Photo: Dorothy Hall
Photo: Dorothy Hall
In St Cuthbert's Churchyard, Marley Hill is a family headstone which reads
In loving memory of
Sarah Isabella
youngest and dearly loved daughter of
Bartholomew and Mary Davison
who died Aug. 31st 1917
aged 19 years
Also of our dear son John
who was mined on the S.S. Citta de Palermo
crossing the Adriatic Sea
Jan. 8th 1916 aged 27 years
The Consett Guardian 02/06/1916 reports:
Davison, J of Church Street, Marley Hill, Private in M.T. Army Service Corps, lost in the Mediterranean Sea, 8th February, 1916, aged 27.
John Davison is remembered at Marley Hill on M34.01, M34.03 and M34.06
