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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Branxton (St. Paul) Churchyard, Northumberland |
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Branxton (St. Paul) Churchyard contains a single burial from the
First World War. The burial is that of a soldier who served with the Yorkshire
Regiment.
We are extremely grateful to Dave
Colthorpe for providing the photographs of the headstone and of the churchyard.
The photos are part of a set that he took of Branxton village and Flodden
Battlefield, and which is posted on
Flickr.
Private John Ewart Ewart. TR/5/45115. 14th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment, attached to 81st Battalion Training Reserve. Son
of Mrs. Hannah Ewart, of Downham. Mindrum. Northumberland. Died at home
25 April 1917. Aged 25.
Born Branxton, Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne, Resided Carnhill.
"GREATER LOVE
HATH NO MAN THAN
THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE
FOR ANOTHER"
St. Paul's Church, Branxton
Photo : Dave
Colthorpe