Photo: Geordie at War Project
In Gateshead (Saltwell) Cemetery is a family headstone for Liddell which reads
In
loving memory of
Hannah,
dearly loved wife of
John Joseph Liddell
died April 15th 1934 aged 85 years.
Also John Joseph
died Nov. 9th 1935 aged 83 years
Laura Emmeline Liddell
died April 6th 1950 aged 74 years.
Also Arthur Joseph Elliott
died Oct. 22nd 1919 aged 2 years.
Sergt. Pilot George Liddell Elliott R.A.F.V.R.
killed in action March 3rd 1941 Aged 27 years.
sons of George William & Ethel Hannah Elliott.
Sgt. Elliott was serving with 115 Squadron. He was a crew member of Wellington IC R3279 KO-D which took off from Marham on a mission to Brest. The aircraft crashed into the sea killing all the crew.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1941; W.R. Chorley; 1993; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 87 3
