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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St. John the Baptist Church

Mr Arthur Frederick Percy Orchard (RN)

Title: Mr
Forenames: Arthur Frederick Percy
Surnames: Orchard
Date of Death: 01/01/1918
Age at Death Years: 25
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: RN
Map Reference Number: RSHG SJCLA
Plot Number: G3
Grave Description: Plaque inside church

Inscription:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING
MEMORY OF
ARTHUR PERCY ORCHARD
STOKER 1ST CLASS, ROYAL NAVY
DEARLY BELOVED HUSBAND OF ALICE GEORGINA ORCHARD
WHO LOST HIS LIFE ON DUTY IN H. M. SUBMARINE G8
JANUARY 1918, AGED 25 YEARS
JESUS WEPT, JESUS SAID UNTO THEM I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE
AND WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN ME SHALL NEVER DIE

HE DIED A HERO

Photographs:

David Earle
A Orchard, plaque St John the Baptist Church
Photographer: David Earle

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