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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Ryde Cemetery

Child John Henry Sercombe

Title: Child
Forenames: John Henry
Surnames: Sercombe
Date of Death: 09/01/1871
Burial Date: 13/01/1871
Age at Death Years: 14
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 018 A2
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section G Plot 954
Grave Description: Flat stone with cross lying on stone, evidence of railings.
Grave Condition Description: Railings missing and grave completely covered with ivy.
Other Information: John Henry Sercombe was buried on 13 January 1871, age 14 at a cost of £3 19s 0d for the burial and purchase of the plot, James Sercombe was buried on 14 December 1875 at a cost of £1 17s 0d for the burial, source: Bereavement Services records
Old Website Grave ID: 4271

Inscription:

North side
IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF
J M SERCOMBE OF PUTNEY
LATE OF RYDE
WHO DIED DEC 8TH 1875 AGED 50

South side
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN HENRY SERCOMBE
THIRD AND DEARLY.............?
HE FELL ASLEEP JAN 9TH 1871

East end
THY WILL BE DONE
CHRIST THE SAME TODAY
AND YESTERDAY AND ALWAYS

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
J & J Sercombe (Sept 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Condition Update

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