Heslop’s Local Advertiser 15/05/1946
Heslop’s Local Advertiser 15/05/1946 carries an In Memoriam notice which reads:
“Lunam – Felling. Pte. Thomas, 9th D.L.I., killed in action May 31st, 1940.”
His elder brother Adam Lunam served as Private 825 Northumberland Fusiliers and killed in action June 22nd 1916 in France at the age of 24 years.
Another brother William Lunam was born June 22nd 1894 at Felling and married in 1917 to Maude Brown. He enlisted and was assigned as Able Seaman TZ/5991 Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, Royal Naval Division. Awards; Distinguished Service Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. He survived the conflict and died at Gateshead in 1967, aged 73 years.
He is remembered in Newcastle on NUT023 and in Durham on D47.014 page 35
