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 Heward

Title: Mr
Forenames: Henry
Surnames: Heward
Date of Death: 01/01/1907
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 043 B2
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section K Plot 3011
Grave Description: Large headstone
Grave Condition: Good
Grave Condition Description: Slight weathering to inscription
Other Information: See also record for Frank Haynes
Old Website Grave ID: 660

Inscription:

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
HENRY HEWARD
AGED 31 YEARS
WHO PERISHED BY THE DISASTER TO THE
RYDE LIFEBOAT SELINA
WHILST OUT ON AN ERRAND OF MERCY
1ST JANUARY 1907

I HAVE LOVED THEE WITH AN EVERLASTING LOVE
THEREFORE WITH LOVING KINDNESS HAVE I DRAWN THEE
SLEEP ON BELOVED SLEEP AND TAKE THY REST.
WE LOVE THEE WELL, BUT JESUS LOVES THEE BEST
EVEN SO FATHER FOR SO IT SEEMETH GOOD
IN THY SIGHT

THIS STONE WAS ERECTED
BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION IN RECOGNITION
OF HIS GALLANT SERVICE

Photographs:

Heward & Haynes funeral at St James Church kindly contributed by Sally-Ann Garrett
Heward and Haynes funeral, in Lind Street, Ryde
Heward and Haynes funeral, entering the Cemetery on West Street, Ryde
Selina Lifeboat
Janette Gregson
Heward & Haynes graves (Spring 04)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
H Heward (Spring 04)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Lifeboat Disaster of 1907
The sad story of the death of two Ryde men, when the Selina Lifeboat capsized on 1 January 1907.
PDF file: Article about the lifeboat disaster
''This article was published in the IW FHS Journal''

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