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Birtley at War


During the First World War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England. These have been made available by Newcastle Libraries.
Birtley
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J Whitfield, Birtley, wounded

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Sables, Birtley, killed in action

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
CLT Barclay - Birtley (injured)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Pears, Birtley

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
R Pears, Birtley

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Pears, Birtley

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
F Newman, Birtley, died at Woking camp

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
H Wright - 1st Coldstreams - Birtley

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Thompson - 1st Coldstreams - Birtley

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Thompson - 1st Coldstreams - Birtley

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
John Weddle - Birtley

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
R Weddle - Birtley

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Boak - Birtley

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
William Weddle - Birtley

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
A McMeikan - Birtley

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
John Nattrass - Birtley

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Joseph Nattrass - Birtley

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
G Nattrass - Birtley

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
M Nattrass - Birtley

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
T Nattrass - Birtley

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
HW Proctor - Birtley

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Proctor - Birtley

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Proctor - Birtley

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
T Richardson - Birtley

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J May - 8th DLI - Birtley

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from Beamish (flickr)
Evacuees at Beamish - Written Work from School Children

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
R Poole - RND - Birtley (In hospital)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
R Stobbart - RND - Birtley (In hospital)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Joseph Paull - RNVR - Birtley (In hospital)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
AE Reynolds - 2nd DLI - Birtley (Invalided)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Barras - 11th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Corp ?idge - ASC - Birtley (Wounded)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
R Wilson - 2nd NF - Birtley (Killed)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Stephenson - RFA - Birtley (In Hospital)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
F Newman - DLI - Birtley (Died in hospital)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Thomas Gray - 15th DLI - Birtley (Killed)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Robson - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Stephenson - Birtley (In hospital)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
GW Ledger - 11th DLI - Birtley (Killed)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Maddison - 11th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
G Cowell - 11th DLI - Birtley (Killed)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Carter - 1?th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Finley - 10th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
JB Metcalf - RND - Birtley (Wounded)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Lce-Cpl L P Gavin - 8th N.F. - Birtley (wounded)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
E Metcalf - DLI - Birtley (Gassed)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
C West - RND - Birtley (Killed)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
C West - RND - Birtley (Killed)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
WIlliam P Armstrong - 11th DLI - Birtley (youngest Quartermaster Sergeant)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Blythe - 8th DLI - Birtley (Killed)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Thompson - Coldstream Guards - Birtley (Wounded)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Thomas O'Neill - 8th DLI - Birtley (Missing)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Miss Nellie Garbutt - Lady Postman - Birtley

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Hutchinson - RND - Birtley (Wounded)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
WG Cooper - Birtley - Prisoner of War

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
GW Gargett - 8th DLI - Birtley (Gassed)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Robert Wilson - NF- Birtley (Killed)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Telford - 8th DLI - Birtley (Gassed)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Joseph Hall - 8th DLI - Birtley (Prisoner of War)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Cooper - 8th DLI - Birtley (Prisoner of War)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Underwood - 8th DLI - Birtley (Prisoner of War)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Barton - 9th DLI - Birtley (Missing)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Murphy - 8th DLI - Birtley (Poisoned by Gas)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
M Coyle - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Mulcahy - 8th DLI - Birtley (Prisoner of war)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
T Fenton - 8th DLI - Birtley (Poisoned by Gas)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
P McIntyre - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Pearson - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
R Coates - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
HW Proctor - DLI - Birtley (Wounded)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
T Ross - 5th? DLI - Birtley (Wounded)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Proctor - 8th DLI - Birtley (Prisoner of War)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Marshall - 8th DLI - Birtley (Prisoner of War)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
HW Proctor - 8th DLI - Birtley (Prisoner of War)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
T Fenton - Birtley (Poisoned by gas)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Tom Anderson - 4th NF - Birtley (Gas poisoning)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
E Whitmore - 8th DLI - Birtley (Killed)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Pte Worthington - 8th DLI - Birtley (Gassed)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Chas Pyecroft - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
T May - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
G Pearson - DLI - Birtley (Gassed)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Joseph May - 8th DLI - Birtley (Killed)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
R Marshall - 2nd NF - Birtley (Wounded)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
E Gregg - 8th DLI - Birtley (Prisoner of War)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
TB Lowery - 5th DLI - Birtley (Killed)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
M Bussey - 8th DLI - Birtley (Killed)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Albert Dawson - 8th DLI - Birtley (Missing)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Fred Ainsley - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded and prisoner)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Wilson - 8th DLI - Birtley (Gassed)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
R Souter - 2nd NF - Birtley (Wounded and Gassed)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
F Affleck - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Flynn - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
JW Barrass - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
John Lavelle - 6th NF - Birtley (Wounded)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
F (S?) Timothy - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
James Jeffries - Tyneside Irish - Bombay

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
1916-02-08 (Feb) C 10

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
1916-03-20 (Mar) B 12

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
1916-10-04 (Oct) E.01

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
1916-10-06 (Oct) B.33

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
1916-02-01 J 13

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
1916-01-18 (Jan) D 05

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
1916-03-18 (Mar) D 06

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
1916-03-13 (Mar) C 07

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1916-02-07 (Feb) B 09

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
1916-01-21 (Feb) B 07

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
A. Bastin - D.L.I. - Birtley - Killed

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
R. McGee - D.L.I. - Birtley - Shell-shock

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Pte. R. HARLAND, D.L.I., Birtley, (Believed to be Prisoner).

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Leading Seaman R. HARLAND, R.N.D., Birtley, (Twice Wounded).

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Pte. S. McGINN, D.L.I., Birtley, (Killed).

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
A. Henderson - DLi - Birtley - died of wounds

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Corpl. S. Underwood - R.E. - Birtley

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from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Pte. Sam Holmes - Middlesbrough - Corpl. H.C. Kealey - Birtley - D.L.I. - Company-Sergt.-Major Dixon - Wallsend - Northumberland Fusiliers - Sergt. Sydney Braithwaite - Crook

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