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 William Benjamin Smith

Title: Mr
Forenames: William Benjamin
Surnames: Smith
Date of Death: 28/12/1896
Age at Death Years: 55
Map Reference Number: RSHG 041 C2
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section H Plot 2449
Grave Description: Gothic headstone with columns and floral motif. No kerbs, grass infill.
Grave Condition Description: Good
Old Website Grave ID: 11279

Inscription:

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
WILLIAM BENJAMIN SMITH
WHO DIED DEC 28TH 1896
AGED 55
FOR 34 YEARS HEAD MASTER OF THE
RYDE NATIONAL SCHOOLS.
THIS STONE
IS ERECTED IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE
BY HIS MANY SCHOLARS AND FRIENDS.

"PEACE, PERFECT PEACE."

Photographs:

David Earle
W Smith Jan 2012
Photographer: David Earle
David Earle
W Smith Jan 2012
Photographer: David Earle

Related Documents:

PDF file: Obituary; Funeral

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