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ALBERT METCALFE VEITCH
Albert was born in 1885 at Haughton-Le-Skerne, Co.Durham to James and Mary Elizabeth Veitch. On the 1891 Census he is resident at 11 Hannah Street, Thornaby with his parents and siblings Arthur, Annie and Ethel. On the 1911 Census he is at 4 Cobden Street, Stockton with his mother (father absent) and siblings Arthur, Annie, Ethel, Clara and Matilda.
Albert enlisted at Thornaby into the K.O.S.B. service number 20397, then transferred to the Machine Gun Corps. (Infantry) service number 5345. He was Killed in Action, as a Private, on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. His body was never recovered and he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. He was posthumously awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
ANDREW WATT VENTRESS
Andrew was born in 1888 at Norton to John and Jane Brichen Ventress. On the 1891 Census he is resident at Hallifield Street, Norton with his parents and siblings James, John, Isabella, Jane, Murial, Catherine and George. On the 1901 Census he is resident at Mill Street, Norton with his parents and James, Muriel and George. On the 1911 Census he is employed as a Flour Miller and resident at 2 Richmond Terrace, Avonmouth, Bristol as a Boarder. Andrew enlisted at Birkenhead into the 13th Battalion Cheshire Regiment, service numbers 3946 and 50074.
He was Killed in Action, as a Private, on 10 August 1917 at the capture of Westhoek, 3rd.Ypres. He is buried in Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Belgium and was posthumously awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
THOMAS WILLIAM VOKES
Thomas was born in 1897 at Stockton to Thomas Simpson and Mary Jane Vokes and on the 1901 Census is living at 9 Skinner Street with his parents and brothers George and John, together with four Boarders. On the 1911 Census he is living at 13 Croft Street with his parents and siblings John, Margaret, Oliver, Arthur and Nora. Thomas enlisted at Stockton into the 1/5th.Battalion Durham Light Infantry, service number 3543.
He was Killed in Action, as a Private, on 18 September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme and his body was never recovered. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France and posthumously awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
PETER GUTHRIE VOWELL
Peter was born in 1885 at Stockton to Peter Guthrie and Elizabeth Vowell. On the 1891 Census he is resident at 46 Nicholson Street with his parents and siblings Edward, Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Jane and Isabella. On the 1901 Census he is employed as an Ironworks Labourer and resident at 52 Nicholson Street with his parents and Isabella. On the 1911 Census he is employed as a Boiler Maker Riveter and resident at 44 Maritime Street as a Boarder.
Peter enlisted at Stockton into the King's Royal Rifle Corps, service number R/621 then transferred to the Royal Fusiliers, service number GS/51719. He was Killed in Action, as a Private, on 17 February 1917 and is buried in Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France. Peter was posthumously awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
ROBERT NEWTON VOWELL
Robert was born in 1898 at Sunderland to John and Catherine Vowell and on the 1901 Census is living at 67 Williams Street with his father (mother died in 1899 at Sunderland) and brothers John, Alfred and David, together with housekeeper Jane Ann Bell. On the 1911 Census he is resident at 9 Mafeking Street, Sunderland with his father, stepmother (his father married Jane Ann Bell at Sunderland in 1901) and half sisters Isabella and Lily.
Robert enlisted at Stockton into the 1/5th.Battalion Durham Light Infantry, service number 2602 and was Killed in Action, as a Sergeant, on 23 April 1917 during the 2nd.Battle of Arras. His body was never recovered and he is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. He was posthumously awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.