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I was wondering if any kind person would be able to kindly photograph a headstone for me that is in Byker and Heaton Cemetery, Newcastle? I have the grave reference from find a grave Sec. G. Grave 251. The man concerned died young aged just 20 during WW2, his name is Albert Edward Fearon and he died on 17th August 1940. Any help as ever is really appreciated.
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Good Morning
I'm not in the area so can't do the photo but it is on Findagrave website and they do have a photo request option .
This is the nearest I can find online but he must be in one of the rear rows and I can't read those.
https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/42802/newcastle-upon-tyne-byker-and-heaton-cemetery/
Ciderdrinker
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Thanks cider drinker, its a bit frustrating that the headstone wasn't in the pictures featured on the CWGC but I will submit a request to find a grave as you suggest, hopefully I might be lucky, many thanks.
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I too am unable to help with a photo, but on the offchance you don't have these two entries in the same edition
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
21 August 1940, page 2, col 1
Roll of Honour
FEARON - Byker, 53 Oban Road, aged
20 years, killed on active service. Sapper
Albert Edward Fearon R.E. dearly
beloved son of Christopher and Alice Fearon.. Deeply
mourned
Deaths
FEARON -Byker, 53 Oban Road, aged
20 years, Sapper Albert Edward Fearon
R.E. killed on active service, dearly
beloved son of Christopher and Alice
Fearon. Interment Heaton Cemetery,
Thursday, leaving residence 1.45 p.m. All
friends and neighbours kindly invited
Fingers crossed that someone on Find a Grave can help, but the CWGC site indicates that eventually photos from this cemetery will be added to the site.
Boo
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Thanks for the newspaper clippings Boo, I had seen the first entry but not the second one, no idea how I missed it, so I really appreciate your help.
There are 64 find a grave transcribers associated with the cemetery so hopefully one of these kind people will be able to help.
Thanks
Paul
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59535939/albert-fearon
Mission Accomplished! ;)
Keep up the good work with your researching. :)
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Oh that’s brilliant I can’t thank you enough for your help thank you so much Paul
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You are very welcome; I'm glad to have been able to help out. :)
The memorial is in the second row behind the Chapel at the entrance and was very easy to locate.
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Thanks again so much - I have written the story of how the six men died here
https://chiddicksfamilytree.com/2024/04/17/danger-uxb-the-story-of-six-brave-royal-engineers-who-died-at-nantwich/
The next step which is what I am researching now is their individual biographies.
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What detailed research and such an interesting read! I think it is marvellous that you and your fellow researcher are seeing to it that these service men and their sacrifice will not be forgotten.
Lest We Forget.
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Thank you again for your help and support with this and your kind words. It’s so important that we keep their memories alive.
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I was on day shift today so managed to pop in the Newcastle library shortly before their late night closing. I have been able to look up Albert's parents' death notices and burial entries and have sent edits so hopefully these will be linked these up with his.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/271934899/christopher-stephenson-fearon
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/271934976/alice-fearon
It turns out they are also both in Section G in purchased graves.
Christopher's grave plot was for two people. I wonder if the intention might have been that Alice would eventually be buried with him? However, records show that she was buried in the same plot as son Albert.
I see from Freebmd it would appear that Alice and Christopher married in the December quarter in 1939 so less than a year before Albert was killed.
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Thanks so much for adding the death notices for both his parents and I was able to view them from the find a grave website, thank you.
These will be really helpful to my research.
His father was an interesting man, there are two patents in his name associated with air flotation devices for submerged vessels, all fascinating stuff.
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just in case you don't have this cutting:
https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-chronicle-albert-edward-fearon/150220126/
Boo
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Thanks Boo I did have the cutting but thank you for checking and of course if you come across any further references that are connected to the family of course let me know. Once I have written his story, I will send you the link.
Thanks again for all your help.
Paul
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I am glad to hear you think this will be helpful for your research.
I was on day shift again yesterday so did a detour on the buses home and went to look again at section G for Christopher's memorial.
Unfortunately, I could find nothing with his name inscribed on it. But there were some possibilities in the section but these were the types of graves which can't be identified, such as overgrown memorials, kerb memorials with no identifiable inscription or fallen over memorials. I suppose it could also be that he may have had a purchased grave with no memorial.
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Thank you for trying, it was worth a try. It always surprises me when the grave has been purchased but there’s no memorial, but dying was and still is an expensive business. Thanks again.