Photo: Geordie at War Project
In Gateshead East Cemetery is a family headstone which reads
Sacred
to the memory of
Joseph Henry
the dearly
beloved husband of
Eva Burdon
who died Dec. ?22nd ?1925
aged 35 years.
The next two lines are illegible from the photo.
also Bombardier
W.A. Collins, R.F.A.,
the dearly
beloved son of
George and
Jane E. Collins
killed in action
July 10th 1916
aged years
interred in France
To the memory of
a brave youth who died
that his country might live
He is remembered in Gateshead on G39.004 and in Birtley on B127.03