Fenham Cemetery
In Newcastle Cemetery, Fenham, is a family headstone which reads:
Pray for the
repose of the
souls of
Matthew Golightly
died 4. Sept. 1930
aged 67 years
and of his sons
Matthew
aged 26 years
Joseph Henry
aged 22 years
George Frederick
aged 19 years
killed in action
Great War 1914-18
and his wife
Annie Golightly
died 27 Jan. 1940
aged 70 years
Also Annie Lilian
dear daughter
and sister of the above
died 2nd Jan 1994
aged 101 years.
R.I.P.
Acknowledgements: Sheila Clapperton
His brothers John Henry and George Frederick also died in the Great War.
Matthew Golightly is remembered in Newcastle on NUT161 and on our List of Ships’crews.
