NU-STBA-0284

Record Date: 
16 August 2016
Graveyard: 
Exact wording of epitaph: 

In loving memory of
John Eustace Smith
beloved husband of Cornelia Mary and father
of Tania Anna of Thrunton Farm in this Parish
killed steeplechasing 21st March 1949, aged 35 years. 

Grave location
Latitude: 
55.401383310003
Longitude: 
-1.8969520899991
Number of people commemorated: 
3
People commemorated: 
Name: 
John Eustace
Surname: 
Smith
Date of death - day: 
21
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1949
Age: 
35
Name: 
Cornelia Mary
Surname: 
Smith
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Name: 
Tania Anna
Surname: 
Smith
Relationship with first person: 
Daughter
Notes: 

A notice from the Berwick Advertiser, Thursday 31st March 1949

MEMORIAL SERVICE
A memorial service for Captain John Eustace Smith, the well-known amateur jockey, who died after an injury at Catterick races, was held at St. Bartholomews Church, Whittingham. The Rev. P. G. Forman, Archdeacon of Lindisfame, assisted by the Rev. G. Henderson, Vicar of Whittingham, conducted the service. Included among the mourners were. The Duke of Northumberland; Capt. R. Carr Ellison; Major A. S. C. Brown; Mrs J. G. G. Rea; Lord Joicey, Colonel R. Taylor, Major and Mrs A. C. St raker. Colonel J. W. Sale and Mr E. F. Collingwood.