Photo: Geordie at War Project
Menin Gate
In Gateshead East Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:
In loving memory
of
Isabella,
dearly beloved daughter of
Thomas and Ann Atkinson
who died Dec. 31st 1918, aged 38 years.
also Edward John, their beloved son
who died March 23rd 1919, aged 44 years.
Also Pte. George Atkinson, 11th Royal
Inniskilling Fus. their beloved son
who died of wounds received in action in France
July 11th 1916, aged 25 years.
Also Pte. Harry F. Smith 1st N.F.
their son-in-law who fell in action in France
Nov. 8th 1914, aged 29 years.
Also Sergt. Albert E. Flood, 1st N.F.
their son-in-law who fell in action in France
June 16th 1915 aged 31 years.
Also Thomas Atkinson
who died Oct. 14th 1928 aged 77 years.
Albert Edward Flood is remembered on page 12 of Battalion History
