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 James Richard Dover

Title: Mr
Forenames: James Richard
Surnames: Dover
Date of Death: 21/06/1873
Burial Date: 26/06/1873
Age at Death Years: 20
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 021 C2
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section H Plots 1221a & 1222
Grave Description: Upright headstone with curved top, large leaded lettering.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Lichen across the top
Other Information: Burial date added, source: Bereavement Services records.
Old Website Grave ID: 5263

Inscription:

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
JAMES RICHARD
SECOND SON OF
HENRY AND ELIZABETH DOVER
WHO DIED 21ST OF JUNE 1873
AGED 20 YEARS

"IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH"

ERECTED BY MR AND MRS DE BUSSCHE
OF RYDE
IN REMEMBRANCE OF HIS FAITHFUL SERVICES

ALSO HENRY DOVER
FATHER OF THE ABOVE
DIED OCTOBER 6TH 1906, AGED 83

"UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY"

ALSO
ELIZA DOVER
WIDOW OF THE ABOVE
DIED JUNE 26TH 1914
AGED 92 YEARS

"FATHER, IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING
LEAVE WE NOW THY SERVANTS SLEEPING"

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
H, E & J Dover May 2008
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
H, E & J Dover May 2008
Photographer: Janette Gregson

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