Photo: Helen Lewis
Menin Gate Memorial
In Amble West Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:
In loving memory
of
Peter
the beloved husband of
Mary Ann Nairn
who died at Radcliffe Feb. 2nd 1924
aged 65 years.
Also of
Pte. William Nairn
son of the above
who was killed at St. Julian, Belgium
April 26th 1915, aged 23 years
Also of the above
Mary Ann Nairn
who died at Radcliffe ? 25th ?1937
aged 67 years.
William Nairn is remembered on the Radcliffe memorial at Amble R32.01, in Ashington on A17.01 (A17.27), A17.06 and A17.43 and in the Battalion History
According to Soldiers Died in the Great War Private Nairn enlisted in Alnwick. Is he the "William Nairn" listed at Edlingahm on E17.01?
