Photo: Geordie at War Project
In Gateshead (Saltwell) Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:
In
Loving Memory of
William,
the beloved husband of
Sarah Brown
who fell asleep on March 24th 1913
aged 69 years.
Also the above Sarah Brown
who fell asleep on March 3rd 1920
aged 77 years.
Also Robert Henry,
son of the above
46 Canadians killed at Passchendaele Ridge
October 26th 1917, aged 46 years.
also George Percy
Grandson of the above
10 Canadians killed at Vimy Ridge
Oct. 9th 1917 aged 20 years.
Also Sarah Annie
daughter of the above
who fell asleep on Jan. 14th 1960
aged ?71 years.
Grandmother Sarah lost her son Robert Henry and grandson George Percy (Only son of Cpl. G. T. Browne, (late 49th Bn. Canadian Inf.) and the late S. J. Metcalfe (his wife) of Thornaby, Yorks., England) in 1917.
There is a discrepancy with the date on the headstone, the month reads October but all the other details are correct.