Photo Brian Chandler
In Whitley Bay (Hartley South) Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:
The family
Burial place of
G.D. & J.A. Thompson
In memory of
J.A. Thompson
beloved wife of the above
who died 12th Sept. 1920
aged 89 years.
The above
G.D. Thompson
who died 10th July 1924
aged 90 years.
"At rest"
Also of S.V. Melrose
grandson of the above
son of J.A. Melrose
who fell in action in France 3rd May 1917
aged 20 years
Greater love hath no man than this
J.G.B. Thompson
son of the above
died Sept. 1st 1934
aged 73 years.
"At rest".
