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Ryde Cemetery

Mr Henry John Butt

Title: Mr
Forenames: Henry John
Surnames: Butt
Date of Birth: 20/10/1810
Date of Death: 12/10/1876
Burial Date: 18/10/1876
Age at Death Years: 65
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 017 C1
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section F Plot 785
Grave Description: Large flat ledger stone on high shaped step and on high and wide solid base. Surrounded by 6 posts and railings. Large pink polished granite cross with arrowed points lying along central top of ledger. Circled IHS motif in centre of cross. Large engraved lettering (with some traces of blue paint) around top side edges of ledger stone. This is a very large and solid memorial.

Grave Condition Description: This grave had been heavily overgrown for many years. Cleared February 2019.
In very good condition.

Other Information: Date of burial added, source: Bereavement Services records.

Inscription:

Top side edges of ledger
East end
IN MEMORY OF

North side
HENRY JOHN BUTT BORN OCT 20 1810 DIED OCT 12 1876

West end
JESU : MERCY

South side
RICHARD NOEL BYRON BROWN DIED MAY 22ND 1888 AGED 15 YEARS : R. I. P.

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
H Butt & R Brown February 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Kate MacDonell
H Butt & R Brown February 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

Related Documents:

PDF file: Obituary; Funeral

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