Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
RYDE SOCIAL HERITAGE GROUP
Based at Ryde Cemetery Heritage & Learning Centre. Preserving, documenting and promoting the social history of Ryde on the Isle of Wight.
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OCTOBER 2013 BIOGRAPHICAL ADDITIONS TO RECORDS

David Harris - Researcher
David Harris - Researcher

In October our Research Team, led by Ann Barrett, added biographical detail to 38 records on the website, and also three other people from Ryde who were cremated or interred elsewhere.

Various archives have been searched and in these updates you will find details about:

* The death and funeral of Sergeant-Pilot Edmund Eric Sheppard of Binstead in October 1940 at only 23 years of age.

* Congratulations from the King to Mr and Mrs George Morris on the occasion of their 68th Wedding Anniversary in May 1929.

* Report of the death of Mr Percy Reginald Bessant in December 1935. Mr Bessant had served in the Royal Navy from 1912 to 1922 and was on board HMS Vincent in the Battle of Jutland and was later employed on the Pier.

For the full list of additions in October please click on the link below.

If you are able to help with this fascinating aspect of our work and could spend even a short time at the Record Office, please contact Ann Barrett, the leader of our Research Team. You can contact Ann by clicking on the Contact button at the top of the page.