Photo: Geordie at War Project
In Gateshead (Saltwell) Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:
In
Loving memory of
Harriet
the dearly beloved wife of
Albert Edwin Gales
who died 2nd January 1926
aged 63 years.
Also their beloved son
Herbert Robson Gales, 16th Bn., N.F.
killed in action on the Somme July 1st 1916
aged 24 years
Also in loving memory of
my dear wife
Isabella Gales
who died 23rd May 1937
aged 57 years
Also Albert Edwin Gales
who died 4th April 1950
aged 86 years
Also Ernest Victor
beloved husband of Jane Gales
who died 25th December 1968
aged 71 years.
Herbert Robson Gales is remembered at Gateshead on G39.004 G39.078, at Pelaw P24.01 and in the Battalion History page 126.
