Photo: Geordie at War Project
In Gateshead (Saltwell) Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:
In loving memory of
Hannah
beloved wife of
Joseph Thompson
who died January 31st ?1928
aged 87 years.
Also Andrew darling son of
John & Jane Mennim
and grandson of the above
who died May 20th 1938
aged 18 years.
Also the above
Joseph Thompson
who died April 7th 1940
aged 82 years.
Also Gnr. John Mennim, N.H.
beloved husband of
Ethel & dear son of John & Jane Mennim
and grandson of the above
killed in action in Sicily
July 11th 1943 aged 31 years.
John T. Mennim
Son-in-law of the above
who died Jan. 28th 1958 aged 77 years.
Also Jane Mennim, daughter of the above
who died May 28th 1966 aged 83 years.
John Mennim is remembered at Gateshead on G39.005
