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Ryde Cemetery

Mr Henry Benjamin Wyatt (Captain RN)

Title: Mr
Forenames: Henry Benjamin
Surnames: Wyatt
Date of Death: 11/06/1863
Burial Date: 18/06/1863
Age at Death Years: 76
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Captain RN
Map Reference Number: RSHG 015 D1/D2
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section A Plot 30
Grave Description: Large ornate tomb with arched top

Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Weathering makes inscription difficult to read in places. This grave was overgrown and was cleared by the Friends of Ryde Cemetery in 2003.

Old Website Grave ID: 2796

Inscription:

South Side

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH WYATT
DAUGHTER OF JOHN BENNETT ESQUIRE
OF HALL CARR SHEFFIELD
AND NIECE (?) OF MARSHALL BENNETT ESQUIRE
OF APPLEY RYDE
RELICT OF THE LATE HENRY BENJAMIN WYATT
CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY
BORN ON THE ? AUGUST 1802
DIED ON THE 20TH DEC 1879
JESUS SAITH (..?............)

East End

IN MEMORY OF
MARY ELIZABETH BENNETT
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
GEORGE DOUGLAS HARRIS
CAPTAIN IN THE BRITISH ARMY
AND ELDEST DAUGHTER OF
CAPT. HENRY BENJAMIN WYATT R.N.
WHO DIED AT (?) HOUSE SYDENHAM
ON THE (?) OF AUGUST 18?0
IN THE ?? YEAR OF HER AGE
HE THAT FOLLOWETH ME SHALL NOT WALK IN (?...)
BUT SHALL HAVE THE (?...) OF LIFE

North Side

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
HENRY BENJAMIN WYATT
CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY FOURTH SON OF
BENJAMIN WYATT OF LIME GROVE CARNARVONSHIRE NORTH WALES ESQUIRE
WHO DIED AT HIS RESIDENCE VILLA D ESTE RYDE
ON THE 11TH JUNE 1863 IN THE 77TH YEAR OF HIS AGE
I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE SAITH THE LORD
HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME THOUGH HE WERE DEAD YET.

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
H & E Wyatt and M Bennett (Nov 2005)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Obituary from The United Service Magazine
PDF file: Census; Death.
''Entries from the 1841-1861 census and the death notice from the IW Observer.''

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