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Pte. Frank Docherty

British Army 25th (Tyneside Irish) Btn Northumberland Fusiliers

from:Jarrow

(d.1st Jul 1916)

Frank Docherty died aged 28. He was born in Jarrow on 17th January 1888 (birth registered as Docherty) the son of Helena Docherty (nee Mahoney) and the late Francis Docherty (real name Dougherty). On the 1911 census Francis Docherty, 23, Labourer in Iron Shipyard is listed as living with his widowed mother Ellena Docherty and family at 57 Palmer Terrace, Willington Quay, Howdon. His older brother William Docherty was also one of the fallen. Frank was a footballer before WW1, he played for Jarrow FC and Willington Quay FC early in his career and just before WW1 for Everton FC and Fulham FC. He enlisted at Newcastle.

Frank is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.



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