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Name:

Jeremiah HAIR

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Private

Initials:

Service No.:

20/410

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Sunderland, Co Durham.

Age at Death:

Unit:

20th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers (1st Tyneside Scottish)

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

Place of Residence:

Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Home Address:

35 Thorpe Avenue, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

How Died:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

Thursday 30th November 1916

Place of Death:

France.

Battle/Campaign:

Armentieres Sector, France. Winter Trench Warfare.

Locally Commemorated:

Ryton War Memorial, Station Bank, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Ryton Social Club, Roll of Honour, Cross House, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

UK Commemorated:

Overseas Commemorated:

Buried:

Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-D Armentieres, Nord, France. Reference III. A. 10.

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Blaydon Courier, page 8, 23rd December 1916.

Family Details:

Jeremiah was married to Ruth Hair, and had three children.

Notes :

Sources Used:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.

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