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Chief Eng. Stephen Robert Blair

Mercantile Marine SS Ilaro

from:Jarrow

(d.23rd Oct1915)

Old Memorial at Monkton Jarrow

Stephen Robert Blair was the Chief Engineer on board the S.S. Ilaro which was registered in London. He was aged 46 when he died on 23rd October 1915, drowned whist abandoning ship after she hit a mine. Born at Hull he lived in Jarrow and was the husband of Isabella Blair (nee Gibbon) who later lived at 45 Roker Park Road Sunderland.

Stephen is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial and is commemorated on the Monkton Memorial in Monkton Village Jarrow.

New side tablet on Memorial at Monkton Jarrow



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