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Pte. Joseph Mumford
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.8th May 1915)
Joseph Mumford enlisted in Wallsend and served with the 2nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. he died age 30 on the 8th May 1915 and is remembered at Palmer Cenotaph, St. Paul's Church and on the Ypres(Menin Gate) Memorial. His medal card records the award of the 1915 star, War and Victory Medals.
Joseph was born in Jarrow 1884, son of Joseph and Ann Mumford nee Burbridge of Jarrow. In the 1911 census the family was living at 11 Hibernian Road with Joseph(63)born in Deptford, London a ships rivetter supervisor and Ann(60) his wife of 36 years, born in Bridport, Dorset. They had 5 children with 3 surviving. Joseph(27) single is the only one living here and is a ship plate rivetter.