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Pte. Joseph Frederick Crowther
British Army 20th Btn. B Coy Durham Light Infantry
from:Jarrow
(d.23rd Mar 1918)
Joseph Crowther died age 22 whilst serving with the 20th DLI.
Born Jarrow, he was the on of Georgina Chambers (formerly Crowther nee Wouldhave) of 27 Curry Street Back Jarrow and the late James Francis Crowther. On the 1911 census Joseph Frederick Crowther age 14, Apprentice Plumber at Palmer Shipyard is listed as living with his mother Georgina Chambers and stepfather John Chambers and family at 56 Queens Road, Jarrow
Joseph is buried in Vaulx Hill Cemetery. He is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph (north face) Jarrow and on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.