Photo: Brian Chandler
Margaret Burgess has submitted the following:-
His father added the inscription “At Rest” to his headstone.
In St Bartholomew's Churchyard is a family headstone which reads:-
In memory of
Charlotte Tait Tully
The beloved daughter of
James & Jane Tully
Who departed this life
Feby. 28th 1901 aged 18 years
Also Margaret their daughter
Died Sept. 16th 1893
Aged 8 years
Also Thomas & William
Their children, died in infancy
Also of their son
Private Robert Tait Tully,
11th Batt. Royal Sussex Regiment
Who was killed in action June 30th
1916 in his 24th year
Interred at St. Vaast Port
Military Cemetery France
The above Jane Tully
Died Decr. 29th 1923 aged 69 years
The above James Tully
Died Feby. 16th 1932
Aged 82 years
Also Edward Tait Tully their son
Died Novr. 3rd 1955 aged 63 years
Also James Tully their son
Died ??27th 1957 aged 75 years
Robert was one of the ten children of James and Jane Ann Tully of 18 Gibson Street, Newbiggin by the Sea.
Robert Tait Tully is remembered in Newbiggin by the Sea on N10.03, N10.06 and N10.14
