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 George Henry Orchard (Petty Officer)

Title: Mr
Forenames: George Henry
Surnames: Orchard
Date of Death: 21/04/1917
Age at Death Years: 32
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Petty Officer
Map Reference Number: RSHG SJ003
Plot Number: St John's Cemetery Plot 3 Row 1 Grave 13
Grave Description: Elaborate arched headstone with leaded lettering
Old Website Grave ID: 14530

Inscription:

Across top of the headstone
HE DIED A HERO

Headstone
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
GEORGE HENRY ORCHARD
STOKER PETTY OFFICER R.R.N
DEARLY BELOVED HUSBAND OF
FLORENCE ORCHARD
KILLED IN ACTION ON H.M.S. BROKE
APRIL 21ST 1917
AGED 32 YEARS

GREATER LOVE HAS NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

Photographs:

G Orchard

Related Documents:

PDF file: Census; Marriage: Other detail.
PDF file: History and picture H.M.S. Broke
PDF file: Military Funeral

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