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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Ryde Cemetery

Mr Edward Benjamin Martin (Lieutenant)

Title: Mr
Forenames: Edward Benjamin
Surnames: Martin
Date of Death: 07/01/1891
Burial Date: 10/01/1891
Age at Death Years: 74
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Lieutenant
Map Reference Number: RSHG 036 D3
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section D Plot 831
Grave Description: Plain cross on triple plinth with lead lettering.
Grave Condition Description: Quite good condition. Uncovered amidst heavy tangled trees and brambles in November2018.
Other Information: Added burial date, source: Bereavement Services records
Information sources: Registrars, Probate and Newspaper records

Inscription:

Top plinth
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF

Middle plinth
EDWARD BENJAMIN MARTIN,
DIED JANUARY 7TH 1891,
AGED 74 YEARS.
"NOTHING IN MY HAND I BRING,
SIMPLY TO THY CROSS I CLING."

Bottom plinth
ALSO MARY ANN MARTIN
RELICT OF THE ABOVE,
DIED SEPTEMBER 30TH 1892.

Photographs:

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

Related Documents:

PDF file: Death Notice; Obituary

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