Photo Brian Chandler
The headstone reads:
In loving memory of
James Hamilton
beloved husband of Elizabeth
who died 8 Sept. 1950 aged 68
And their son
F/O Harry F. Hamilton
killed on active service
14 Jan. 1943 aged 25
Also Elizabeth
beloved wife of James
who died 30 April 1969 aged 86.
There is also a vase which reads:
In
Memory of
Flying Officer
Harry Forbes
Hamilton
killed in action
14th Jan. 1943
Aged 25 years.
From the staff
of R.A.F. Kemble
He is listed in the Scout Roll of Honour 1939-45 as having served with the 15th Newcastle on Tyne Group.
Harry Forbes Hamilton is remembered in Jesmond on J1.13 and in a RAF Book of Remembrance
