Photo: Geordie at War Project
In Gateshead East Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:
In
Loving memory of
Lydia
beloved wife of
Francis James Hepple
who died September 5th 1908
aged 47 years.
Also the above
Francis James Hepple
who died February 6th 1923
aged 62 years.
Also of
Francis Scott Hepple
son of the above
who died February 19th 1894
aged 6 years and 9 months.
Francis James Hepple
Lieut. M.G.C. youngest son,
Killed in action April 28th 1917
Aged 22 years.