Norman Gaudie (1887-1955)
Sunderland football player who became one of the 'Richmond Sixteen'
The following is a transcript of a document found at Carlisle Record Office (DMAR 4/51). It comes from the collection of Miss Catherine E Marshall, suffragist and pacifist of Hawse End, Keswick:
Maidstone Prison
Case of Norman Gaudie, “Chirnside,” East Boldon,
Nr. Sunderland
Mr. Gaudie was arrested in April, 1916. He was taken to Newcastle Barracks; subjected to most severe treatment, clothes torn off, uniform forced on, put in irons and handcuffed. Was taken to Richmond and served 2 terms of detention. From Richmond he was sent to France, tried by General Court Martial and sentenced to death by shooting, commuted to 10 years’ Penal Servitude. This was in May and June, 1916. In July he was in Winchester Prison.
In August, 1916, he was sent to Aberdeen to do work under the Home Office Scheme; in November he was transferred to Wakefield and in December he refused to continue the work and was sent to Armley Gaol, Leeds, and from there removed to Maidstone Civil Prison.
More information about Norman Gaudie’s story can be found on the following website:
http://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.com/norman-gaudie/
More information about the ‘Richmond Sixteen’ can be found on the following site:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/york/hi/people_and_places/religion_and_ethics/newsid_8342000/8342995.stm
Civil Parish: Boldon
Birth date: 1887
Death date: 1955-Jan-19
Armed force/civilian: Civilian
Residence: Station Lane, East Boldon
born Sunderland (1901 and 1911 census)
Employment: Sunderland Football Club player
Railway Clerk
Family: Mother: Elizabeth Gaudie (1901 census: Gaudy)
Siblings: Edith H Gaudie, Herbert James Gaudie, George W Gaudie, Harold W Gaudie, Fred Gaudie, Elsie Gaudie (1901 and 1911 censuses)
Military service:
Non-Combatant Corps
Gender: Male
Contributed by Durham County Record Office
