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Ryde Cemetery

Mr Thomas Poole (Captain)

Title: Mr
Forenames: Thomas
Surnames: Poole
Date of Death: 23/06/1873
Burial Date: 28/06/1873
Age at Death Years: 32
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Captain
Map Reference Number: RSHG 022 C1
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section H Plot 1242
Grave Description: 3 tiered block column with cross, stone surround.

Grave Condition Description: Stone cross broken off and lying in front, lettering eroded with lichen.

Other Information: Although not mentioned on the memorial, Ellen Mary Poole was also interred in this plot (1940), source: Bereavement Services records

Old Website Grave ID: 5004
T, A & E Poole March 2008

Inscription:

1st tier
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
MY DEAR ONES

2nd tier
CAPTAIN THOMAS POOLE
WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED
JUNE 23RD 1873

AND NANCY HIS WIFE

3rd tier
WHO PASSED BEYOND AUGUST 3RD 1926

"UNTIL THE DAWN BREAKS"

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
T, A & E Poole March 2008
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Marriage; Census; Inquest.
''Details from the St. Thomas's Church marriage register, entry from the 1871 census, and the inquest report from the IW Times.''
PDF file: Memorial

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