A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- CWGC Headstones -
- Parkhurst Military Cemetery : G A Henty -

Location

In Parkhurst Military Cemetery, Forest Road, Parkhurst, Isle of Wight
 
Description

Private memorial - stone

Grave location : III F 79. (CWGC) : Local plan : 044
Headstone

Parkhurst Military Cemetery : G A Henty
 
Inscription


IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF
No 7603 BUGLER G HENTY
THE FAITHFUL COMRADE OF THE BAND
BUGLERS AND MEN OF 'A' COMPANY 3RD BN
DUKE OF CORNWALL'S LIGHT INFANTRY
WHO DIED AT PARKHURST
ON 1ST OCTOBER 1915
AGED 30 YEARS

"HIS LANGUISHING HEAD IS AT REST
ITS THINKINGS AND ACHINGS ARE O'ER
HIS QUIET IMMOVABLE BREAST
IS HEAVED BY AFFLICTION NO MORE"


 
Further Information

CWGC record ...
 
Index Board entry 044 : 7603 Bugler G Henty : 3 Bn D of C L I : 1.10.1915

IOWFHS War Service Reports entry



 
 

 
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