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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Ryde Cemetery

Mr James William Charles (Willie) Howe

Title: Mr
Forenames: James William Charles (Willie)
Surnames: Howe
Date of Death: 27/12/1896
Age at Death Years: 19
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 032 B2/C2
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section B Plot 242a
Grave Description: Four graduated tiers surmounted by a cross, surrounded by a kerb. The lettering is leaded and legible.

Grave Condition Description: The cross has been broken off and the kerb is filled with low lying brambles.

Other Information: Ann amended name on 29/05/2009, source: death, burial and Registrars records.

Old Website Grave ID: 6627

Inscription:

Fourth tier
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF MY DARLING BOY

Third tier
WILLIE HOWE
WHO DIED DEC 27TH 1896
AGED 19 YEARS
THE RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT AT BRADING RAILWAY STATION I.W.
"CHRIST HAVE MERCY UPON ME"

Second tier
THE ONLY SON OF HIS MOTHER, AND SHE WAS A WIDOW
"HE IS GONE -
NEVER SHALL HIS MEMORY FADE,
LOVING THOUGHTS SHALL ALWAYS LINGER
ROUND THE PLACE WHERE HE IS LAID"

Base tier
ALSO OF PHOEBE HOWE
WHO DIED JUNE 23RD 1910 AGED 69 YEARS
"WELL DONE THOU GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT"

Photographs:

David Earle
Howe Grave
Photographer: David Earle
David Earle
Howe Grave Distant
Photographer: David Earle

Related Documents:

PDF file: Inquest; Funeral.
''Inquest and funeral report from the IW County Press.''
PDF file: Birth; Census; Burial.
''Reference from the General Registrars birth records, entries from the 1881-1891 census, and the burial details from the Ryde burial register.''

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