Ryde Cemetery
Mr William Yeates (Sergeant)
Title: Mr
Forenames: William
Surnames: Yeates
Date of Death: 14/11/1875
Age at Death Years: 44
Military Rank: Sergeant
Map Reference Number: RSHG 027 B1/C1
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section C Plot 208
Grave Description: UPRIGHT HEADSTONE WITH POINTED TOP AND CARVED SHOULDERS
Grave Condition Description: Inscription very worn and difficult to read, lot of lichen
Other Information: Ann amended date on 05/04/2009, source: death, burial and newspaper records.
Old Website Grave ID: 5575

Inscription:
ERECTED
BY THE OFFICERS, NONCOMMISSIONED
AND PRIVATES OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT
RIFLE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
TO THE MEMORY OF
WILLIAM YEATES
SEVEN YEARS
RESPECTED SERGEANT INSTRUCTOR
.............?
WHO DIED NOV.14th 1875
IN THE 45th YEAR OF HIS AGE
ALSO OF OUR DEAR MOTHER
MARY ANN YEATES
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED OCTOBER 12th 1922
AGED 86 YEARS
"AT REST"
Photographs:
Related Documents:
PDF file: Marriage; Census; Obituary.''Reference from the General Registrars marriage records, entry from the 1871 census and the death notice and obituary from the IW Observer.''
PDF file: Portraits and Subscription PDF file: Military Funeral
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