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Ryde Cemetery

Mr Archie Harris (Lieutenant)

Title: Mr
Forenames: Archie
Surnames: Harris
Date of Death: 11/10/1889
Age at Death Years: 24
Military Rank: Lieutenant
Map Reference Number: RSHG 015 D3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section A Plots 39 & 7
Grave Description: Large family sized vault, raised cross on grey granite plinth ornate posts and chains surrounding grave and a black and white chequered tiled top.

Grave Condition Description: Fair, some of the tiles and chain are missing.

Other Information: This grave was overgrown and was cleared by the Friends of Ryde Cemetery in May 2003

Old Website Grave ID: 2801

Inscription:

EAST SIDE

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

JOSEPH HARRIS

LATE MAJOR 23RD ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS

DIED AUGUST 26TH 1876

AT ST JOHNS LODGE, RYDE, IW

IN HIS 46TH YEAR

Š—“GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS FROM THEIR EYES

AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH, NEITHER SORROW,

NOR CRYING, NEITHER SHALL THERE BE ANY MORE PAIN

FOR THE FORMER THINGS ARE PASSED AWAYŠ—

REV. XXL.4.

WEST SIDE

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

ARCHIE M.A. HARRIS

LIEUTENANT ROYAL ENGINEERS

AGED 24

ELDEST SON OF MAJOR J HARRIS

SHOT DEAD WHILE PURSUING A PATHAN ROBBER

ON THE AFGHAN FRONTIER NEAR CHAMAN

ON THE NIGHT OF 11TH OCTOBER 1889

BURIED AT QUETTA

Š—“SHORT LIFE, ETERNAL GLORYŠ—

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
J & A Harris (March 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
J & A Harris (March 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
J & A Harris (March 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
J & A Harris (March 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
J & A Harris (March 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
J & A Harris (March 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Death.
''A brief death report from the IW Observer. Died abroad.''

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