West Cemetery
 

I was up at the cemetery this afternoon and noticed one headstone that I must have walked past any number of times. It is for the Dawson family and two of them are on the sister site. George Dawson, the father died in 1907 from injuries received at Newburgh Colliery and his son James was killed in 1915 in the Dardanelles, aged 19. He was in the RND, Collingwood Battalion.
Not far from this headstone was one to JS Pratt, another WW1 casualty, in the RND, Howe Battalion, killed in Flanders.

Have you photographed either of these yet, Coquet?

I've photographed sections B, C and part of A, I think you were looking in 'B'?
which just so happens to be the part I started with regarding transcriptions:

Amble West Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions (just a tiny few of what's photographed to get the page open!)

In there is the Dawson stone you mention, Pratt still to process. The Pratt fellow lived in Bede Street, and is commemorated in the parish church. Just out of interest I saw his medals for sale some years ago in Australia. I might get another chance to repatriate them some day. :(

[edit: Pratt is on the page already]

Here's the Hudson stone from that list. you can see why I've had a 'spot of bother'. :)

Hudson was a colliery blacksmith from Radcliffe - I've convinced myself anyway.

Plenty mysteries like this to go at (unfortunately :D)


http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/images/hudson_stone.jpg

That's a difficult one to deal with, I'm impressed with the detective work! You've also found a headstone for some of my Beverleys, nice work, Coquet.