Joseph Johnson – Abbott – North Eastern Railway – Gunner [Able Seaman] – 09/10/1917
Title
Joseph Johnson – Abbott – North Eastern Railway – Gunner [Able Seaman] – 09/10/1917
Initials / forenames
Joseph Johnson
Surname
Abbott
Railway company
North Eastern Railway
Military unit
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Military rank
Gunner [Able Seaman]
Military number
6191
Railway department
Tyne Dock
Railway job
Wagon Greaser
Ship
SS Poldown
Date died
09/10/1917
Magazine reference
North Eastern Railway Magazine, Dec 1917, p271
Memorial
Chatham Naval Memorial
Notes
Age 22, son of Elizabeth Abbott of 91 Adelaide St, South Shields and the late Thomas Abbott. Had been with the NER for four and a half years. SS Poldown was a collier which struck a mine off Cornwall en route to Boulogne from Penarth.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; North Eastern Railway Magazine; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Wikipedia List of Shipwrecks October 1917
Date entered
21/03/2016
Last updated
21/03/2016
Citation
“Joseph Johnson – Abbott – North Eastern Railway – Gunner [Able Seaman] – 09/10/1917,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed April 24, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/62685.