Alfred SHOOSMITH

Forename(s): Alfred

Surname: SHOOSMITH

Date of birth: 1891 (approx., calculated)

Date of death: 1 May 1951

Date of burial: 4 May 1951

Ceremony by:  Rev Farnsworth

Age at death: 60 years

Address: 38 Hearn Street, Newport

Section: B2 - Cemetery map

Plot No: 347  Section map of plots

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Burial Register entry: Carisbrooke   12853

IWCP - 5 May 1951 - NEWPORT - Former B.S.M.'s Death. - The death occurred on Tuesday at 38 Hearn Street, of Mr. Alfred Shoosmith aged 60. He joined the Army in 1909 and served in the Royal Artillery throughout the 1914-18 war. He was invalided out with the rank of battery sergeant major. In 1924 when he came to live here, he was a member of the bowling and Conservative clubs. Mr. Shoosmith was a Freemason and a member of the 'Old Contemptibles" and the Buffaloes. The funeral took place yesterday at the Parish Church,