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Ryde Cemetery

Mr Ronald William Eccott (Sapper)

Title: Mr
Forenames: Ronald William
Surnames: Eccott
Date of Death: 23/08/1943
Age at Death Years: 24
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Sapper
Map Reference Number: RSHG 054 B3
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section K Plot 3986
Grave Description: Full rough granite kerb with low pointed headstone and integral footstone. Lead lettering to North, South kerbs, foot and headstone. Loose square flowerpot.

Grave Condition: Good

Inscription:

(headstone)
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
MY DEAR MOTHER
SELINA CLARENCE,
DIED JULY 5TH. 1943, AGED 82 YEARS.
"SLEEP ON BELOVED".

ALSO OF ETHEL ANNIE CLARENCE,
DIED OCTOBER 31ST. 1966, AGED 82 YEARS.

(foot)
ALSO WILLIAM FOSTER,
DIED JUNE 26TH 1966, AGED 73 YEARS.

(south kerb)
IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF MY SON RONALD WILLIAM ECCOTT,
DIED A PRISONER OF WAR IN JAPANESE HANDS AUG. 23RD 1943, AGED 24.

(north kerb)
ALL HE HAD HOPED FOR, ALL HE HAD, HE GAVE

Photographs:

Colin Hunt
Clarence/Foster/Eccott June 2016
Photographer: Colin Hunt

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