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 George Young Groundsell

Title: Mr
Forenames: George Young
Surnames: Groundsell
Date of Death: 28/11/1915
Burial Date: 03/12/1915
Age at Death Years: 74
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 022 B2
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section I Plot 1339a
Grave Description: 3 plinths with stone cross, stone surrounds.
Grave Condition: Poor
Grave Condition Description: Cross is broken and now lying on the grave, letters fading and lichen growing.
Other Information: Added burial date, source; Bereavement Services records
Old Website Grave ID: 5109

Inscription:

Top plinth
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF

2nd plinth
GEORGE YOUNG GROUNDSELL
DIED NOV 28TH 1915 AGED 74
ALSO OF HIS BELOVED WIFE
SARAH R GROUNDSELL
DIED APRIL 13TH 1916 AGED 76

3rd plinth
"BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR SHALL SEE GOD"

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
G & S Groundsell (April 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
G & S Groundsell (April 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Marriage; Census; Obituary; Funeral.
''Details from the All Saints Newchurch marriage register, entries from the 1881-1901 census and the obituary and funeral report from the IW Observer.''

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