Photo: Brian Chandler
In Holy Trinity Churchyard is a family headstone which reads:
In
Loving Memory
of
Edward
the beloved husband of
Margaret Stevenson,
who died Nov. 19, 1903
aged 50 years.
(of Widdrington Colliery)
also of
George Edward
Stevenson
beloved son of the above
who was killed in action
in France Dec. 23, 1917
aged 24 years
Buried at Zillebeke
South east of Ypres
Deeply mourned
Morpeth Herald 08/02/1918 carries a brief obituary:
ROLL OF HONOUR
STEVENSON.- Killed in action on the 23rd December, 1917, George Edward, the only son of Margaret Stevenson and of the late Edward Stevenson, of Widdrington Colliery.- Deeply mourned.
From George's pension cards his mother Margaret moved to Bebside Furnace Gardens and then later to Abyssinia House, Ashington.
George Edward Stevenson is remembered at Bebside onB14.02 and at Blyth on B42.24
