Photo: Brian Chandler

The headstone reads:

Love’s
Tender
tribute
in
loving memory
of our dear son
Thomas Finkall Blair
2nd Lieut. R.A.F. late 8th N.F.
Younger son of T.F. and S.J. Blair
Who was accidentally killed whilst
Flying at Stamford, Linc., April 5th 1918
Aged 22 years
Also in loving memory of our
Dear elder son Robert Johnston
Late 5th N.F. and beloved husband of
Jessie Blair who died as a result of …
Services, May 2nd 1926, aged 32 years
Interred at St.Alban’s, Herts
The above Sarah Jane Blair
Died March 28th 1943 aged ?73 years
The above Thomas Finkall Blair
Died May 13th 1945 aged 76 years
Mary A., beloved eldest daughter
Died March 7th 1948 aged 51 years.

He is remembered in North Shields on N34.02N34.40 and N34.48 in Durham on D47.151 and in Newcastle on NUT063

Universities at War .
The CWGC entry for 2nd Lieutenant Blair