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 Thomas Rudolph Sanger (Second Lieutenant)

Title: Mr
Forenames: Thomas Rudolph
Surnames: Sanger
Date of Death: 01/07/1916
Age at Death Years: 26
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Second Lieutenant
Map Reference Number: RSHG 030 C1
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section N Plot 1932
Grave Description: Three tiered stone with Celtic cross, stone kerb.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Cross now standing away from the two lower tiers.

The top of the cross was broken off in May 2020, so it was laid flat on the grave for safety
Old Website Grave ID: 5670

Inscription:

Top Tier East
PRAY FOR THE SOUL OF
THOMAS SANGER
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
MAY 24th 1920
AGED 81 YEARS

Middle Tier East
AND FOR THE SOUL OF
THOMAS RUDOLPH SANGER,
SON OF THE ABOVE
SECOND LIEUTENANT SOUTH STAFFS
KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE
JULY 1916 AGED 26 YEARS

Bottom Tier East
ETERNAL REST GIVE TO THEM O LORD
AND MAY PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM

Top Tier South
ALSO
FOR THE SOUL
OF

Middle Tier South
ELLEN THERESA SANGER
WIFE OF
THOMAS SANGER
WHO DIED JULY 23rd 1926
AGED 76 YEARS

Bottom Tier South
JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HER

Photographs:

David Earle
T R Sanger
Photographer: David Earle
Margaret Truckel
T R Sanger May 2020
Photographer: Margaret Truckel
Margaret Truckel
T R Sanger May 2020
Photographer: Margaret Truckel

Related Documents:

PDF file: Census. Death.
''Entry from the 1901 census and the War report from the IW Observer.''
PDF file: Reported Killed

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