Police Gazette military absentees from County Durham
Database compiled by John Sheen
We are very grateful that John Sheen has shared this database with us. He has extracted the names of men to be found in the Police Gazette listed as absentees or deserters from the armed services. This database does not represent a full run of the publication but includes the following issues:
11 August 1914, Volume XXX, Number 3163
17 November 1914, Volume XXX, Number 3177
12 January 1915, Volume XXXI, Number 3185
19 January 1915, Volume XXXI, Number 3186
26 January 1915, Volume XXXI, Number 3187
7 November 1916, Volume XXXII, Number 3280
14 November 1916, Volume XXXII, Number 3281
5 December 1916, Volume XXXII, Number 3284
14 October 1919, Volume XXXV, Number 3433
21 October 1919, Volume XXXV, Number 3434
28 October 1919, Volume XXXV, Number 3435
18 November 1919, Volume XXXV, Number 3438
Copies of the Police Gazette can be found on the British Newspaper Archive, which currently (October 2018) holds scans for this newspaper 1916-1918.
British Newspaper Archive website:
http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
Because of the amount of information contained in it, it has been necessary to publish the database to this site so that the writing appears to be rather small when the document is first opened. Please note that it should be possible to zoom in and out for ease of use – the plus and minus buttons should appear in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen to facilitate this (Chrome). It is also possible to do a keyword search within the document by pressing CTRL+F and typing in the word or name that you are looking for.
Contributed by John Sheen
