Photo: Geordie at War Project
In Gateshead East Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:
In Loving memory of
Second Lieut. Fred Heslop,
Beloved husband of Ann Heslop,
Son-in-Law of J. & E.A. Russell,
Killed in action April 26th 1918
Aged 23 years
Interred in White House St. Jean Military Cemetery
Ypres, Belgium
Also Fred Heslop
darling child of the above
died January 28th 1920
aged 14 months.
Also Anne
beloved wife of the above
who died May 6th 1930,
aged 34 years.
Also the above
Elizabeth Ann Russell
beloved wife of James Russell
who died June 18th 1937,
aged 62 years.
Also the above James Russell
died 18th February 1944
aged 71 years.