Waiter headstone: Peter Holt
In Sunderland Mere Knolls Cemetery is a Family Headstone which reads:
In abiding memory of
Robert Waiter,
(Master Mariner)
Dearly loved husband of Barbara Waiter,
who died from the effects of the war
Jan.16.1919, aged 53 years.
Also George, Sergt. Major, 7th D.L.I.
killed in action Jan.25.1916,
aged 21 years.
Also Robert, Pte, 20th D.L.I.
killed in action Nov.22.1916,
aged 25 years.
Dearly loved sons of the above
Faithful to the end.
Also the above Barbara Waiter,
who died March 26.1954,
aged 90 years.
And Hilda Waiter,
who died Oct.26.1984, aged 88 years.
Love’s last tribute.
Acknowledgments: Peter Holt.
His brother George B. Waiter also fell.
Robert Waiter is remembered in Monkwearmouth on M46.24, in Sunderland on S140.048 part 02 page 40 and in the D.L.I. Book of Remembrance page 320