CHEVERTON, Oliver Frank

Carisbrooke Cemetery, Isle of Wight UKCredit: Gary Newman

Corporal
No 8 School of Technical Training
Royal Air Force

Oliver (Frank) was born 1901 in Newport to  Albert Milton & Annie Gertrude (nee SWITZER) CHEVERTON.

In 1911 the family were living at 139 High Street in Newport. Oliver married Roma Dorothy GLASSPELL in 1929 at St. Mary's Church in Carisbrooke. at the time of his death he & his wife were living at 3, Clarence Road in Newport. Oliver was a motor-cycle instructor, and it was in a motor-cycle accident that he was killed on the 18th of February 1942 aged 40. Oliver was brought home & buried beneath a Private Memorial.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Carisbrooke Cemetery

Location

Carisbrooke Cemetery, often referred to as 'Mount Joy' Cemetery is located on Whitcombe Road, Carisbrooke PO30 1DW.  The cemetery was established in 1858 on land purchased by the Carisbrooke & Gatcombe Burial Board, because St. Mary's Churchyard in Carisbrooke was becoming full. The cemetery is now managed by the Bereavement Services Department of the Isle of Wight Council.
The cemetery contains 32 War Graves from the 1st & 2nd World Wars.