Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
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Mr Percy Harry Coyne (Rifleman)

Title: Mr
Forenames: Percy Harry
Surnames: Coyne
Date of Death: 16/07/1917
Age at Death Years: 20
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Rifleman
Map Reference Number: RSHG 042 A3/B3
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section K Plot 3139
Grave Description: Gothic Headstone with recessed panel. Partially overgrown with ivy. Stone kerbs and square corner stones. Gravel infill with a flower holder and a hollow cross on the grave.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: The headstone was easily legible but the kerbs were obscured and, in some areas, worn away.
Other Information: Percy Coyne was a Rifleman with the Hampshire Regiment and is buried in the Gaza War Cemetery.
Old Website Grave ID: 11060

Inscription:

Headstone
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
MARY JANE
DEARLY BELOVED WIFE OF
JOSEPH COYNE
WHO PASSED AWAY
AUGUST 6TH 1910
AGED 56 YEARS

WE CANNOT LORD, THEY PURPOSE SEE
BUT ALL IS WELL THAT'S DONE BY THEE

ALSO
PERCY HARRY
DEARLY BELOVED YOUNGEST SON OF
JOSEPH AND MARY COYNE
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN PALESTINE
JULY 16TH 1917
AGED 20 YEARS

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THAT
A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

NOT GONE FROM MEMORY, NOT GONE FROM LOVE
BUT GONE THO THEIR FATHER'S HOME ABOVE

North Kerb
? LOVING MEMORY OF A DEVOTED HUSBAND AND FATHER JOSEPH COYNE WHO PASSED AWAY MARCH 6TH 1919 IN HIS ? YEAR

South Kerb
IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF LILY MARY DEARLY BELOVED WIFE OF FREDERICK GEORGE WEBB YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH AND MARY COYNE WHO PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 9TH 1918 AGED 2? YEARS

Photographs:

David Earle
P Coyne Jan 2012
Photographer: David Earle
David Earle
P Coyne Jan 2012
Photographer: David Earle

Related Documents:

PDF file: Birth; Census.
''Details from the IW and General Registrars birth records, and entry from the 1901 census.''
PDF file: British Army WW1 Medal Roll Index Card

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