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 Scarth

Title: Mr
Forenames: Thomas
Surnames: Scarth
Date of Death: 02/03/1915
Burial Date: 06/03/1915
Age at Death Years: 64
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 049 C1
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section K Plot 3551
Grave Description: Triple plinth with fallen cross. Lead lettering. Surrounding plain kerbstones. Concrete slab cover with some grass & flora overgrowth.
Grave Condition: Poor
Grave Condition Description: Fallen cross at upper end of plot, cross broken in 3 pieces & piled in front of plinth. Plot deeply sunken on south side.
Other Information: Added burial date, source: Burial records

Inscription:

Top tier of plinth - west facing (gothic script)
IN EVER LOVING
REMEMBRANCE OF

Middle tier - west facing
THOMAS SCARTH,
DIED MARCH 2ND 1915, AGED 64.
ALSO OF HIS BELOVED WIFE
ALICE GRAHAM SCARTH,
DIED NOV. 13TH 1915, AGED 58.

Bottom tier - west facing
"I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE."

Top tier of plinth -south facing
ALSO OF
THEIR
ELDEST SON

Middle tier - south facing
FRANK GRAHAM SCARTH
KILLED IN ACTION
AT LE MOUQUET FARM,
COURCELETTE, FLANDERS
SEPT. 8TH 1916, AGED 33.

Middle tier of plinth - north facing
ALSO
THEIR ONLY DAUGHTER
ELSIE ALICE SCARTH,
DIED JULY 31ST 1935,
AGED 50 YEARS.

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
T, A, F & E Scarth Nov 2016
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Kate MacDonell
T, A, F & E Scarth (2) Nov 2016
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

Related Documents:

PDF file: National Probate Calendar

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