Ryde Cemetery
Mr George Hatfield (Sergeant)
Title: Mr
Forenames: George
Surnames: Hatfield
Date of Death: 08/11/1898
Burial Date: 13/11/1898
Age at Death Years: 55
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Sergeant
Map Reference Number: RSHG 036 A1
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section H Plot 2141
Grave Description: Tall arched headstone with shoulders, engraved lettering
Grave Condition Description: Heavily overgrown with ivy
Old Website Grave ID: 7790
Inscription:
GEORGE HATFIELD
FORMERLY BAND SERGEANT OF THE 3rd BATT 60th RIFLES
HE JOINED THE KINGS OWN RIFLE CORPS IN 1855
AND SERVED WITH THAT REGIMENT FOR 20 YEARS
WHEN HE BECAME BAND MASTER
OF THE 1st BATTALION WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT
UNTIL MAY 1893
AND FOR OVER 20 YEARS PRECEDING HIS DEATH
HE WAS BAND MASTER OF THE
PRINCESS BEATRICE'S ISLE OF WIGHT RIFLES
DIED NOVEMBER 8th 1898
AGED 55 YEARS
THIS STONE IS ERECTED BY HIS COMRADES
IN TOKEN OF THEIR SINCERE REGARD
Photographs:
Related Documents:
PDF file: Obituary; Probate.''The obituary from the IW County Press and reference from the National Probate Calendar.''
PDF file: Marriage in Dublin 1887 PDF file: Military Career.
PDF file: Benefit Dance for Widow
PDF file: Funeral
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