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 William Edward Whittington (Private)

Title: Mr
Forenames: William Edward
Surnames: Whittington
Date of Death: 01/04/1916
Burial Date: 06/04/1916
Age at Death Years: 27
Grave Type: War Grave
Military Rank: Private
Map Reference Number: RSHG 006 C2/D2
Plot Number: Ryde Old Parish Cemetery 3 Plot 553a
Grave Description: Small white CWGC headstone
Grave Condition: Good
Other Information: 22742. 16th Bn. Hampshire Regiment.
Added burial date, source: Bereavement Services records

Although not mentioned on the memorial, also interred in this plot Ethel Lydia Mary Whittington (1962), source: Bereavement Services records
Old Website Grave ID: 770

Inscription:

22742 PRIVATE
W. E. WHITTINGTON
HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT
1ST APRIL 1916 AGE 27

FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
W E Whittington (May 2004)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Obituary; Funeral.
''Obituary and funeral report from the IW Times.''

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