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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St. Thomas Cemetery

Mr William Albany Otway (Vice Admiral)

Title: Mr
Forenames: William Albany
Surnames: Otway
Date of Birth: 26/07/1755
Date of Death: 28/07/1815
Military Rank: Vice Admiral
Map Reference Number: RSHG St Thomas
Plot Number: St Thomas Church South aisle
Grave Description: Information from Inscriptions on the Memorials in St Thomas Chapel compiled by Jack Wheeler 1975
Old Website Grave ID: 8781

Inscription:

NEAR

THE NORTH WEST ENTRANCE

OF THIS CHAPEL ARE INTERRED THE REMAINS

OF THE LATE WILLIAM ALBANY OTWAY ESQ

VICE ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE

HE WAS BORN ON THE 26TH DAY OF JULY 1755

AND DIED ON THE 28TH OF JULY 1815

HIS AFFLICTED WIDOW

HAS PLACED THIS TABLET TO HIS MEMORY

AS ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST AFFECTIONATE

HUSBANDS AND FATHERS

Photographs:

Carol Strong
W Otway
Photographer: Carol Strong

Related Documents:

PDF file: Extract from •The Naval Gazetteer, Biographer and Chronologistê

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