Photo: Brian Chandler
In Newcastle (St. John Westgate & Elswick) Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:
In
loving memory
of
Robert St. George Henderson
Private 1st Northumberland Fusiliers
beloved son of
Thomas and Isabella Henderson
killed in France Sept. 20th 1918
aged 19½ years
Also of William Thompson
adopted son of the above
who died May 31st 1926
aged 37 years
Also Isabella beloved wife of
Thomas B. Henderson
who died March 1st 1951
aged 71 years.
Also Thomas B. Henderson
dear husband of the above
who died March 8th 1953
aged 77 years
At rest.
His name also appears on the headstone of his grandparents in the same cemetery. See Forster, R., Dvr., 1917
Robert Henderson was born in the second quarter of 1899 at Newcastle upon Tyne, the son of Thomas and Isabella of 23 Tulloch Street, Scotswood. He enlisted at Newcastle with the 1st/6th (Territorial) Battalion before being transferred to 1st Battalion.
Acknowledgements: Ron Carson.
Robert is remembered at Elswick on E35.20
