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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Ryde Cemetery

Mr Arthur Childs

Title: Mr
Forenames: Arthur
Surnames: Childs
Date of Birth: 03/09/1889
Date of Death: 26/06/1927
Burial Date: 30/06/1927
Age at Death Years: 38
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 044 C2
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section F Plot 1802
Grave Description: Double plot with stone kerbs on a stone base. North plot - Shouldered Headstone. South plot - Tiered base surmounted by a stone cross.
Grave Condition: Bad
Grave Condition Description: North Plot - Headstone fallen face down. South Plot - The top tier and the Cross has broken off and is leaning against the lower tiers
Other Information: Added burial date, source: Burial records
Although not on the inscription, Mary Annie, Arthur and Arthur Raymond are listed for these plots. It is possible that they are recorded on the fallen headstone.
Old Website Grave ID: 14888

Inscription:

South Plot
Top Tier West

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
HENRY CHILDS

Middle Tier East

BELOVED HUSBAND OF EMMA CHILDS
WHO PASSED AWAY JUNE 26TH 1932
AGED 77 YEARS
"WATCHING AND WAITING AT THE PEARLY GATES"

Bottom Tier East

ALSO HIS WIFE
EMMA ELIZABETH
DIED MAY 30TH 1962 AGED 98 YEARS.

Middle Tier South

HARRY
PASSED AWAY APRIL 10TH 1904
"ONLY ASLEEP"

Middle Tier North

EVELYN
ENTERED INTO REST OCT. 17TH 1915
AGED 16 YEARS
"DEARLY LOVED IN LIFE"

Stone Flower Holder

IN MEMORY

Photographs:

David Earle
A Childs AUG 2014
Photographer: David Earle
David Earle
A Childs AUG 2014
Photographer: David Earle
David Earle
A Childs AUG 2014
Photographer: David Earle
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A Childs

Related Documents:

PDF file: School log book; Railway records.
PDF file: Biographical information kindly submitted by Gordon Childs
PDF file: Coroner's Inquest

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