Photo: James Pasby
Thy Will be Done
Son of John William C. H. and Mary Jane Sutherst, of Grange Farm, Ryhope, Co. Durham.
In Sunderland Ryhope Road Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:-
In loving memory of
John William Harry
beloved husband of
Mary Jane Sutherst
who died Aug. 7th 1923
aged 80 years
Also Mary Jane
wife of the above
who died Dec. 18th 1927
aged 73 years
Also Mary Hannah
daughter of the above
who died Jan. 28th 1919
aged 31 years
Also John Spedding
son of the above
who was killed in action
in France Sept. 21st 1917
aged 24 years
John Spedding Sutherst is remembered at Ryhope on R52.01, and at Sunderland on S140.036, S140.048 part 2 and S140.048 part 11
He is also remembered in The DLI Book of Remembrancepage 257 and in the Battalion History
