Photo: Dorothy Hall
He did his duty His reward with God
In (Hetton) Easington Lane Cemetery is a headstone which reads:-
in
loving memory of
Corporal
Frederick Thompson
3rd T.S.
dearly beloved son of
John & Jane Ann Thompson
of Lyons Colliery
who died in 1st Northern
General Hospital Newcastle-upon-Tyne
3rd April 1915
aged 22 years
He did his duty His reward with God
Also Pte. William G. Thompson
25 Batt. A.I.F.
dearly beloved son of the above
who died (unreadable)
William Grant Thompson is remembered at Easington Lane on E71.01 as W.C. Thompson