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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Ashey Cemetery

Mr William George Perkins (Private)

Title: Mr
Forenames: William George
Surnames: Perkins
Date of Death: 25/11/1918
Age at Death Years: 24
Grave Type: Military Grave
Military Rank: Private
Map Reference Number: RSHG A06
Plot Number: Ashey Cemetery Section F Plot 856
Grave Description: Ivy carvings on headstone
Grave Condition: Fair
Old Website Grave ID: 13451

Inscription:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM
THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF
ETTA PERKINS
WHO PASSED AWAY
MARCH 19TH 1912
AGED 81 YEARS
YET AGAIN WE HOPE TO MEET HIM
WHEN THE DAY OF LIFE IS FLED
AND IN HEAVEN WITH JOY TO MEET HIM
WHERE NO FAREWELL TEARS ARE SHED

ALSO OF WILLIAM GEORGE
SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO PASSED AWAY NOV 25TH 1918
AGED 24 YEARS
"NOT MY WILL O LORD BUT THINE BE DONE"

Photographs:

Colin Hunt
Perkins (Mar 2017)
Photographer: Colin Hunt
Colin Hunt
Perkins (Oct 2018)
Photographer: Colin Hunt

Related Documents:

PDF file: Census; Funeral.

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