Photo: Dorothy Hall
Photo: Dorothy Hall
Photo: Dorothy Hall
S4/161803 Private
J. Wanless
Royal Army Medical Corps
7th April 1916 Age 27
Son of Robert and Margaret Wanless, of 13, Mulberry Terrace, New Kyo, Annfield Plain, Durham. Born at Catchgate.
A family headstone reads:-
Pte. John Wanless
beloved son of
Robert and Margaret Wanless
who died at Aldershot Hospital
7th April 1916 aged 28 years
Also of the above Margaret Wanless
who died 13th May 1919 aged 54 years
In the midst of life we are in death
On left hand side:-
Also of
Pte. J. Shearer
beloved husband of
Mary Shearer
who died 5th August 1918
aged 36 years
John Wanless is remembered at Annfield Plain on A38.01 and A38.11
