Mr Joseph Harris (Major)
Title: Mr
Forenames: Joseph
Surnames: Harris
Date of Death: 26/08/1876
Age at Death Years: 45
Military Rank: Major
Map Reference Number: RSHG 015 D3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section A Plots 39 & 7
Grave Description: Large family sized vault, raised cross on grey granite plinth ornate posts and chains surrounding grave and a black and white chequered tiled top.
Grave Condition Description: Fair, some of the tiles and chain are missing.
Other Information: This grave was overgrown and was cleared by the Friends of Ryde Cemetery in May 2003
Old Website Grave ID: 2800
Inscription:
EAST SIDE
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JOSEPH HARRIS
LATE MAJOR 23RD ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS
DIED AUGUST 26TH 1876
AT ST JOHNS LODGE, RYDE, IW
IN HIS 46TH YEAR
GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS FROM THEIR EYES
AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH, NEITHER SORROW,
NOR CRYING, NEITHER SHALL THERE BE ANY MORE PAIN
FOR THE FORMER THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY
REV. XXL.4.
WEST SIDE
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ARCHIE M.A. HARRIS
LIEUTENANT ROYAL ENGINEERS
AGED 24
ELDEST SON OF MAJOR J HARRIS
SHOT DEAD WHILE PURSUING A PATHAN ROBBER
ON THE AFGHAN FRONTIER NEAR CHAMAN
ON THE NIGHT OF 11TH OCTOBER 1889
BURIED AT QUETTA
SHORT LIFE, ETERNAL GLORY
Photographs:
J & A Harris (March 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
J & A Harris (March 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
J & A Harris (March 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
J & A Harris (March 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
J & A Harris (March 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
J & A Harris (March 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
PDF file: Monument
''Details of the monument erected to Major HARRIS, from the IW Observer.''
PDF file: Death; Obituary.
''The death notice and brief obituary from the IW Observer.''
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