Photo: Geordie at War Project
In Gateshead (Saltwell) Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:
In loving memory of
George Welch
who died January 31st 1919
aged 53 years.
Also of Jane Elizabeth
beloved wife of the above
who died August 4th 1928 aged 63 years.
and of James Frederick Welch, R.F.A.
their third son
who died of wounds in Belgium
October 17th 1917 Aged 21 years.
Also John their second son
who died in London, May 29th 1956.
Also George Harbottle, their eldest son
and beloved husband of Nellie,
who died November 20th 1993
James Frederick Welch is remembered in Gateshead on G39.004