Seghill Holy Trinity
In Seghill (Holy Trinity) Churchyard) is a family headstone shaped like an open book which reads:
Left hand side
In
Loving memory
of
Pte. William N.F.
beloved son of
William & Eleanor
Harrison
of Seaton Delaval
who died of wounds
received in action
in France
Sept. 20th 1916
aged 19 years.
Right hand side
Also their son
Sergt. Arthur N.F.
who died of wounds
received in action
May 7th 1917
aged 24 years.
Morpeth Herald 01/06/1917 carries a brief obituary:
Mr and Mrs Harrison, Avenue Head Farm, Seaton Delaval, have been informed of the death of their eldest son, Sergt. Arthur Harrison, N.F., who died from wounds on May 7th. He enlisted at the beginning of the war at Morpeth, being then engaged by Mr Harris, Ulgham Park. In September, 1916, he received the Card of Honour. He was 24, and is the second son they have lost in the war.
ROLL OF HONOUR
HARRISON.- Died May 7th, 1917, from wounds received May 3rd, Sergeant Arthur Harrison, N.F., eldest son of William and Eleanor Harrison, Avenue Head, Seaton Delaval, aged 24.
His brother William also died in the Great War.
Arthur Harrison is remembered in Seaton Delaval on S7.03 and S7.10 and at Ulgham on U1.01
