Photo: B. Chandler
The family headstone reads:
In loving
Memory of
Acting L.Cpl.
Joseph Blain D.L.I.
accidentally killed
during manoeuvres
23 Dec. 1941 aged 33 years
Also his dear ?wife isabella
born . . . . .
A much loved . . . and gran.
In front of the headstone is a vase which bears the names:
Joe and
Ella
Son of Alexander Blain, and Jane Blain (nee Sharp); husband of Isabella Blain (nee Jackson), of Cullercoats.
He is remembered in the D.L.I. Book of Remembrance page 93
