Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
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Ryde Cemetery

Mr Richard Edwyn Barry (Major)

Title: Mr
Forenames: Richard Edwyn
Surnames: Barry
Date of Birth: 05/09/1835
Date of Death: 24/12/1906
Burial Date: 28/12/1906
Age at Death Years: 71
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Major
Map Reference Number: RSHG 042 B1
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section K Plot 3022
Grave Description: Three tier plinth with broken cross, stone surrounds, grass middle, lead lettering
Grave Condition Description: Overgrown, cross broken, surrounds sinking also lichen spots
Other Information: Added burial date, source: Newspaper and Burial records
Old Website Grave ID: 10850

Inscription:

(1st tier west facing)
IN MEMORY OF

(2nd tier)
RICHARD EDWIN BARRY
MAJOR, HM XX1X REGT:
BORN MAY 9TH 1835
DIED MAY 9TH 1906
PASSED TO REST XMAS EVE 1906

(3rd tier)
IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE THERE ARE
MANY MANSIONS IF IT
WERE NOT SO, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU. John.14.2.

(North facing 1st tier)
AND OF HIS DEARLY LOVED SECOND SON
ERNEST BARRY. MD
WHO DIED AT SAN FRANCISCO
APRIL 20TH 1919 AGED 50

(South facing 2nd tier)
AND OF HIS BELOVED WIFE
ADELAIDE MARIA BARRY
BORN SEPTEMBER 7TH 1840
DIED OCTOBER 14th 1919

RIP.

Photographs:

David Earle
R Barry Jan 2012
Photographer: David Earle

Related Documents:

PDF file: National Probate Calendar
PDF file: Death; Obituary; Funeral

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