Parish Notes
WESTOE

Sale of Webb medals
Journal 22/09/2007 reports:
“The medals won by Northumberland Fusilier Cpl. Robert Owen Webb, who was killed in the First World War, are set to fetch £800-£1,000 at an auction in Bonhams in London on September 25th”.
CWGC gives: 240640 Corporal Robert Owen Webb, 1st/5th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers, died 14/11/1916. Awarded Military Medal. Husband of Frances Webb, 73 Mowbray Road, Westoe, South Shields. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 10B, 11B and 12B