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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.
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
F Newman, Birtley, died at Woking camp
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Thompson - 1st Coldstreams - Birtley
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Thompson - 1st Coldstreams - Birtley
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from Beamish (flickr)
Evacuees at Beamish - Written Work from School Children
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
R Stobbart - RND - Birtley (In hospital)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Joseph Paull - RNVR - Birtley (In hospital)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
AE Reynolds - 2nd DLI - Birtley (Invalided)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Barras - 11th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Stephenson - RFA - Birtley (In Hospital)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
F Newman - DLI - Birtley (Died in hospital)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Thomas Gray - 15th DLI - Birtley (Killed)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Robson - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
GW Ledger - 11th DLI - Birtley (Killed)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Maddison - 11th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
G Cowell - 11th DLI - Birtley (Killed)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Carter - 1?th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Finley - 10th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Lce-Cpl L P Gavin - 8th N.F. - Birtley (wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
WIlliam P Armstrong - 11th DLI - Birtley (youngest Quartermaster Sergeant)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Thompson - Coldstream Guards - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Thomas O'Neill - 8th DLI - Birtley (Missing)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Miss Nellie Garbutt - Lady Postman - Birtley
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Hutchinson - RND - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
GW Gargett - 8th DLI - Birtley (Gassed)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Telford - 8th DLI - Birtley (Gassed)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Joseph Hall - 8th DLI - Birtley (Prisoner of War)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Cooper - 8th DLI - Birtley (Prisoner of War)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Underwood - 8th DLI - Birtley (Prisoner of War)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Barton - 9th DLI - Birtley (Missing)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Murphy - 8th DLI - Birtley (Poisoned by Gas)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Mulcahy - 8th DLI - Birtley (Prisoner of war)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
T Fenton - 8th DLI - Birtley (Poisoned by Gas)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
P McIntyre - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Pearson - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
R Coates - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Proctor - 8th DLI - Birtley (Prisoner of War)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Marshall - 8th DLI - Birtley (Prisoner of War)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
HW Proctor - 8th DLI - Birtley (Prisoner of War)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Tom Anderson - 4th NF - Birtley (Gas poisoning)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
E Whitmore - 8th DLI - Birtley (Killed)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Pte Worthington - 8th DLI - Birtley (Gassed)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Chas Pyecroft - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Joseph May - 8th DLI - Birtley (Killed)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
R Marshall - 2nd NF - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
E Gregg - 8th DLI - Birtley (Prisoner of War)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
TB Lowery - 5th DLI - Birtley (Killed)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Albert Dawson - 8th DLI - Birtley (Missing)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Fred Ainsley - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded and prisoner)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
R Souter - 2nd NF - Birtley (Wounded and Gassed)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
F Affleck - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
JW Barrass - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
John Lavelle - 6th NF - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
F (S?) Timothy - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
James Jeffries - Tyneside Irish - Bombay
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
R. McGee - D.L.I. - Birtley - Shell-shock
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Pte. R. HARLAND, D.L.I., Birtley, (Believed to be Prisoner).
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Leading Seaman R. HARLAND, R.N.D., Birtley, (Twice Wounded).
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Pte. S. McGINN, D.L.I., Birtley, (Killed).
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
A. Henderson - DLi - Birtley - died of wounds
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
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
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
F Newman, Birtley, died at Woking camp
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Thompson - 1st Coldstreams - Birtley
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Thompson - 1st Coldstreams - Birtley
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from Beamish (flickr)
Evacuees at Beamish - Written Work from School Children
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
R Stobbart - RND - Birtley (In hospital)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Joseph Paull - RNVR - Birtley (In hospital)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
AE Reynolds - 2nd DLI - Birtley (Invalided)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Barras - 11th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Stephenson - RFA - Birtley (In Hospital)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
F Newman - DLI - Birtley (Died in hospital)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Thomas Gray - 15th DLI - Birtley (Killed)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Robson - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
GW Ledger - 11th DLI - Birtley (Killed)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Maddison - 11th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
G Cowell - 11th DLI - Birtley (Killed)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Carter - 1?th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Finley - 10th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Lce-Cpl L P Gavin - 8th N.F. - Birtley (wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
WIlliam P Armstrong - 11th DLI - Birtley (youngest Quartermaster Sergeant)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Thompson - Coldstream Guards - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Thomas O'Neill - 8th DLI - Birtley (Missing)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Miss Nellie Garbutt - Lady Postman - Birtley
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Hutchinson - RND - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
GW Gargett - 8th DLI - Birtley (Gassed)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Telford - 8th DLI - Birtley (Gassed)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Joseph Hall - 8th DLI - Birtley (Prisoner of War)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Cooper - 8th DLI - Birtley (Prisoner of War)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Underwood - 8th DLI - Birtley (Prisoner of War)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Barton - 9th DLI - Birtley (Missing)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Murphy - 8th DLI - Birtley (Poisoned by Gas)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Mulcahy - 8th DLI - Birtley (Prisoner of war)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
T Fenton - 8th DLI - Birtley (Poisoned by Gas)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
P McIntyre - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Pearson - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
R Coates - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
W Proctor - 8th DLI - Birtley (Prisoner of War)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
J Marshall - 8th DLI - Birtley (Prisoner of War)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
HW Proctor - 8th DLI - Birtley (Prisoner of War)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Tom Anderson - 4th NF - Birtley (Gas poisoning)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
E Whitmore - 8th DLI - Birtley (Killed)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Pte Worthington - 8th DLI - Birtley (Gassed)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Chas Pyecroft - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Joseph May - 8th DLI - Birtley (Killed)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
R Marshall - 2nd NF - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
E Gregg - 8th DLI - Birtley (Prisoner of War)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
TB Lowery - 5th DLI - Birtley (Killed)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Albert Dawson - 8th DLI - Birtley (Missing)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Fred Ainsley - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded and prisoner)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
R Souter - 2nd NF - Birtley (Wounded and Gassed)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
F Affleck - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
JW Barrass - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
John Lavelle - 6th NF - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
F (S?) Timothy - 8th DLI - Birtley (Wounded)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
James Jeffries - Tyneside Irish - Bombay
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
R. McGee - D.L.I. - Birtley - Shell-shock
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Pte. R. HARLAND, D.L.I., Birtley, (Believed to be Prisoner).
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Leading Seaman R. HARLAND, R.N.D., Birtley, (Twice Wounded).
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
Pte. S. McGINN, D.L.I., Birtley, (Killed).
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
A. Henderson - DLi - Birtley - died of wounds
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
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
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
