamps, North Shields, February 13 1917
Teodono, George, donkeyman, North Shields, June 26 1917
Wuvrio, Elis., A.B., North Shields, June 26 1917

The Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 19/7/1919 contains the following list:
Honour Roll of Mercantile Marine
Names of local Masters and Men.

The following is a list of officers and seamen of the British mercantile marine, whose deaths are attributed to enemy action, reported to the Board of Trade in the month ended November 30, 1917:-

Officers
Eadington, J.W., 2nd mate, Blyth, 17th April 1917
Strom, I., mate, Blyth, 17th April 1917
Wilson, W.H., 1st engineer, Blyth, 17th April 1917

Other ranks and ratings
Farquharson, G., fireman, Blyth, 17th April 1917
Hansen, Martin, fireman, North Shields, 19th October 1917
Mellen, A., A.B., North Shields, 19th October 1917
Scuffham, R. Steward, Blyth, 17th April 1917
Simpson, R., -, Tynemouth, 14th August 1917
Turpie, T., donkeyman, Blyth, 17th April, 1917

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