SMITH, Simeon

Carisbrooke Cemetery, Isle of Wight UKCredit: Gary Newman

Private
2nd Battalion
Hampshire Regiment

Simeon was born 1898 in Shanklin to George & Anna (nee HARDY) SMITH who were living in Chillerton Green at the time of Simeon's death on the 4th of January 1920.

An inquest found that Simeon had accidently drowned in a well in the garden of his parent's house. He was laid to rest 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.