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Ryde Cemetery

Mr George Douglas Harris (Captain)

Title: Mr
Forenames: George Douglas
Surnames: Harris
Date of Death: 04/01/1878
Burial Date: 10/01/1878
Age at Death Years: 46
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Captain
Map Reference Number: RSHG 018 C2
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section E Plot 720
Grave Description: Very large and impressive memorial, taking up a double plot. A broken column on a large plinth resting on a stone slab that covers the grave. The west face of the plinth contains the inscription and the north side that faces onto the central roadway has metal representations of military equipment.

Grave Condition: Good
Old Website Grave ID: 3338

Inscription:

West face

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
GEORGE DOUGLAS HARRIS ESQUIRE
LATE CAPTAIN IN HER MAJESTY'S 19TH REGIMENT
AND BARRISTER AT LAW
WHO DIED ON THE 4TH OF JANUARY 1878
AGED 46
"GOD'S WILL BE DONE
MERCY SHALL BE BUILT UP FOR EVER"
"HIS SOUL SHALL DWELL AT EASE"

Photographs:

G Harris (2004)

Related Documents:

PDF file: Marriage; Census; Death; Burial.
''Details from the All Saints' marriage register,entries from the 1861 and 1871 census, details from the Registrars death register, burial reference and the death notice from the IW Observer.''

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