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Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
Links to
- CWGC Headstones -
- Belgium : Ypres area : Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery CWGC -
- James Henry (Harry) Furmidge -

Location

In Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
 
Description

Standard CWGC Headstone.
Grave location : XX. H. 21A.
Headstone


 
Inscription


32763 PRIVATE
JAMES HENRY FURMIDGE
EAST SURREY REGIMENT
9TH AUGUST 1918 AGE 23

GREATER LOVE
HATH NO MAN THAN THIS


 
Further Information

James Henry (Harry) Furmidge

Son of Henry William Furmidge and Harriett Elizabeth Furmidge (née Sheath), of Ryde, Isle of Wight.

Born : 1895, Ventnor, Isle of Wight.

Census Information :

1901 : Henry and Harriett Furmidge, with their children including James aged 5, are at 6 Webberia, Park Road, Ryde. Henry Furmidge is a Packer of China, Furniture, Pictures and Glass.

1911 : Henry and Harriett Furmidge, with their children including James aged 15, are at 6 Park Road, Ryde. Henry Furmidge is a General Carrier's Foreman; James Furmidge is a Draper's Assistant.

CWGC record ...
 
Commemorated on the following Isle of Wight Memorials (as H FURMIDGE in each case) :

Carisbrooke Castle County War Memorial Panel 05
Ryde Borough War Memorial WW I
Ryde Salvation Army War Memorial
St Helens Parish War Memorial

There is also an additional inscription on a family headstone at Ryde Cemetery :

RSHG record ...


 
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