In ever loving memory
of
FREDERICK RICHES DELF
The beloved husband of
ELIZABERH LOUTTID DELF
Who entered into rest 16th. October 1923
Also of ELIZABERH LOUTTID DELF,
The beloved wife of the above,
Who entered into rest 13th. February 1935,
Aged 80 years.
"The peace of God which passeth all understanding
keeps them for evermore"
Also of
STUART ALEXANDER DELF, R.A.S.C.
Who died on active service
at Salonica 15th. November 1918,
Aged 30 years.
T4/084398 Driver Stuart Alexander Delf, 852nd. Horse Transport Company, Army Service Corps.
Stuart was born in 1888 at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, the son of Frederick Riches, a grocer and amateur artist, born on 31st January 1848 at Sotherton, Suffolk, and Elizabeth Louttid Delf, née Leggett, born on 3rd November 1854 at Norwich, Norfolk. The couple married at Great Yarmouth in 1875. Two of their addresses were 5 St. John's Terrace, and 118 Middlegate Street, both in Great Yarmouth.
Stuart was the husband of S. M. A. E. Delf, of 34 Lichfield Road, Southdown, Great Yarmouth, and brother of,
Henry Frederick, 21st. December 1875 - 28th. February 1945, grocer of 'Brightside', Poplar Avenue, Gorleston. Died at Potter Heigham, Norfolk
William Riches, 1878 - 1964
Rose Elizabeth, 1879 - 1972
Percy Herbert, 13th. January 1882 - 14th. November 1948
Nelson Dennis, 1884 - 1928
Mabel Blanche, 1886 - 1968
Daisy Victoria, 1891 - 1966
Hilda May, 1893 - 1959
Gladys Mary, 1895 - 1982
Frank Erle, 11th. January 1898 - 1973, a motor mechanic and Merchant Navy marine engineer. A keen artist and well-known naturalist.
All of Stuart's siblings were born in Great Yarmouth.
Stuart died, aged 30, on Friday 15th. November 1918 at the 28th. General Hospital in Salonika. One source states he died of hepatitis, while another states dysentery.
He is buried in Grave: 832 at Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece with the personnel inscription,
'GOD KNOWS BEST
WHY THE PARTING CAME
AND WE TWO TAKE
THE LONELY ROAD'
The grave of Frederick and Elizabeth Delf is on Plot: L/283 in Gorleston cemetery, Norfolk.