Richard Bird CHEVERTON

Forename(s): Richard Bird

Surname: CHEVERTON

   Retired [Coachbuilder]

Date of birth: 1845 (approx., calculated)

Date of death: 9 Aug 1933

Date of burial: 11 Aug 1933

Ceremony by:  Rev J F Seymour Glynn

Age at death: 88 years

Address: Ravenswood, Carisbrooke Road, Newport, Parish of Carisbrooke

Section: C  Consecrated - Cemetery map

Plot No: 68  Section map of plots

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Burial Register entry: Newport   4228


   Further notes


Also on this marker:

   Elizabeth Sarah CHEVERTON

   Mary Martha CHEVERTON

   Jane Harriet CHEVERTON

   Thomas Bird CHEVERTON


Also in this grave:

   Jane Harriet CHEVERTON

Newport Cemetery

Richard Bird CHEVERTON

Image by: Tony Barton



Inscription

Top crosspiece of cross -on both sides:
In Loving Memory of

South west face:
MY DEAR HUSBAND
RICHARD BIRD CHEVERTON
WHO DIED AUGUST 9TH 1933
AGED 88 YEARS

"LIFE'S RACE WELL RUN, NOW COMES REST."

North east face:
ELIZABETH SARAH
THE DEARLY BELOVED WIFE OF
RICHARD BIRD CHEVERTON
WHO DIED APRIL 27TH 1901,
AGED 51 YEARS.

"AT REST"

North west face:
JANE HARRIET WIDOW OF
RICHARD BIRD CHEVERTON
WHO DIED JANUARY 7TH 1937
AGED 78 YEARS.

"AT REST"

South east face:
MAY CHEVERTON
WHO DIED OCTOBER 24TH 1900

"TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE."

Separate stone shield, leaning on east side:
ALSO
OF THEIR SON,
MAJOR
THOMAS BIRD CHEVERTON. M.C.
C.BTY. 223RD. BGDE.R.F.A.
KILLED IN ACTION AT FLERS,
FRANCE, MARCH 24TH. 1918,
AGED 33.

Transcription by: Tony Barton & Kate MacDonell