Third Street
- 11 Third Street - Joseph Jamieson: b.1890, Sunderland. Son of Andrew & Mary Jamieson, husband of Margaret Jane Jamieson, 4 Evelyn Terrace, West Stanley, Co DurhamSergeant 24/1205 Northumberland Fusiliers 24th Battalion (Tyneside Irish), A CompanyEnlisted Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Killed in action 1st July 1916, 26 years, France & Flanders
Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-la-Boisselle, Somme, France (VIII.G.1)Medal Roll: British War Medal & Victory Medal
Disinterred and re-buried in the above CemeteryCWGC Headstone reads “The will be done”
1911 census shows Joseph working as a Hewer at the Coal Mine and living at No 5 Derwent Cottages, Medomsley, Consett with his parents, four brothers and four sisters. Joseph married Margaret Jane Martin in the June quarter of 1916, only months/weeks before he was killed.
- 23 Third Street - John Thomas Savage: b.1899, Lanchester Parish, Co Durham. Son of Joseph & Mary Savage.Private S/41851 Gordon Highlanders 1/14th London RegimentJoined at Newcastle 10 April 1917; training with Durham Light Infantry Reserve Btn (previously Pte 80753)Pte 41851 1/14th London Regiment wounded in action 30 Aug 1918, 46 Casualty Clearing Station died of wounds 2 Sept 1918 – SW (shell or shrapnel wound) abdomen. Total service 1 year, 214 days.
Burial: Bac-du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval, Pas de Calais, France (II.F.11)
Awarded British War Medal & Victory MedalBirth registration & 1901 census as John Thomas; 1911 census as Thomas.
1911 census shows John Thomas as still at school and living at 13 Percy Terrace, New Kyo with his parents and three brothers.
- 35 Third Street - Joseph Robert Newton: b.1896, Hunwick, Willington, Durham. Son of Mrs Annie Wray (formerly Newton) & the late James NewtonCorporal 18788 12th Btn Durham Light Infantry. Enlisted 8th September 1914. Died of Wounds 7th July 1917, aged 21 years, France & Flanders
Service records show address as 7 Windsor Terrace, New Kyo, Annfield Plain
16 Apr 1915 appointed Lance Corporal
7 Aug 1915 deprived of rank, absent from tattoo from 31 July 1915 – 6 Aug 1915 5.30 am
25 Aug 1915 Entered Theatre of War, France
22 March 1916 bruised back to 70 Field Ambulance
26 March 1916 bruised back to 71 Field Ambulance, 31 March re-joined unit
21 June 1916 inflamed connective tissue legs 2 Casualty Clearing Station
29 June 1916 re-joined unit
5 Dec 1916 appointed unpaid Lance Corporal
8 Jan 1917 promoted Corporal9 June 1917 reduced to Private under section 183(2) of Army Act
(this statement appears on two different records but it is crossed out on one)10 June 1917 promoted Corporal
7 July 1917 died 70th Field Ambulance, France from gun shot wound to left arm and back.
Total service 351 days
Items returned to the family were photographs, letter, pipe, cigarette case and 2 cigarettes, cards, purse, two diaries, knife, fork and spoon (combined) badges, religious book, pocket book cover.Awarded 1914-1915 Star, British Medal & Victory Medal
Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (II.B.20)
- 41 Third Street - Robert Body: Son of Elizabeth & the late Richard Body .Husband of Ethel Beckham (formerly Body)Private 16703, 8th Btn East Yorkshire Reg. Entered Theatre of War, France 9th September 1915. Reported missing, regarded for official purposes as having died on or since 26 Sept 1915, aged 22 years.
Previously 16497, Durham Light Infantry
Awarded 15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
1911 census shows Robert working as a Putter in the Coal Mine and is living at 5 Mitchell Street, South Moor with his widowed mother and two brothers.
Robert married Ethel Glaister in 1914.
65 Third Street - Albert Embleton: Son of Thomas & Sarah Embleton
Private 93368, 23rd Btn Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Died 8 Sept 1918. Died of wounds. Bac-de-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval, Pas de Calais, France