GIDDENS, Richard George

Carisbrooke Cemetery, Isle of Wight UKCredit: Gary Newman

Captain
Member of the British Empire
Army General List

Richard was born on the 1st of February 1874 in Killough, County Down, Ireland & was married to Lilian Gertrude, who he lived with at ‘Quebec’, 175 Carisbrooke Road. Richard was serving as a Home Guard officer having seen previous service in South Africa & the First World War as a Lieutenant with the Isle of Wight Rifles in Gallipoli, Palestine & Egypt for which he was made a Member of the British Empire (MBE).

Richard died at 71, following a long illness at his home in Carisbrooke and was 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.