Photo: Brian Chandler
The headstone reads:-
In loving memory of my dear husband
Thomas Randal Agnew, Skipper, R.N.R.
Accidentally drowned in the service of his country
January 20th 1917, aged 24 years.
Great grandson of the late Captain Hubbard of North Shields
And his dear wife Elizabeth
Died March 4th 1974 aged 81 years.
He is remembered at North Shields on N34.02N34.16N34.40N34.48 and N34.49 and on our List of Ships’ crews
