Photo: Christine Baldwin

Sacred
to the
beloved memory
of
two brothers
who died for
their country
in the Great War
1916
Hugh Vaughan Charlton
Lieut. 7th Northumberland Fusiliers
Near Whytschaete, 24 June 1916, aged 32
John McFarlane Charlton
Capt. 21st Northumberland Fusiliers
(2nd Tyneside Scottish)
near La Boiselle, 1st July 1916
his 25th birthday.
Sons and only children of
John and Kate J.M. Charlton

They were the sons of John Charlton, R.A., the north-east painter who was also a war painter for the South African war.

Acknowledgements: Christine Baldwin

2nd Lieut. H.V. Charlton is remembered in the Regimental History A11.59

Both brothers are remembered in Durham on D47.151 and in Newcastle on NUT063

Universities at War
The CWGC entry for 2nd Lieutenant H.V. Charlton
The CWGC entry for Captain J.M. Charlton