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 Gray

Title: Mr
Forenames: Henry
Surnames: Gray
Date of Death: 13/09/1894
Burial Date: 17/09/1894
Age at Death Years: 87
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 036 C3
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section D Plot 912
Grave Description: Upright plain cross on triple plinth with lead lettering. Surrounding kerbstones with metal rope railings and 6 decorative posts.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Uncovered and partly cleared under heavy canopy of branches and brambles in November 2018.
Other Information: Burial date added, source: Bereavement Services records.
Old Website Grave ID: 16107

Inscription:

East face - top tier
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF

Middle tier
ELIZA THE FOND WIFE OF HENRY GRAY
OF OAKLEIGH, ST. JOHN'S,
WHO PASSED AWAY IN HER SLEEP
ON 1ST MAY 1892, AGED 76.

Bottom tier
ALSO OF HENRY GRAY HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE,
DIED 13TH SEPTEMBER 1894, AGED 87.

South face - middle tier
HENRY GRAY BURROWES,
LATE COLONEL ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY,
DIED 22ND DECEMBER 1922,
AGED 60 YEARS.

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
E & H Gray & H Burrowes November 2018
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Kate MacDonell
E & H Gray & H Burrowes November 2018
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

Related Documents:

PDF file: National Probate Calendar
PDF file: Obituary; Funeral

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