Child Gertrude Rose Smith

Title: Child

Forenames: Gertrude Rose

Surnames: Smith

Date of Birth: 27/05/1861

Date of Death: 02/03/1864

Burial Date: 28/03/1864

Age at Death Years: 2

Grave Type: Marked

Map Reference Number: RSHG 014 C2

Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section D Plots 367 & 368

Grave Description: Double plot, upright budded cross, integral to triple stepped headstone with inscribed gothic lettering. Surrounding kerbstones with ornate railings. Centrally positioned trefoil shaped footstone with motif of three broken flowers and black painted lettering. Stone slab cover, overgrown with grass (Jan 2016)

Grave Condition: Fair

Grave Condition Description: The cross is overgrown with ivy, underneath the inscription is very eroded, unable to read. There is some subsidence to the top of the grave. (March 2007)

Headstone eroded, gothic lettering very faint and difficult to read. Surrounding railings complete. Slab cover broken. Grave sinking westwards. (Jan 2016)

Other Information: Interred in this double grave, in 367 - Percy Smith (1864), in 368 - Gertrude Rose Smith (1864) and Francis Harold Smith (1864), source: Bereavement Services records