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 Philip Westphal (Admiral)

Title: Mr
Forenames: Philip
Surnames: Westphal
Date of Birth: 01/01/1782
Date of Death: 16/03/1880
Age at Death Years: 98
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Admiral
Map Reference Number: RSHG 015 A3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section E Plots 526 & 527
Grave Description: Double plot, twin identical headstones, grass top and stone kerbs.
Grave Condition: Good
Grave Condition Description: Stones leaning backwards slightly, some lichen and weathering on inscription.
Other Information: Amended surname spelling on 18/02/2008, source: death, burial and newspaper records.
Old Website Grave ID: 4698

Inscription:

Headstone 1
IN
MEMORY OF
ADMIRAL PHILIP WESTPHAL
WHO DIED MARCH 16TH 1880
AGED 98 YEARS
THE OLDEST COMMISSIONED
OFFICER H.M. NAVY
AND PRESENT AT
THE BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN
FOUGHT UNDER LORD NELSON, APRIL 1801

Headstone 2
IN MEMORY OF
FRANCES ELIZABETH
WESTPHAL
WIFE OF
ADMIRAL PHILIP WESTPHAL
WHO DIED MAY31st 1868
AGED 75 YEARS

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
P & F Westphall (Oct 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
P & F Westphall (Oct 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Census; Obituary.
''Entries from the 1861 and 1871 census and the obituary from the IW Times. Admiral Westphal the oldest commissioned officer in her Majesty's Navy.''

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