Ryde Cemetery
Mr Arthur Richard King (Sergeant)
Title: Mr
Forenames: Arthur Richard
Surnames: King
Date of Death: 09/04/1918
Age at Death Years: 31
Grave Type: Military Grave
Military Rank: Sergeant
Map Reference Number: RSHG 019 C2
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section S/T Plot 2845b
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 on kerbstones.
Other Information: Added 2nd name, source: death and burial records.
Old Website Grave ID: 846
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:
A King (March 2004)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
A R King May 2016
Photographer: Carol Strong
A R King May 2016
Photographer: Carol Strong
Related Documents:
PDF file: 1901 Census; Obituary; Funeral.''Entry from the 1901 census and the obituary and funeral report from the IW Times.''
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