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Ryde Cemetery

Mr Richard Bernard Alexander Cantopher

Title: Mr
Forenames: Richard Bernard Alexander
Surnames: Cantopher
Date of Birth: 18/02/1917
Interment of Ashes Date: 14/01/1977
Date of Death: 11/02/1970
Grave Type: Cremation
Map Reference Number: RSHG 026 D3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section J/K Plot 1520
Grave Description: Granite kerbs and horizontal cross, lead lettering.

Grave Condition Description: Overgrown

Other Information: The cremated remains of Richard Bernard Alexander Cantopher were re-interred in this plot on 14 January 1977 after exhumation from Brookwood Cemetery, Woking, Surrey. Description not positively known but thought to be on naval attache staff, died United States Naval Hospital, Yokosake, Tokyo, Japan on 11 February 1970, source: Bereavement Services records.

Although not mentioned on the memorial. also interred in this plot the cremated remains of Stella May Cantopher (2013), source: Bereavement Services records

Old Website Grave ID: 5356

Inscription:

South kerb
IN LOVING MEMORY OF RICHARD BERNARD ALEXANDER CANTOPHER BORN 18-2-1917 DIED 11-2-1970

North kerb
ALSO OF HIS BELOVED SON PETER GERARD ALEXANDER CANTOPHER BORN 16-6-1951 DIED 27-12-1975

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
R & P Cantopher (May 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
R & P Cantopher (May 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

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