Photo: Geordie at War Project
In Gateshead East Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:
In
loving memory
of
George Tully
the beloved husband of
Hannah Tully
who died February 26th 1917
in his 37th year.
Also our dear son
Bmdr. G.J. Tully R.G.A.
after manoeuvres, March 14th 1910
aged ?26 years.
Also of
Copl. Harvey Octavious Tully
beloved son of the above
1st Batt. King's Own Royal Lancasters
who was killed in action near
Blancy, France
on April 9th 1917 aged 22 years.
Also Hannah
beloved wife of the above
George Tully
died Oct. ?23rd 1940
aged 80 years.
Cpl. Douglas Tully
Son of Septimus & Annie
grandson of the above
killed in action Aug. 11th 1943
in his 22nd year
Interred at Lentini, Sicily
“Till the day break”.
Harvey Octavious Tully is remembered in Gateshead on G39.004 page 17 G39.025
Is he the Pte. H. Tully in G39.024 or the "H.C. Tully" in G39.091?
