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Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- CWGC Headstones -
- Yarmouth St James's Cemetery -
- Amos Arthur Buckett -

Location

In St James's Cemetery, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
 
Description

Additional inscription on family headstone.
Headstone

Yarmouth St James's Cemetery : A A Buckett
 
Inscription


IN LOVING MEMORY OF
SARAH ANN BUCKETT
DIED 20TH DEC 1909, AGED 57 YEARS.
ALSO OF HER SON
AMOS ARTHUR
DIED OF WOUNDS IN THE BATTLE OF GAZA
28TH MAY 1917, AGED 30 YEARS.
AT PERFECT REST.


 
Further Information

Amos Arthur Buckett
 
Son of Robert Buckett and Sarah Ann Buckett (née Hunt), of Yarmouth.
 
Born : 1878, Shalfleet, Isle of Wight.
 
Married : 1900, Kate Wadham, at Newport Register Office. Five children, born between 1901 and 1911.
 
Census information :
 
1881 : Robert and Sarah Buckett, with their children including Amos aged 2, are at Clay Lane, Newbridge, Shalfleet. Robert Buckett is a Bricklayer.
 
1891 : Robert and Sarah Ann Buckett, with their children including Amos aged 12, are at Bank Cottage, Newbridge, Shalfleet. Robert Buckett is a Bricklayer and Lime Burner.
 
1901 : Amos and Kate Buckett, with 1 daughter, are at Laundry Road, Yarmouth. Amos Buckett is a Bricklayer.
 
1911 : Amos and Kate Buckett, with their five children, are at Newbridge, Shalfleet. Amos Buckett is a Bricklayer.
 
Service information :
 
Rifleman 331523 Amos Arthur Buckett, 1/8th Bn., Hampshire Regiment (Isle of Wight Rifles).
 
Casualty information :
 
Died 28 May 1917, aged 30.
 
Buried at : Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
 
CWGC record ...
 
IWCP 9 June 1917 : A A Buckett
From the Isle of Wight County Press 9 June 1917
note : date of death given is incorrect.
 
Commemorated on these Memorials :
 
Carisbrooke Castle Isle of Wight Rifles Memorial Panel 05
Newport Drill Hall Isle of Wight Rifles War Memorial
Yarmouth War Memorial
Yarmouth Methodist Church Roll of Honour
Yarmouth Town Hall Roll of Honour


 


 
 

 
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