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Ryde Cemetery

Mr George Sherwood

Title: Mr
Forenames: George
Surnames: Sherwood
Date of Death: 30/04/1863
Age at Death Years: 63
Map Reference Number: RSHG 024 B3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section X Plot 3350
Grave Description: Headstone (badly worn) and a Footstone

Grave Condition Description: Headstone badly worn. Footstone good

Other Information: Only WOOD cn be read on the headstone but the initials G S on the Footstone and information from IW Bereavement Services confirm that this is the grave of George Sherwood. The headstone appears to have been damaged by a German cannon shell during WWII. Other graves in the area have also been damaged....Ann completed death date, source: Registrars records.

Old Website Grave ID: 11418

Inscription:

Headstone

The inscription has been almost completely worn away and only WOOD can now be read

Footstone

G.S

1863

R.I.P

Photographs:

David Earle
G Sherwood Feb 2012
Photographer: David Earle
David Earle
G Sherwood Feb 2012
Photographer: David Earle

Related Documents:

PDF file: Council Records
PDF file: Census; Death.
''Entries from the 1851-1861 census, and the death notice from the IW Observer.''

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