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 Evelyn William Pollard

Title: Mr
Forenames: Evelyn William
Surnames: Pollard
Date of Death: 18/10/1961
Burial Date: 23/10/1961
Age at Death Years: 84
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 005 A2/B2
Plot Number: Ryde Old Parish Cemetery B Plot 5a
Grave Description: Large kerb plot with an integral east facing headstone at the west end and a paved top.
Grave Condition Description: Weathered. North kerb has slight subsidence and the headstone is partially overgrown with ivy.
Other Information: Evelyn William Pollard was a Pharmaceutical Chemist and Optician with premises at 23 High Street Ryde (see scan of invoice below).

Added burial date, source: Bereavement Services records
Old Website Grave ID: 858

Inscription:

Headstone
THE MEMORY OF
EVELYN WILLIAM POLLARD
[STUDENT OF SCIENCE]
WHO LIVED FOR 70 YEARS
IN HIS BELOVED ISLE
1877-1947
DIED AT DORKING 18TH OCTOBER 1961

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
E & L Pollard (April 2006)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
E & L Pollard (April 2006)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Scan of Invoice from E W Pollard to F Wright
PDF file: Obituary; Funeral.
''The obituary and funeral report from the IW Times.''
PDF file: Advertisement 1935

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