Theodore Algernon DRUDGE
Forename(s): Theodore Algernon
Surname: DRUDGE
Date of birth: 1883 (approx., calculated)
Date of death: 16 Nov 1917
Age at death: 34 years
Isle of Wight County Press – 8 December 1917
KILLED IN ACTION, ETC. - DRUDGE. - Nov. 16, killed in a shell-hole, in France, Pte. Theodore Algernon Drudge, -th Royal Berkshire Regiment, last surviving son of the late Mr. Harry Drudge, of Ventnor, and of Mrs. Drudge, of Alta Vista, Newport-road, Ventnor, aged 34.
The Island at War – VENTNOR – News has been received of the death in France of Pte. Theodore Drudge, son of the late Mr. Henry Drudge and of Mrs. Drudge, Upper Ventnor. He was in a shell-hole, when an enemy shell exploded, causing several deaths. Pte. Drudge was an esteemed member of the Parish-church choir, and before enlisting worked at Mr. Gustar’s. The Vicar of Ventnor sympathetically referred to his death on Sunday morning.
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Also on this marker:
Carisbrooke Cemetery
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Inscription
Main headstone:IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF A DEAR HUSBAND
FATHER AND GRANDFATHER.
HARRY DRUDGE
WHO DIED 4TH AUGUST 1983
AGED 74 YEARS.
CHERISHED MEMORIES
OF OUR BELOVED
MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER
VIOLET CONSTANCE
DRUDGE
PASSED AWAY 19TH DEC. 2001
AGED 84 YEARS.
Middle plaque:
IN MEMORY OF
MY
DEARLY BELOVED HUSBAND
THEODORE DRUDGE
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION
IN FRANCE
16TH NOVEMBER 1917
AGED 34 YEARS
"FOR EVER WITH THE LORD"
FROM HIS SORROWING WIFE
AND LITTLE SON
ALSO EDITH MARY
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO PASSED OVER DEC 21 1945
REUNITED
Flower holder:
TO LIVE IN
THE HEART
OF THOSE
WE LOVE
IS NOT
TO DIE
Transcription by: Tony Barton
