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 Henry Edward Groves

Title: Mr
Forenames: Henry Edward
Surnames: Groves
Date of Birth: 08/05/1823
Date of Death: 08/10/1911
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 033 B3/C3
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section B Plot 232a
Grave Description: Raised grave with grey polished granite ledger stone and pink polished granite peon shaped top.
Grave Condition: Good
Grave Condition Description: Becoming overgrown with brambles
Old Website Grave ID: 6963

Inscription:

North Top Side

IN MEMORY OF
HENRY EDWARD GROVES
BORN AT FISHBOURNE, NEAR BINSTEAD
ISLE OF WIGHT, 8TH MAY 1823
DIED AT PECKHAM SURREY 8TH OCTOBER 1911
"FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING
LEAVE WE NOW THY SERVANT SLEEPING"

South Top Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ANN GROVES WIFE OF HENRY EDWARD GROVES
WHO FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS FEB 16TH 1899 AGED 75 YEARS
A LOVING DAUGHTER AND DEVOTED NOW SLEEPING IN
PERFECT PEACE FREE FROM ALL SIN AND CARE
IN CERTAIN HOPE AND FAITH THAT HER SOUL
IS IN THE SAFE KEEPING CHRIST HER SAVIOUR

Photographs:

David Earle
H Groves 18.08.09
Photographer: David Earle
David Earle
H Groves
Photographer: David Earle

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