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17th (North Eastern Railway Pioneers) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
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Pte. Ernest Cecil Gooch 17th Battalion, B Company Northumberland Fusiliers  Ernie Gooch was my Dad, he was a railway man and volunteered to join the North Eastern Railway Battalion which was formed in the early days of the war.
I understand it was unique in being the only complete battalion raised out of the employees in one Company. Training began at King George's Dock in Hull and Dad embarked for France in 1915.
In November 1916, the 17th was officially converted to a railway pioneer battalion. Movement of men, arms and munitions was facilitated by the pioneers construction of railways.
They were also required to do other work and were referred to as Jack of all Trades and master of all.
For instance Dad's company (B)(according to war records) were carrying bombs and water bottles across No Mans Land on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
One of his story's concerned a French nurse who half carried him out of hospital when it was badly shelled. Regretfully at my age of 82 I can no longer remember the details. Where was the hospital, what were his injuries, what was the name of the brave French nurse and did she survive?
Dad died at the age of 58, he did suffer with nightmares from time to time
and Mum would quietly get out of bed until it was over.
Mum and Dad had six children I am number four and the last 'still standing'! I would have liked to see his service record but I think it was in the batch burnt in WW2
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Pte. John James Hall 17th (North Eastern Railways Pioneers) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Jack Hall was an employee of the North Eastern Railway company when he enlisted with the 17th Northumberland Fusiliers (a Pals unit) in 1915.
On 21st November he landed at Le Havre. The 17th Northumberland Fusiliers took part in various battles interspersed with time working on the railway networks.
At some point John was transferred to an RE (Pioneer) unit and given a second service number. He was gassed at least once but luckily suffered only minor injuries during his time at the front.
He returned to England in January 1919.
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L/Cpl. George Albert Remmer 17th (N.E.R. Pioneers) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.27th Aug 1917) George Remmer served with the 17th (N.E.R. Pioneers) Northumberland Fusiliers and was serving with the 9th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment at the time of his death.
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Capt. Tom Marriott Harrison 13th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.3rd April 1917) Tom Harrison was born on 7th August 1876 in Redhill son of Thomas William and Eleanor Harrison of Redhill, Surrey, he was the husband of E. Ethel Harrison of 17, Holmbush Road, Putney, London. He was an Insurance Clerk before he enlisted with the 3rd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He rose through the ranks, promoted to temp. 2nd Lieutenant with 17th battalion on 20th of November 1914, finally promoted to Captain and attached to 13th Battalion. He died on 3rd April 1917 aged 40 years, Pas de Calais and is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery. "The Cross of Sacrifice" book by SD + DB Jarvis records the cause of his death as "dedacc". Unlike the majority of entries which clearly show killed in action or died of wounds, this suggests he was possibly killed as a result of an accident. This doesn't distract away from the fact he died serving his country.
He was a pupil of Bedford Modern School 1899-1902, commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
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Pte. Thomas Francis Peam 17th (North Eastern Railway Pioneers) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.17th May 1919) Thomas Peam served with the North Eastern Railway Pioneers Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers.
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Pte. James Fenwick Hawthorn 17th Battalion, A Coy. Northumberland Fusiliers James Hawthorn served with the 17th Northumberland Fusiliers.
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William Sawdon Welburn 17th (North Eastern Railway) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers William Welburn served with the 17th North Eastern Railway Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
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Pte. John Morton 17th (N.E.R.) Btn Northumberland Fusiliers (d.18th June 1918) John Morton enlisted at York and served with 17th Battalion (N.E.R. Pioneers) Northumberland Fusiliers. He died on the 18th June 1918. He is buried at Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension.
His medal card records the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals.
John was born in Jarrow but unable to trace family in census returns.
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Pte. Robert Mack 17th Battalion (N.E.R. Pioneers) Northumberland Fusiliers (d.2nd Oct 1917) Robert Mack served with the 17th Battalion (N.E.R. Pioneers) Northumberland Fusiliers, he was aged 24 when died on 2nd October 1917.
Born Reston, Northumberland in 1893, son of David and Christina Mack of Waterside House, Alnwick. He enlisted in Newcastle.
Robert is buried in Coxyde Military Cemetery and is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph (west face) Jarrow.
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Pte. William Needham 17th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.26th April 1918) William Needham was my uncle and came from a family of 7 siblings, two sisters and 5 brothers. Not a lot is known about him and I didn't know he existed until I started researching my family history. The saying "survivors never really talked about the war" was certainly true in this case. My Father, who was twelve when the war ended, never mentioned these events at all. He also had a second brother, who served with the East Yorkshire Regiment and who was also killed during the war.
I can only imagine how his father felt because not only did he lose two sons to the war he also lost his wife and a younger son and daughter during this period which shows that not only did people have to worry about their children fighting in a war but also had to deal with the traumas of every day life as well. Thank God their sacrifices, not only in ww1 but also ww2 and subsequent conflicts, were not in vain and has enabled us to live in freedom as we do today.
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