Photo: Geordie at War Project
In Gateshead East Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:
In loving memory
of
Amy Ford Smith
dearly beloved daughter ofWilliam & Jane Smith
who died July ?1st 1916
aged 25 years
Also only son of the above
Corp. David William Smith,
Dispatch Rider R.E.
who died on active service at
Baghdad, Mesopotamia
Aug. 8th 1917 Aged 22 years.
Also William John
?formerly D.W. Smith herbalist
dearly beloved husband of
Jane Smith
who died Dec. 17th 1928
aged 70 years
Also Jane
beloved wife of the above
who died Nov. 1st 1939
aged 85 years.
"Peace perfect peace"
