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 Isaac Orchard (Sergeant)

Title: Mr
Forenames: Isaac
Surnames: Orchard
Date of Death: 25/11/1868
Burial Date: 01/12/1868
Age at Death Years: 51
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Sergeant
Map Reference Number: RSHG 019 D1
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section S Plot 2804
Grave Description: Upright arched headstone engraved at centre
Grave Condition: Good
Grave Condition Description: Some lichen
Other Information: Added burial date, source: Burial records
Old Website Grave ID: 3534

Inscription:

ERECTED
BY THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
AND PRIVATES OF THE ....? 1st ISLE OF WIGHT
RIFLE VOLUNTEER CORPS
TO THE MEMORY OF
ISAAC ORCHARD
FOUR YEARS THE RESPECTED ARMOURER
AND FORMERLY
COLOR SARGEANT 18TH ROYAL IRISH REGT:
WHO DIED NOV. 25TH 1868
IN THE 51ST YEAR OF HIS AGE
"HIS END WAS PEACE"

ALSO
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
SARAH
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
DIED MARCH 28TH 1911
AGED 75 YEARS
"SO HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP"

ALSO OF THEIR SON
HENRY ISAAC ORCHARD
DIED AUGUST 26TH 1934
AGED 72 YEARS
"AT REST"

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
I, S & H Orchard (June 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
I, S & H Orchard (June 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Census; Marriage; Death.
''Entries from the 1861-1871 census, details from the St. Thomas's Church marriage register, and the death notice from the IW Observer.''
PDF file: Obituary

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