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 Lena Olive Blyth

Title: Child
Forenames: Lena Olive
Surnames: Blyth
Date of Death: 01/10/1914
Burial Date: 28/10/1914
Age at Death Years: 6
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 028D A2
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section K Plot 1632b
Grave Description: Small arched stone with shoulders and stone kerb surround. Three recessed carved lily of the valley flowers at top.
Grave Condition Description: Lichen covered, writing very worn and faint.
Other Information: Added burial date, source: Bereavement Services records
Old Website Grave ID: 5692

Inscription:

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
OUR DEAR DARLING
LENA OLIVE BLYTH
WHO DIED OCT 2(?) 1914
AGED 6 YEARS
"SOFTLY SHE LEFT IN THAT LAST HOUR
GOD'S ANGEL HOVERED HIGH
HE RAISED WITH LOVE THE FRAGILE FLOWER
TO WAKE IN BLISS ON HIGH"

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
L Blyth June 2008
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
L Blyth June 2008
Photographer: Janette Gregson

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