In Tynemouth (Preston) Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave with a private headstone of 465389 Sapper John Smith serving with the  No. 1 Anti-aircraft Company Royal Engineers who died 23/03/1918.

The headstone reads:

In
Loving memory
of
Maria Weeks
who died Oct. 1st 1915
aged 77 years

Ann Francis Nightingale
daughter of the above
died August 28th 1910 aged 40 years

James Weeks,
son of the above
died July 13th 1891 aged 34 years

John Hames,
son of the above James Weeks
died Nov. 1891 aged 2 years

Jennie
daughter of the above James Weeks
died April 2nd 1919
aged 29 years

Also of Sapper John Smith, R.E.
the beloved husband of Lydia Smith
who died at Gosforth War Hospital
March 23rd 1918 aged 28 years

Susannah Weeks
died March 15th 1944
aged 92 years.

John Smith was the son of the late John James Smith, of 28, Lansdowne Terrace, North Shields.  He was the husband of Lydia Burke (formerly Smith), of 1, Brandling Terrace, North Shields.

He is remembered in North Shields on N34.30 page 38 and N34.77