Ryde Cemetery
Mr Frederick David Thompson (Private)
Title: Mr
Forenames: Frederick David
Surnames: Thompson
Date of Death: 19/05/1915
Age at Death Years: 34
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Private
Map Reference Number: RSHG 021 B1/C1
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section H Plot 1308a
Grave Description: Gothic style headstone with carving of leaves above the inscription.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Lichen growing on stone
Other Information: Although not mentioned on the memorial, also interred in this plot, Mary Jane Thompson (1924), source: Bereavement Services records
Old Website Grave ID: 5243
Inscription:
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
MY DEAR HUSBAND
DAVID THOMPSON
WHO DIED
AUGUST 11TH 1914
"REST IN PEACE"
ALSO OF HIS YOUNGEST SON
FREDERICK
2ND BATT: AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
KILLED IN ACTION AT GALLIPOLI
MAY 19TH 1915
AGED 34 YEARS
"IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH"
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Related Documents:
PDF file: Casualty; Cemetery.''Casualty and cemetery details from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.''
PDF file: Birth; Census. ''Reference from the IW Registrars birth records, and the entries from the 1891 and 1901 census.''
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