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Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- CWGC Headstones -
- Ryde St John's Cemetery : Joseph Frederick Reeves -

Location

In St John's Cemetery, Ryde, Isle of Wight
 
Description

Private headstone.

Grave location M 11.
Headstone

Ryde St John's J F Reeves
 
Inscription


In ever loving memory of
JOSEPH FREDERICK
THE DEARLY BELOVED HUSBAND OF
DAISY LOUISE REEVES
WHO PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY
JUNE 27TH 1915
AGED 31 YEARS

WE LOVED HIM, YES, NO TONGUE CAN TELL
HOW DEARLY, HOW FONDLY, AND HOW WELL,
CHRISTENED HIM TOO, AND THOUGHT IT BEST
TO TAKE HIM TO HIS HEAVENLY REST.


 
Further Information

Joseph Frederick Reeves
 
Son of : William Reeves. Mother's name not confirmed
 
Born : 14 December 1881, St Helens, Isle of Wight, according to R.N. records.
 
Married : 1912, Daisy Louise White, at St. John's Church, Oakfield, Ryde. One son, Joseph Frederick Walter Lancelot, born 1913. Daisy Louise Reeves remarried, 1918, John Black.
 
Census information :
 
1891 : not found
 
1901 : Joseph Reeves, aged 19, is an Able Seaman, H.M.S. Hyacinth, in Devonport.
 
1911 : Joseph Reeves, aged 29, is a Petty Officer, at the R.N. Barracks, in Devonport.
 
Service information :
 
Chief Petty Officer J F Reeves, H.M.S. Vivid, Royal Navy.

CWGC record ...
 
RSHG record ...
 
Commemorated on these Memorials :
 
Ryde Borough War Memorial WW I
Ryde St John's Church War Memorial


 


 
 

 
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