As part of our project, the class will visit Preston Cemetery.
One of the tasks they face will be to locate the graves of the following WW1 military personnel.
Please click the images to enlarge.
For full details on each person please visit the database section of Tynemouth WW1 Commemoration Project website.
Bell, William Laws
29.8.1918
RAF – Air Mechanic 1st Class
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Blair, Thomas Finkall
6.4.1918
RAF – Pilot – killed in flying accident at Stamford, Lincolnshire. RE8 plane
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Crozier, John Robert
8.11.1918
Royal Engineers – 8th Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section. Died at the 1st Northern Hospital, Newcastle on Tyne from influenza.
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Moore, Peter Allan
27.4.1917
Royal Defence Corps – 151 Protection Company.
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Smith, John (Jack)
23.3.1918
Royal Engineers – Sapper – No. 1 Anti-aircraft Company.
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Smith, Ernest Sizer
29.10.1919
Royal Garrison Artillery – Gunner – 75th Anti-Aircraft Section.
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Spendiff, Charles Morrison
28.11.1918
Royal Engineers – Sapper – 17th Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section
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Urwin, Wilfrid
9.11.1919
R.A.F. who died from the effects of active service in South Russia, Nov 19th, 1919, aged 20 years.
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