Photo: B. Chandler
The headstone reads:-
In memoriam
Alan John Mawson
Lieut. Northumberland Fusiliers
Beloved son of
Thomas Oliver and Florence Mawson
Born April 19th 1887
Died at Grantham Dec. 4th 1918.
Also of the above
Thomas Oliver
beloved husband of Florence Mary Mawson
who died October 23rd 1930 aged 74 years.
Alan was the son of Thomas and Florence of 19 East Parade, Newcastle upon Tyne. He served with 5th (Territorial) Battalion and was made Second Lieutenant on 23rd February 1915 (London Gazette).
Acknowledgements: Ron Carson.
Alan John Mawson is remembered in Elswick on E35.03 and E35.09 (where his name is given as ("Alin Mawson"), in Newcastle on NUT008 and NUT043 and in the Battalion Book of Remembrance
