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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Mr Edmund Richard Jeffreys (General)

Title: Mr
Forenames: Edmund Richard
Surnames: Jeffreys
Date of Birth: 29/08/1808
Date of Death: 03/04/1889
Burial Date: 06/04/1889
Age at Death Years: 80
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: General
Map Reference Number: RSHG 036 C3
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section D Plot 915
Grave Description: Triple plinth on concrete base, cross fallen and laid on top of grave. IHS motif in centre of cross. Lead lettering. Double rope metal railings with posts.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Cleared November 2018. Most of railings and 2 posts missing.
Other Information: Added burial date, source: Bereavement Services records.

Inscription:

Top plinth
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY
OF

Middle plinth
EDMUND RICHARD JEFFREYS
GENERAL AND COMPANION OF THE BATH
BORN 29TH AUG. 1808, DIED 3RD APRIL 1889.
BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD.

Bottom plinth
ALSO OF MARY VANS, HIS WIFE
DAUGHTER OF COLONEL VANS AGNEW,
OF BARNBARROCH AND SHEUCHAN, WIGTOWNSHIRE,
BORN 25TH AUGUST 1815, DIED 8TH DECEMBER 1909.
"FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING,
LEAVE ME NOW THY SERVANTS SLEEPING"

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
E & M Jeffreys November 2018
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Kate MacDonell
E & M Jeffreys November 2018
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Kate MacDonell
E & M Jeffreys November 2018
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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PDF file: Obituary

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