A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- CWGC Headstones -
- Ryde St John's Cemetery : William James Petty -

Location

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

Additional inscription on family headstone.
Headstone

Ryde St John's W J Petty
 
Inscription


IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
OUR DEAR DAD
CEPHAS DAISH
WHO PASSED AWAY 18TH FEB 1927
ONE OF THE BEST
AND THAT THOU BID'ST ME, COME TO THEE
O LAMB OF GOD I COME.
ALSO OF
MY DEAR HUSBAND
W.J. PETTY
KILLED IN FRANCE 15TH SEP 1916


 
Further Information
 
William James Petty
 
Son of James Petty and Matilda Petty (née Smith), of 11, Cross St., Eastfield, Ryde; husband of Lily Petty, of 2, Glenroy, Somerset Rd., Elmfield, Ryde, Isle of Wight.
 
Born : 1888, Ryde.
 
Married : 1911, Lily Daish, St John's Church, Oakfield, Ryde, Isle of Wight. One daughter, Mabel Lizzie, born 1914.
 
Census information :
 
1891 : James and Matilda Petty, with their children including William aged 3, are at Cotham Cottage, School Street, Oakfield, Ryde. James Petty is a Labourer.
 
1901 : James and Matilda Petty, with their children including William aged 13, are at 24, Highland Road, Oakfield, Ryde. James Petty is a Labourer.
 
1911 : William and Lily Petty are at Pearl Cottages, Circular Road, Elmfield, Ryde. William Petty is a Carter.
 
Service information :
 
Private 18030 William James Petty, 15th Bn., Hampshire Regiment.
 
Died : 15 Sep 1916, aged 28.
 
CWGC record ...
 
RSHG record ...
 
Commemorated at this Memorial :
 
Ryde Borough War Memorial WW I

 
Family Links :

William Petty's sister, Louisa Matilda Petty, married, in 1915, Septimus Stephen Symmans, who served in WW I. Two of his brothers were killed during WW I :

Frank Wilfred Symmans

Frederick John Symmans

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Page last updated : 28 January 2014
Added biographical information


 
 

 
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