Memorials and Monuments on the Isle of Wight

Location

In Ashey Cemetery, Ashey, Isle of Wight

Description

Private headstone.
Location : Grave F 856.

Headstone

Ashey Cemetery : W G Perkins

Inscription

WILLIAM
THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF
ETTA PERKINS
WHO PASSED AWAY
MARCH 19TH 1912
AGED 44 YEARS

"YET AGAIN WE HOPE TO MEET HIM
WHEN THE DAY OF LIFE IS FLED
AND IN HEAVEN WITH JOY TO GREET 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"

Further Information

PRIVATE TR8/14035
W G PERKINS
TRAINING RESERVE

Son of William Perkins and Etta Perkins (née Tribbeck), of Ryde, Isle of Wight.

Born : 1894, Ryde, Isle of Wight.

Census information :

1901 : William and Ettie Perkins, with William aged 7, are at 48 Bettesworth Road, Ryde, Isle of Wight. William Perkins is a Bricklayer's Labourer.

1911 : William and Hetty Perkins, with William aged 17, are at 'Rosina' Bettesworth Road, Ryde, Isle of Wight. William Perkins snr. is a Bricklayer's Labourer, William Perkins jnr. is a News Boy.

CWGC record ...

RSHG record ...

Commemorated on :

St Michael's Church, Swanmore, War Memorial

Documents and newspaper cuttings

Isle of Wight County Press, 14 Dec 1918

Extract from 'Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects' available on Ancestry

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Ann Ryder for newspaper cutting and documents.

Memorials & Monumentson the Isle of Wight- CWGC Headstones - - Ashey Cemetery : William George Perkins -

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- CWGC Headstones -
- Ashey Cemetery : William George Perkins -