Joseph WILDSMITH
Forename(s): Joseph
Surname: WILDSMITH
ConvictDate of birth: 1853 (approx., calculated)
Date of death: Jun 1892
Date of burial: 27 Jun 1892
Age at death: 39 years
Address: Parkhurst Prison, Parish of Carisbrooke
Section: H - Cemetery map
Plot No: 236 Section map of plots
Burial Register entry: Carisbrooke 3956
IWCP – 2 July 1892 – PARKHURST. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A CONVICT.- On Saturday morning E. F. Blake, Esq., held an Inquest at Parkhurst Prison on the body of Joseph Wildsmith, a convict, who had almost completed a term of five years’ penal servitude. It appeared that the deceased was engaged in digging and loading gravel in the Forest, when a quantity of earth and gravel fell upon him, inflicting fatal injuries. A verdict of “Accidental death” was returned, and the Jury requested that a representation should be made to the Authorities not to allow undermining at the pit in future.
Carisbrooke Cemetery
