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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Ryde Cemetery

Mr John Samuel Knox (Lieutenant Colonel)

Title: Mr
Forenames: John Samuel
Surnames: Knox
Date of Death: 23/11/1891
Age at Death Years: 83
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Map Reference Number: RSHG 036 C3
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section D Plot 914
Grave Description: Triple plinth, plain stone cross fallen and lying flat on top of plot. Lead lettering. Surrounding kerbstones with broken corners, remains of corner posts but no railings remain.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Uncovered amidst heavy canopy of branches and brambles October 2018.
Other Information: Abbreviations: N.I. = Native Infantry; H.E.I.C.S. = Honourable East India Company Services.

Inscription:

Top tier
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF

Middle tier
LIEUT. COL. JOHN SAMUEL KNOX,
LTE 42ND BENGAL N. I., H.E.I.C.S.,
DIED AT ROZEL, RYDE, 23 NOVEMBER 1891
IN HIS 84TH YWAR

Bottom tier
"FOR SO HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP."

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
J Knox November 2018
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Kate MacDonell
J Knox November 2018
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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