Every Name a Story

M. Cockburn 1917
Rank : Signalman

Seaton Delaval

Mark  Cockburn

Every Name a Story

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.

The son of Mark and Jane Cockburn, of 69, Blyth Street, Seaton Delaval, Northumberland. He was a native of Tweedmouth, Northumberland.

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.

Mark Cockburn is remembered at Seaton Delaval on S7.03,  S7.04,  S7.06 and S7.10 and in our List of Ships’ Crews.

First Name: Mark

Last Name: Cockburn

Service Number: Tyneside Z/3926

Which War: First World War 1914-18

Died: 28/07/1917

Age: 19

Rank: Signalman

Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Unit/Ship: H.M.T.B. No. 91

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Seaton Delaval
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