Ropery Lane
The family headstone reads:-
In loving memory
of
ROBERT HENRY
the beloved son of
ROBERT & DOROTHY JANE
HINDMARCH
who died April 17th 1910
aged 24 years
Also RALPH brother
of the above
who died November 3rd 1918
aged 34 years
Also GEORGE brother
of the above
who died March 8th 1926
aged 37 years
Also the above
ROBERT
who died May 8th 1928
aged 67 years
Also the above
DOROTHY JANE
HINDMARCH who died January 1st 1940
aged 76 years
In the midst of life we are in death
Comment - Parents not buried here or in Ropery Lane records
Cemetery Records
C448 Hindmarch Robert 24y 20/04/1910
C448 Hindmarch Ralph 36y 3/11/1918 6/11/1918
C448 Hindmarch George 37y 11/03/1926
William Kirby has submitted the following:-
Ralph Garthwaite Hindmarch was born in 1884 at Chester-le-Street the son of Robert and Dorothy Jane Hindmarch. He was also the grandson son of Ralph and Ann Garthwaite. In 1891 he was living with his grandparents at Old Post Office Lane, Chester-le-Street.
Ralph enlisted in June 1905 and joined th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and was sischarged due to sickness in April 1915. He was awarded the Silver War badge.
Ralph died 3rd November 1918 aged 36 years and was buried in Ropery Lane Cemetery.
His records sometimes used Hindmarsh as his surname.
Ralph Garthwaite Hindmarch is remembered at Chester-le-Street on C105.40
