Photo: Dorothy Hall
Son of John and Sarah Elizabeth Morton; husband of Annie M Morton, of 17, Hude Terrace, Middleton-in-Teesdale.
In St Mary's Churchyard is a family headstone which reads:-
In loving memory
of
Annie M. Morton
17 Hude Middleton in Teesdale
died 28th Sept. 1935 aged 52 years
Also of her husband
George W. Morton
Killed in action 31st July 1917 (sic)
aged 36 years
Also of their son
John A. Morton
died 22nd October 1945 aged 32 years
Also Edna Hodgson Daughter
died 8th Sept. 1976 aged 65 years
Also her husband
Daniel Hodgson, B.E.M.
Died 30th April 1972 aged 74 years
The Teesdale Mercury 29/08/1917 reports:-
Private G.W. Morton, another well known and highly respected young man who was, previous to enlistment employed by the Middleton Cooperative Society as a clerk, was also killed in action on August 1st. He leaves a widow and two children, for whom much sympathy is felt.
The Teesdale Mercury 05/09/1917 reports:-
The Rev. W. Sumner conducted a memorial service at the Baptist Chapel, Milddleton, on Sunday night, in memory of Private G.W. Morton, who was killed in action in France on August 1st. The reverend gentleman made feeling references to deceased and took for his text Nehemiah fourth chapter latter part of verse fourteen "Be not ye afraid of them; remember the Lord which is great and terrible and fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your houses."
The chapel was crowded as Private Morton was held in the highest esteem in the dale.
His son John Atkinson Morton died in October 1945.
George Watson Morton is remembered at Middleton Teesdale on M39.01, M39.02 and M39.04
