Photo: Dorothy Hall
Photo: Dorothy Hall
The headstone reads:-
In loving memory of
Corporal John Brewis
Dearly beloved husband of
Mary Brewis of Stanley
And youngest son of
William and Margaret Brewis
of Tanfield Lea
who died at Sunderland Infirmary
on 26th June 1915 from wounds received
in France aged 32 years
He answered his country's call
Also the above Mary Brewis
died May 3rd 1950 aged 68 years
Son of William and Margaret Brewis, of Tanfield Lea; husband of Mary Brewis, of 12, Fairford Terrace, Stanley.
John Brewis is remembered at Stanley in S135.04
He is also remembered in The DLI Book of Remembrance
