Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
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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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Mr Herbert Evan Charles Bayley Nepean (Brigadier General)

Title: Mr
Forenames: Herbert Evan Charles Bayley
Surnames: Nepean
Date of Death: 28/03/1951
Burial Date: 31/03/1951
Age at Death Years: 85
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Brigadier General
Map Reference Number: RSHG 014 D2/D3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Parish Cemetery A Plot 4
Grave Description: Rough marble cross raised upon 3 plinths, also rough marble kerbs. Tablet at foot end.
Grave Condition: Fair
Other Information: Added burial date, source: Bereavement Services records
Old Website Grave ID: 2654

Inscription:

Top tier
IN LOVING MEMORY OF EVAN
MY BELOVED HUSBAND

2nd tier
BRIG GENERAL NEPEAN
C.B, C.S.I, C.M.G
INDIAN ARMY RETIRED
DIED MARCH 28TH 1951

3rd tier
"I SAT DOWN UNDER HIS SHADOW
WITH GREAT DELIGHT
AND HIS BANNER OVER ME, WAS LOVE"

Tablet at foot end
ALSO OF HIS BELOVED WIFE
MURIEL NEPEAN
DIED 9TH APRIL 1976
AGED 80 YEARS

Photographs:

David Earle
H Nepean Feb 2011
Photographer: David Earle
David Earle
H Nepean Feb 2011
Photographer: David Earle

Related Documents:

PDF file: Obituary; Funeral.
''The obituary and funeral report from the IW Times.''
PDF file: Presentation
''A report in the IW Times, of a presentation upon his retirement from the A.R.P.''

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