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 Richard Courtenay Derry

Title: Mr
Forenames: Richard Courtenay
Surnames: Derry
Date of Death: 13/02/1916
Burial Date: 17/02/1916
Age at Death Years: 76
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 046 B1/C1
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section L Plot 4353
Grave Description: Plain cross on triple plinth, lead lettering, surrounding kerbstones, stone chip covering
Grave Condition Description: Chip covering now overgrown with grass and moss, top of cross broken off and resting against plinth.
Other Information: Added burial date, source: Newspaper records
Old Website Grave ID: 13349

Inscription:

(Triple Plinth

(Top Tier)
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF

(Middle Tier)
HENRIETTA MARY T. G. DERRY,
DIED MARCH 15TH 1935.

(Bottom Tier)
RICHARD COURTENAY DERRY
DIED FEBRUARY 13TH 1916, AGED 76 YEARS.

(Top tier North side)
AND OF THEIR SON

(Middle tier)
RICHARD COURTENAY POWELL DERRY.
2ND LIEUT, 2ND HANTS REGT:
KILLED IN ACTION AT SUVLA BAY.

(Bottom tier)
AUGUST 6TH 1915, AGED 32 YEARS,

(Top Tier South side)
AND OF THEIR ELDEST DAUGHTER

(Middle Tier)
HENRIETTA MABEL POWELL DERRY
WHO DIED MARCH 1ST 1968
AGED 89 YEARS.

(Bottom Tier)
ALSO OF HER SISTER
AGATHA RUTH POWELL DERRY
DIED AUGUST 10TH 1969, AGED 84 YEARS.

Photographs:

David Earle
R Derry Dec 2013
Photographer: David Earle

Related Documents:

PDF file: National Probate Calendar
PDF file: Coroner's Inquest and Funeral

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