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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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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Mr Thomas De La Condamine (Captain)

Title: Mr
Forenames: Thomas
Surnames: De La Condamine
Date of Birth: 09/05/1797
Date of Death: 24/06/1873
Burial Date: 28/06/1873
Age at Death Years: 76
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Captain
Map Reference Number: RSHG 016 A3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section B Plot 136-137
Grave Description: Very ornate cross on a round base which is on a square plinth
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Some weathering making the inscription difficult to read
Other Information: Burial date added. Although not found mentioned on the memorial Jane Mary de la Condamine is also interred in this plot (1874), source: Bereavement Services records
Old Website Grave ID: 4393

Inscription:

Base of cross
THEY SHALL BE MINE
SAITH THE LORD OF ................?
IN THAT DAY..............? I WAKE UP
MY..................?

THOMAS DE LA CONDAMINE
LATE ROYAL STAFF CORPS
BORN 9 MAY 1797 DIED 24 JUNE 1873

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
T de la Condamine October 2007
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
T de la Condamine October 2007
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Memorial
PDF file: Census; Directory; Death.
''Entries from the 1841-1871 census, listing from the White's directory, and a very brief obituary from the IW. Times.''

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