Photo: James Pasby
Loved by us all
Son of David and Martha Vernon, of Newcastle-on-Tyne; husband of Evelyn Davidson (formerly Vernon) of 203, Park Rd., Blackpool.
In Longbenton Cemetery is a family headstone which includes:
Capt. Frederick L. Vernon, N.F.
son of the above
killed in action in France
1st July 1916 aged 31 years.
Frederick Vernon was born in Newport in 1884. He was commissioned on the 25th January 1915, and served in the 26th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (3rd Tyneside Irish). He was killed on the 1st July 1916 at Ovillers.
Frederick L. Vernon is remembered in Jesmond on J1.22, J1.42 and J1.57
