Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
RYDE SOCIAL HERITAGE GROUP
Based at Ryde Cemetery Heritage & Learning Centre. Preserving, documenting and promoting the social history of Ryde on the Isle of Wight.
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Ryde Cemetery

Mr Albert Leonard Ball (Private)

Title: Mr
Forenames: Albert Leonard
Surnames: Ball
Date of Death: 25/10/1917
Age at Death Years: 29
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Private
Map Reference Number: RSHG 019 C2
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section ST Plot 2845a
Grave Description: White stone kerbs (inscribed) with corner posts and grass infill. White tablet with incised cross on left hand side supported on matching plinth.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Some weathering to inscription
Other Information: Added second name, source: CWGC record
Old Website Grave ID: 4516

Inscription:

North kerb

IN LOVING MEMORY OF ARTHUR SERGT 1/8TH HANTS REGT SON OF J AND E KING
DIED OF WOUNDS APRIL 9TH 1918 AGED 31 YEARS SERVED IN GALLIPOLI AND PALESTINE

South kerb

IN LOVING MEMORY OF EMMA J KING DIED JUNE 24TH 1925 AGED 77 YEARS
ALSO OF HER HUSBAND JOB KING DIED DECEMBER 10TH 1942 AGED 92 YEARS

West kerb

ALSO OF ALBERT BALL PTE 25TH HANTS REGT DIED OCTOBER 25TH 1917 AGED 29
INTERRED SHEIKH AJLIN, EGYPT

White tablet

330023 SERJEANT
A.R. KING
8TH BN. HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT
8TH APRIL 1918

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
King family and A Ball (March 2004)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Carol Strong
A King May 2016
Photographer: Carol Strong
Carol Strong
A King May 2016
Photographer: Carol Strong
A Ball 2005

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