Chinese Sailor Graves

Chinese Sailor Graves

If you are a regular visitor to St John’s Cemetery, chances are you may have crossed paths with groups of young Chinese students, local Chinese people or Chinese tourists carrying offerings and heading for the six headstones colloquially known as the Chinese sailor...
Private Ivy Everard 1922-1942

Private Ivy Everard 1922-1942

Commonwealth War Graves at St John’s Cemetery, Elswick  Written and researched by Susan McGarry – Stories of the Stones volunteer Elswick Cemetery, (St. Johns), Newcastle is a Commonwealth War Graves site with 289 casualties from the two World Wars....