Ryde Cemetery
Mr Edward Close (Major)
Title: Mr
Forenames: Edward
Surnames: Close
Date of Death: 15/06/1899
Age at Death Years: 83
Grave Type: Military Grave
Military Rank: Major
Map Reference Number: RSHG 036 A1
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section H Plot 2142
Grave Description:
3 tier plinth with stone cross heavily overgrown with ivy, which has toppled. The top tier and cross, lead lettering. Kerbstone surround under ivy.
3 tier plinth with stone cross heavily overgrown with ivy, which has toppled. The top tier and cross, lead lettering. Kerbstone surround under ivy.
Grave Condition: Good
Grave Condition Description: Hidden under ivy.
Other Information:
Newspapers searched but no obituary found.
Newspapers searched but no obituary found.
Old Website Grave ID: 7788
Inscription:
(top tier)
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY
OF
(middle tier)
EDWARD CLOSE
MAJOR, INDIAN ARMY (italics)
WHO DIED 15th JUNE 1899
AGED 83 YEARS
(bottom tier)
ALSO IN MEMORY OF JANE ANNE,
WIDOW OF LATE
COL FRANCIS MONRO NEWBERY
BORN 16th JUNE 1847 DIED 28th MAY 1911
WHOSE ASHES ARE INTERRED BELOW.
Photographs:
E Close (28.06.2010)
Photographer: David Earle
E Close (28.06.2010)
Photographer: David Earle
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