On Chatham Naval Memorial is the name of Tyneside Z/8699 Signalman Harold Statters, serving on H.M.P.M.S. Duchess of Kent with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve who died 17/12/1918.

He was the son of  Joseph T. and Frances Ann Statters, of 57, Third Street, Bensham, Gateshead

In Gateshead (Saltwell) Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:

In
Loving Memory
of
Mabel
dearly beloved and only daughter of
Joseph & Frances Statters
who died May 25th 1914,
in her 21st year.

Also Harold,
youngest son of the above
who lost his life at sea, December
7th 1918 on H.M.S. Duchess of Kent,
Aged 19 years and 9 months

Also the above
Joseph Statters,
who died February 3rd 1940
aged 78 years.

Also the above
Frances Statters
who died March 25th 1944
aged 77 years.

Acknowledgements: Geordie at War Project and Barney Rice

Harold Statters is remembered at Gateshead in G39.004, at Bensham on B134.02 and in our List of Ships’ Crews.