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Mr William George Player Brigstocke (Lieutenant RNVR)

Title: Mr
Forenames: William George Player
Surnames: Brigstocke
Date of Birth: 14/06/1910
Date of Death: 04/07/1940
Age at Death Years: 30
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Lieutenant RNVR
Map Reference Number: RSHG 013 D3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section B Plots 77 & 78
Grave Description: Large grave with ornate railing surround and large granite obelisk. There is a memorial inside St Thomas' Church, Ryde.

Grave Condition: Good
Other Information: See article on HMS Foylebank, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.

Ann added birthdate on 01/07/2008, source: birth, registrars and newspaper records.

Old Website Grave ID: 505

Inscription:

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
GEORGE CAMPBELL HENVILLE PLAYER BRIGSTOCKE ESQUIRE
JOINT LORD OF
THE MANOR OF ASHEY AND RYDE
AND LATE CAPTAIN
H.M. 4TH DRAGOON GUARDS
ELDEST SON OF THE LATE
CAPTAIN T.R. BRIGSTOCKE, R.N.,
AND ELIZABETH LYDIA HIS WIFE
BORN MAY 13TH 1832
DIED OCTOBER 13TH 1880

"IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH"

"NOT LOST BUT GONE FOREVER"

ALSO OF "ROB-BEN"
ROBERT BENETT PLAYER BRIGSTOCKE
M.A. OXON
BORN MAY 20TH 1912
DIED DECEMBER 31ST 1943

North side
ALSO OF
ADELAIDE
WIDOW OF THE SAID
G C H P BRIGSTOCKE
BORN FEBRUARY 18TH 1843
DIED JANUARY 30TH 1924
IN HER 81ST YEAR

IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM GEORGE PLAYER BRIGSTOCKE
LIEUTENANT R.N. V.R.
THEIR GRANDSON
DIED OF WOUNDS AT PORTLAND
ON JULY 4TH 1940 AGED 30 YEARS

West Side
HERE LIES
GEORGE ROBERT BRIGSTOCKE
OF THE INNER TEMPLE
LORD OF THE MANOR
OF ASHEY AND RYDE
BORN 15 DECEMBER 1874
DIED 2 JULY 1956
AT REST

ANN CECILIA
WIFE OF G R BRIGSTOCKE
BORN 7 MARCH 1875
DIED 10 NOVEMBER 1952

Memorial inside St Thomas' Church, Ryde
Manor Pew (east wall)
IN MEMORY OF
GEORGE CAMPBELL HENVILLE PLAYER BRIGSTOCKE
CAPTAIN 4TH (ROYAL IRISH) DRAGOON GUARDS
WITH WHICH REGIMENT HE SERVED
IN THE CRIMEA 1854-1855
JOINT LORD OF THE MANOR OF ASHEY AND RYDE
ELDEST SON OF
CAPTAIN T.R. BRIGSTOCKE RN OF STONE PITTS RYDE
BORN 13TH MAY 1832 DIED 12TH OCTOBER 1880
AND WAS BURIED IN RYDE CEMETERY ALSO OF
ADELAIDE HIS WIDOW
WHO DIED AT RYDE JANUARY 30TH 1924
IN HER 81ST YEAR

Memorial inside St Thomas' Church, Ryde
Manor pew, south wall, bottom left
TO THE MEMORY OF
WILLIAM GEORGE PLAYER BRIGSTOCKE
BORN AT ROBERT'S REST 14TH JUNE 1910
LIEUT. R.N.V.R.
KILLED IN ACTION AT PORTLAND.
4TH JULY 1940
BURIED IN RYDE CEMETERY

Wooden grave cross, probably from Portland, but has no fixed position in St Thomas (now missing from St Thomas - location unknown)
LIEUTENANT W. G. P. BRIGSTOCKE
ROYAL NAVAL VOL. RESERVE
4 - 7 - 40

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
Brigstocke (May 2004)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
Brigstocke detail (May 2004)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Carol Strong
W Brigstocke St Thomas Church Memorial
Photographer: Carol Strong

Related Documents:

PDF file: HMS Foylebank
PDF file: Navy; Casualty.
''Brief Naval details and casualty info from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.''
PDF file: Death; Obituary; Funeral.
''The death notice, obituary and funeral report from the IW Times and IW County Press.''

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