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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Ryde Cemetery

Mr Arthur Vivian Harold Whale

Title: Mr
Forenames: Arthur Vivian Harold
Surnames: Whale
Date of Death: 19/03/1970
Burial Date: 23/03/1970
Age at Death Years: 82
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 013 A1/B1
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section E Plot 514
Grave Description: Upright headstone, kerb stones, also a slab on grave with inscription

Grave Condition Description: Weathered and lettering fading

Other Information: Added burial date, source: Burial records

Old Website Grave ID: 3213

Inscription:

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
SARAH BAGWELL WHALE
WHO PASSED AWAY FEB 8TH 1909
IN HER 89TH YEAR

ALSO OF HENRY WHALE
HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE
WHO FELL ASLEEP APRIL 24TH 1909
IN HIS 83RD YEAR

"SOMEDAY SOMETIME OUR EYES SHALL SEE
THE FACES WE KEEP IN MEMORY
SOME DAY THEIR HANDS......WILL CLASP OUR HANDS
JUST OVER IN THE MORNING
O MORNING O MORNING LAND"

(slab on grave)
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
OUR DEAR BROTHER
ARTHUR VIVIAN HAROLD
WHALE
WHO DIED MARCH 19TH 1970
IN HIS 82ND YEAR

"AT REST"

(south kerb)
IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR PARENTS
ARTHUR CHARLES WHALE WHO DIED APRIL 5TH 1949
IN HIS 89TH YEAR

(north kerb)
ALSO OF MARY GRACE, HIS WIFE WHO DIED APRIL 9TH 1957
IN HER 87TH YEAR

(east kerb)
"REUNITED"

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
Whale family (May 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
Whale family (May 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Obituary; Funeral

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