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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Binstead Cemetery

Mr Edgar James Boyce Lavers (RN)

Title: Mr
Forenames: Edgar James Boyce
Surnames: Lavers
Date of Death: 18/12/1940
Age at Death Years: 25
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: RN
Map Reference Number: RSHG B016 A1
Plot Number: Binstead Old Cemetery Row J Plot 22
Grave Description: Upright headstone with stepped shoulders rising to integral large fleury cross. Lead lettering
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Heavy lichen cover on stone and some lead letters missing
Other Information: Edgar James Boyce Lavers was an Engine Room Artificer 3rd class RN.
Old Website Grave ID: 10775

Inscription:

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
ARTHUR WILLIAM
LAVERS.
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
DEC. 30TH 1932,
AGED 22 YEARS.

"JESU, IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING
LEAVE ME NOW OUR DEAR ONE SLEEPING."

ALSO EDGAR JAMES BOYCE LAVERS,
C.E.R.A. R.N.
REPORTED MISSING, PRESUMED KILLED IN ACTION
DEC 18TH 1940, AGED 25 YEARS

"WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM."

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
A & E Lavers September 2020
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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