CORBITT John Frederick Lieutenant (1868 – 1917)
LIEUTENANT, ROYAL DEFENCE CORPS 151st PROTECTION COY. Situated in the Consecrated/West Section of Jesmond Old Cemetery. John was born in Gateshead in 1868, the eldest son of Michael and Annie. John had an older sister, Ida and three younger brothers, Edward, Tom and Leonard. The 1871 Census has the Corbitt family living at 3, Bloomfield […]
DAGGETT Cedric Hunton Captain M.C.
SOLICITOR, CAPTAIN IN THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, HOLDER OF THE MILITARY CROSS Situated in the Consecrated/West Section of Jesmond Old Cemetery Cedric’s citation, inscribed on the side of the family memorial. Born in 1891 to William Daggett and Evaline Beatrice Harcus. The family were living at 20 Victoria Square, Jesmond in 1891, where William was recorded […]
DUNFORD Roy Craig Captain (1881 – 1916)
CAPTAIN 1st/6th BATTALION NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, D.S.O. Situated in the Unconsecrated/East Section of Jesmond Old Cemetery. Captain Roy Craig Dunford. D.S.O. Roy Craig Dunford was born on the 7th June 1881, one of 6 children born to Charles George Dunford and his wife Barbara Jane Craig. In 1891, we find the family living at 108, Ryehill, […]
STEEL John Gordon Second Lieutenant (1897 – 1917)
SECOND LIEUTENANT, 9th BATTALION DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY Situated in the Consecrated/West Section of Jesmond Old Cemetery John was born in Tynemouth, the youngest of four children born to John Tinline Steel and Alice Maria Bates on the 3rd April 1897. We can find them on the 1901 census living at 24, Beverley Terrace, Tynemouth with […]
YOUNG David Lindsay Second-Lieutenant (1893 – 1917)
SECOND-LIEUTENANT, THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. Situated in the Consecrated/West Section of Jesmond Old Cemetery. David was the youngest of three children to Lindsay Smith Young and Esther Ruth Young. In the 1911 Census, the family were recorded as living at 9 Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, and consisted of Lindsay’s (53) whose occupation was identified as ‘Shipbroker’, Esther […]