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Matthew William Birkett

Mercantile Marine Memorial - WW1 Mercantile Marine Memorial - WW1
Rank Steward
Unit S.S. "Newholm" (Newcastle)
Regiment Mercantile Marine
Died 08-09-1917, age 33
Cause of death Drowned, as a result of an attack by an enemy submarine, or killed by mine
Notes Son of the late Francis and Sarah Birkett; husband of Lizzie Birkett (nee Sharp), of 9, Myrtle Grove, Low Fell, Gateshead-on-Tyne. Born at Gateshead.

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