Photo: James Pasby
In Tynemouth (Preston) Cemetery is a family headstone of Patterson which reads:
Sacred to the memory of my dear wife
May Alexandra Patterson
who died August 3rd 1945
aged 43 years
Also our dear son
Christopher Railton
killed at sea by enemy action August 27th 1943
aged 17 years
Christopher Railton Patterson is remembered in ourList of Ships’ crews