Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
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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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St. Johns Cemetery

Child Charles Gawn

Title: Child
Forenames: Charles
Surnames: Gawn
Date of Birth: 01/01/1898
Date of Death: 02/10/1902
Age at Death Years: 4
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG SJ001
Plot Number: St John's Cemetery Plot 1 Row 10 Grave 8
Grave Description: Gothic headstone with inset sculpted floral decoration centre top, shaped shoulders and shaped sides at base, engraved lettering.
Grave Condition: Good
Other Information: Added date, source: Registrars, Newspaper and burial records.
Although mentioned on the inscription Charles Gawn is buried in an unmarked plot St John's Cemetery Plot Children North Section East Grave 53 Map RSHG STCN, source: Church records
Old Website Grave ID: 14526

Inscription:

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
JANE
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
THOMAS ADAM GAWN
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
OCTOBER 2ND 1902
AGED 47 YEARS

ALSO CHARLES
THE BELOVED SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
OCTOBER 2ND 1902
AGED 4 YEARS

BOAST NOT THYSELF OF TOMORROW
FOR THOU KNOWEST NOT WHAT A DAY
MAY BRING FORTH

AND OF THEIR SECOND SON
THOMAS GAWN
2ND LIEUT HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT GALLIPOLI
AUGUST 6TH 1915 AGED 35

Photographs:

Rob Cain
J, C & T Gawn May 2019
Photographer: Rob Cain

Related Documents:

PDF file: Birth; Census; Inquest; Funeral.

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