CHEVERTON, John Edward Barton

St. Andrew's Church, Chale, Isle of Wight UKCredit: Gary Newman

Private
19th Battalion Home Guard
Hampshire Regiment

John was born 1895 in Newport to Edward & Alice (nee MERRICKS) CHEVERTON. In 1919 at the United Methodist Chapel, Victoria Street, Ventnor he married Mary Ann MARSH who was living in Chale around the time of John’s death.

John, aged 49, Died from Wounds on the 1st of February 1944, received during practicing machine gun operations, shot with a live round when blanks should have been used. John was buried at St. Andrew's Church in Chale & now rests beneath a Commission Headstone bearing the Family Inscription: “HIS DUTY WELL DONE”.

John is also remembered on the Chale War Memorial.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.