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On 16 December 1914 German warships attacked ports on the East coast of England and Hartlepool was shelled. Some of the Durham Pals were based at Hartlepool during the attack and Private Theo Jones, a 27 year old teacher from Hartlepool, was killed. He was the first soldier of Kitchener’s New Army to die in action.
