Ryde Cemetery
Mr Richard Alexander (Dick) Fawdry (Lieutenant RN)
Title: Mr
Forenames: Richard Alexander (Dick)
Surnames: Fawdry
Date of Death: 02/05/1942
Age at Death Years: 23
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Lieutenant RN
Map Reference Number: RSHG 023 D3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section G/H Plot 15
Grave Description: Small half size headstone with integral kerbs. Cross carved on the left side of headstone. Two square corners at foot end on kerbs, also on grave there is a stone tablet.
Grave Condition Description: South kerb is broken and grass and weeds are growing.
Other Information: Although mentioned on the memorial Richard Alexander, Thomas Jordan, Thomas Norman and Edward James are not buried in this plot, source: Bereavement Services records.
Old Website Grave ID: 4773
Inscription:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ANNIE HARVEY FAWDRY
WHO PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY 25TH AUGUST 1946
AGED 64 YEARS
ALSO OF HER YOUNGEST SON
RICHARD ALEXANDER (DICK) FAWDRY
LIEUT ROYAL NAVY
KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION IN H.M.S FORESIGHT
NORTHERN ARCTIC 2ND MAY 1942
AGED 23 YEARS
AND OF HIS FATHER
THOMAS JORDAN FAWDRY
DIED 31ST JULY 1951 AGED 69 YEARS
Stone tablet
ALSO OF THEIR SONS
THOMAS NORMAN
DIED 25TH JUNE 1959
AGED 46 YEARS
IN MONTREAL
AND EDWARD JAMES
DIED 4TH MARCH 1961
AGED 49 YEARS
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PDF file: Obituary.''Obituary from the IW Times.''
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