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Whickham Memorial
On Whickham war memorial are inscribed the names of those who lost their lives in two world wars. R.A.F. Sergeant John Guthrie was shot down in a Lancaster bomber as h e flew over the village of Erskdork, Germany. He was only 23 when he was shot down. His sister still remembers the day when it happened. "My mother was informed of what happened by the war office and from what I know the rest of the crew were also in their twenties. Every time that I walk past the war memorial in Whickham I look at it as his name is on there, I think it's only natural." [Source Gateshead Post, 14 June 2000]