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 Benjamin John Cooke

Title: Mr
Forenames: Benjamin John
Surnames: Cooke
Date of Death: 21/12/1979
Age at Death Years: 83
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 003 D3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Parish Cemetery X Plot 10
Grave Description: Flat grave with stone kerbs and corner posts, grey granite chippings on top. Square flower holder in middle of grave and open book at west end.

Grave Condition Description: Good except inscription on kerbs is difficult to read due to lichen growth and the top is becoming overgrown with wild plants and grass.

Old Website Grave ID: 1718

Inscription:

South kerb
IN LOVING MEMORY OF DOROTHY DIAMOND COOKE A LOVING WIFE AND DEVOTED MOTHER WHO PASSED AWAY 6TH NOVEMBER 1958 AGED 61 YEARS

North kerb
ALSO OF HER HUSBAND BENJAMIN JOHN COOKE WHO PASSED AWAY 21ST DECEMBER 1979(?) AGED 83 YEARS

East end
REUNITED

West end open book facing eastwards
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
BILL BRADING
WHO DIED
JAN 19TH 1984
AGED 63 YEARS
BELOVED.

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
B Brading and B & D Cooke (March 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
B Brading and B & D Cooke (March 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

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