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Personal Details of Percy Bezant West

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Buried:	04/10/1899

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Birth

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Death

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Burial Register

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Only three of the five burial register books still exist as far as we know and these are held at the Berkshire Record Office.
Stillborn children were not recorded in the burial register, only in the cemetery accounts.

Memorial Details

	Headstone: In Ever Loving Memory of / Percy / fourth son of William & Ellen West / died October, 1st. 1899 / aged 17 years. / "Even so, Father, for so it seemeth / best in thy sight. / Also of Stanley / youngest son of the above / who entered into Rest / July 10th. 1908 / aged 21 years. / Interred at Englefield Green Cemetery. / "With Christ which is far better." / Also of William, father of the above / who died Aug. 2st. 1909 aged 63 years. / Also of Ellen. wife of the above / who died Dec.30th 1933 / aged 84 years. / At Rest. // Footstone: P. * W. / 1899 / S.W. 1908 / W. W. 1909 / E.W. 1933 // (See note re 3)i

Name on Memorial	PERCY BEZANT WEST
Date of death	01/10/1899
Age	17
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Headstone
Construction Material	Sandstone Engraved
Condition of memorial	Good but some blistering of face & extensive lichen on MI.
Pattison Location Code	P(D)10
Recorder's Notes	N.B. Ellen's death date on the headstone is incorrect. It should be 1932. Percy & Stanley West were 4th & youngest sons of Gardener William West & Ellen nee Beszant who had 5 sons & 3 daughters. William was born in Corsham, Wilts, the son of a farmer, & Ellen was born in Trowbridge, Wilts to a gardener. They were married in May 1872 in Corsham and had arrived in Newbury by the 1881 census. They first lived in Shrewsbury Terrace off Buckingham Rd then moved to Craven, & later Berkeley, Tces in Berkeley Rd. William always worked as a Gardener (non-domestic). Percy was living in Berkeley Rd at the time of his death from peritonitis & heart failure (not from eating mushrooms & nuts as first stated in the NWN). Stanley was recorded as a Packer of Baking Powder in the 1901 Census when only 2 sons remained at home. William's address is recorded as 7, Berkeley Rd in the Burial record. Ellen was living with her single son Arthur, a baker, in Staines in the1911 census and is recorded in the NRC Burial records as being brought from 2, Winchcombe Rd (now A339) to her burial in Jan. 1933. Sources: Ancestry records; NRC Bur Recds.
Others named on memorial
STANLEY WEST
WILLIAM WEST
ELLEN WEST

Cemetery accounts

This information is taken from the accounts ledgers of the Newbury Cemetery Company that originally ran and maintained the cemetery.
The Ledgers are held at the Berkshire Records Office.

Name at death	Percy Bezant West
Date of burial	04/10/1899
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Unconsecrated Common Internment
By whom buried	Reverend T Neville
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 109
Transcription comments	On FBMD

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

Percy West

Source:	Newbury Weekly News
Article date:	12/10/1899
Copyright:	Newbury Weekly News
Transciption:	PERCY WEST THE LATE PERCY WEST. - We are requested to state death in the case mentioned last week from eating mushrooms and nuts, was really the result of peritonitis and heart failure. Newbury Weekly News 12th October, 1899. Mrs. P. page 171 - P(D)10 - died 1st October, 1899, aged 17 Described as 4th son of William and Ellen West. Inscriptions also to bro Stanley* (youngest), died 10th July, 1908 aged 21: also father WILLIAM died Aug. 21st, 1909 aged 63 yrs. and his wife ELLEN who died Dec. 30th 1933** aged 84 years. * Stanley doesn’t appear to be buried in NRC ** Typo? she was buried 2nd Jan. 1933
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Percy Bryant West

Source:	Newbury Weekly News
Article date:	05/10/1899
Copyright:	Newbury Weekly News
Transciption:	WALTER WIGMORE WIGMORE – Sept 30, at Pembroke road, Newbury, Walter, infant son of Robert wigmore, aged 10 months
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

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