In Harton Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave of 423 Sapper William Newton Harle, serving with the Royal Engineers, who died 27/01/1915.

The son of Frances Smith (formerly Harle), of 26, Pollard Street, South Shields, and the late W. Harle.

The Newcastle Journal 02/02/1915 reports:
THE LATE SAPPER HARLE.
The interment took place at Harton Cemetery, South Shields, yesterday afternoon, of the late Sapper William N. Harle, of the Tyne Electrical Engineers, R.E., whose death took place in hospital at Portsmouth. Leaving the residence in Plotina Terrace, the cortege was headed by a firing party of 20 soldiers, under Sergt. A. Gordon, and the band of the 3rd Durham Light Infantry. The coffin, which was covered by the Union Jack, was conveyed in a hearse, which was followed by a landau, filled with wreaths, and number of carriages, containing relatives and friends, the rear being brought up by a detachment of the Tyne Electrical Engineers, commanded by Lieut. Mountain. At the cemetery the service was conducted by the Rev L. St. Alban Wells, vicar of St. Aidan’s, and the Rev H. L. Lloyd, chaplain to the corps.

William Newton Harle is remembered at Barnard Castle School on B135.04 and  B135.20 and at South Shields on S86.046