Percy HAYTER
Forename(s): Percy
Surname: HAYTER
Son of Harry Hayter, LaborerDate of birth: 1889 (approx., calculated)
Date of death: 26 Aug 1898
Date of burial: 30 Aug 1898
Age at death: 9 years
Address: Hunny Hill, Parish of Carisbrooke
Section: Q - Cemetery map
Plot No: 231b Section map of plots
Burial Register entry: Carisbrooke 4862
Murdered in a field near Albany Barracks by Maurice Holbrook who was sent to Hampshire Assizes, found guilty but insane, committed to Broadmoor where in died in 1917. (Alan Phillips)
Carisbrooke Cemetery
Image by: Bill Shepard
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OFPOOR LITTLE
PERCY HAYTER
DIED AUGUST 26TH 1898
AGED 9 YEARS
THIS STONE WAS ERECTED IN SYMPATHY
935 CHILDREN AND INHABITANTS OF NEWPORT
(on reverse)
CUT OFF IN THE BLOSSOM OF MY YOUTH
NO FRIENDLY HAND, NO EYE TO SEE
GONE HOME TO JESUS WHO ONCE SAID
SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME.
Transcription by: Bill Shepard
