Ryde Cemetery
Mr John James Smith Gawn
Title: Mr
Forenames: John James Smith
Surnames: Gawn
Date of Birth: 19/02/1857
Date of Death: 07/09/1889
Burial Date: 12/09/1889
Age at Death Years: 32
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 033 A1
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section D Plot 629
Grave Description: Large headstone with stone kerbs and concrete top.
Grave Condition Description: Headstone is good although the inscription is difficult to read in places. The top of the grave is cracked and subsiding. Part of a broken cross for the adjacent grave is lying on top of this grave.
Other Information: Additional information kindly supplied by Richard Pledger and Ann Barrett. Please see documents below.
Old Website Grave ID: 1400
John James Smith Gawn
Inscription:
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
JOHN JAMES SMITH GAWN
WHO SACRIFICED HIS LIFE
IN RESCUING TWO CHILDREN FROM DROWNING
IN SCRATCHELLS BAY
ON SATURDAY SEPT 7 1889
AGED 32 YEARS
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
AND OF HIS WIFE
ELLEN ROSE GAWN
WHO DIED SEPT 7 1942
AGED 90 YEARS
SAFE HOME
Photographs:
John Gawn - picture was taken on the Isle of Man in about 1879
J & E Gawn (April 06)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
J & E Gawn (July 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Related Documents:
PDF file: Boating accident IW and Hants Gazette 12 September 1889PDF file: IW County Press 14 September 1889
PDF file: IW and Hants Gazette 19 September 1889
PDF file: Memorial Card
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