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 John Troughton

Title: Mr
Forenames: John
Surnames: Troughton
Date of Death: 25/12/1940
Burial Date: 27/12/1940
Age at Death Years: 78
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 048 A2
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section K Plot 3882
Grave Description: Stone surround with raised square corner posts, outer sloping faces with lead lettering. Tablets at head and foot of grave, square flower vase.
Grave Condition: Good
Grave Condition Description: Sinking grass infill
Other Information: Although not mentioned on the inscription, the cremated remains of Lionel Norman Stanley Troughton (1980) and Kathleen Selina Violet Troughton (1980) were also interred in this plot, source: Bereavement Services records

Inscription:

South kerb
IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOHN TROUGHTON, DIED DECEMBER 25TH 1940, AGED 78 YEARS.

North kerb
ALSO OF HIS WIFE SELINA ELLEN TROUGHTON, DIED FEBRUARY 22ND 1947, AGED 80 YEARS.

Head tablet
ALSO OF THEIR DAUGHTER
CAROLINE ELLEN,
DIED OCTOBER 3RD 1948
AGED 59 YEARS.

Foot tablet
TO THE MEMORY OF
OUR BELOVED MOTHER
GLADYS HARRIS
WHO PASSED AWAY
FEB 18TH 1989
AGED 80
LOVING AND BELOVED

Flower vase
GRANDMA.
GRAND-DAD

Photographs:

Colin Hunt
Troughton (Oct 2016)
Photographer: Colin Hunt
Colin Hunt
Harris (Oct 2016)
Photographer: Colin Hunt
Colin Hunt
Troughton (Oct 2016)
Photographer: Colin Hunt

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