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 Douglas Methuen Forsyth (Commander)

Title: Mr
Forenames: Douglas Methuen
Surnames: Forsyth
Date of Birth: 19/04/1847
Date of Death: 22/03/1915
Burial Date: 25/03/1915
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Commander
Map Reference Number: RSHG SJCLA
Plot Number: F3
Grave Description: Plaque inside church
Other Information: Source: Church records
Added burial date, source: Newspaper records

Inscription:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
DOUGLAS METHUEN
FORSYTH
COMMANDER R.N.
BORN 19TH APRIL, 1847
DIED 22ND MARCH, 1915
WHO LOVED THIS CHURCH, WHERE
HE WORSHIPED FOR 35 YEARS
"A MAN GREATLY BELOVED"

Photographs:

David Earle
D Forsyth
Photographer: David Earle

Related Documents:

PDF file: Obituary; Funeral

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