BEGGS, James

Newport Cemetery, Isle of Wight UKCredit: Gary Newman

Warrant Officer Class II
8th Battalion Isle of Wight Rifles
Hampshire Regiment

James was born in 1899 & was married to  Ethel May BEGGS (nee HARPER) at Newport Registry Office in 1920. They lived at 7 Town Lane, James being a Postman before the war.

Although with the Hants Regiment, James was attached to 530 Coastal Regiment, Royal Artillery. James died whilst on leave in Bournemouth from heart failure on the 31st of August 1942.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Newport Cemetery

Location

Situated on Fairlee in Newport PO30 2EJ & established in 1858 at a cost of £3,000 &, in 1898, was controlled by a Burial Board of 9 members - the clerk was William Weeks, Crocker House, Crocker street; the keeper Richard Parsons. The cemetery contains 6 First World War & 5 Second World War graves & is managed by Bereavement Services at the Isle of Wight Council.