Photo: William Kirby
Photo: Brian Chandler
In Newcastle upon Tyne (St.John's Westgate and Elswick) Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:
In loving memory of
Ernest Crawford Hadden
The beloved eldest son of
James G. and Margaret
Hadden
20th Battalion
Northumberland Fusiliers
(Northern Cyclists)
Killed in action in France
5th June 1917
In his 28th year
Pro Patria
Ernest was the son of James Crawford, born March 17th 1890, a printer compositor, and Margaret Paterson Hadden. He had five siblings, Isabella, John Goodler, Herbert Towler, Annie Goodler and Frank Lindsay.
Ernest was killed in the attack on Greenland Hill part of the battle of Arras June 5th to June 8th 1917.
William Kirby has also added that the 1911 Census shows him to have been a Certificated Assistant Teacher. The List of Teachers Who Fell show him teaching at Gateshead Windmill Hills County School.
At the time of his death his effects amounted to £10 18s 11d. His War Gratuity was £8 10s.
Ernest Crawford Hadden is remembered in Durham on D47.151, in Gateshead on G39.044 and G39.003, in Newcastle on NUT063 and NUT235 and on the List of Teachers who fell in 1914-18
