Photo: Dorothy Hall
In Holy Trinity's churchyard is a family headstone for Bell which reads:
To the Glory of God
and
in memory of
Sergt. Curzon Lithgow
of the 16th Northld. Fusiliers
the dearly beloved son of
R.J. Lithgow
who was killed in action in France
July 1st 1916
aged 26 years
Also of Hannah Ursula
The dearly beloved wife of the above
R.J. Lithgow
who died May 24th 1918
aged 56 years
Other than the headstone and CWGC the surname is usually Lithgo.
Curzon Lithgo is remembered in The Men of Hartlepools book H115.30, at West Hartlepool on W111.54 and W111.86, at Newcastle in NUT068, at North Shields on N34.02, N34.40 and N34.48 and at Tynemouth T36.14
