Photo: Geordie at War Project
In Gateshead East Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:
In loving memory of
Jane Turner
the beloved wife of
George Turner
who died April 18th 1879
aged 35 years.
Susannah
daughter of the above
who died September 13th 1872
aged 2 years and 2 months.
Jane Turner
who died September 5th 1890
aged 72 years.
Also the above
George Cooper Turner
engine-driver
who died April 24th 1916
aged 72 years.
Pte. Robert William Turner, R.A.M.C.
grandson of the above
who died from gas poisoning received
in action June 27th 1917
and was interred in Achiet-le-Grand
Communal Cemetery Extension
North West of Bapaume, France
in his 20th year.
