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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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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St. Johns Cemetery

Mr Frederick Squibb (Rifleman)

Title: Mr
Forenames: Frederick
Surnames: Squibb
Date of Death: 19/04/1917
Age at Death Years: 21
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Rifleman
Map Reference Number: RSHG SJ002
Plot Number: St John's Cemetery Plot 2 Row 4 Grave 6
Grave Description: Round topped headstone with carved shoulders and base, carved book with text over floral decoration above a text panel with lead lettering.
Grave Condition: Good

Inscription:

(book)
THY WILL
BE DONE

(main text)
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
OUR DEAR DAUGHTER
MABEL SQUIBB,
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 27TH 1907,
AGED 25 YEARS.

ALSO OUR DEAR SON
RFN. FREDERICK SQUIBB,
KILLED IN ACTION IN PALESTINE
APRIL 19TH 1917,
AGED 21 YEARS.

NO ONE KNOWS HOW MUCH WE MISS THEM,
NONE BUT ACHING HEARTS CAN TELL,
EARTH HAS LOST THEM, HEAVEN HAS FOUND THEM,
JESUS DOES ALL THINGS WELL.

Photographs:

Colin Hunt
M & F Squibb May 2019
Photographer: Colin Hunt
Colin Hunt
M & F Squibb May 2019
Photographer: Colin Hunt
Colin Hunt
M & F Squibb May 2019
Photographer: Colin Hunt

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