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 Campling Eley (Private)

Title: Mr
Forenames: William Campling
Surnames: Eley
Date of Death: 06/11/1917
Age at Death Years: 38
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Private
Map Reference Number: RSHG 020 B1
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section M Plot 1867
Grave Description: Large thick grey polished granite headstone with inlaid panel. Small stone tablet in front.
Grave Condition: Good
Grave Condition Description: This grave was cleared of foliage March 2016.
Old Website Grave ID: 3797

Inscription:

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
FANNY
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
JAMES ELEY
WHO FELL ASLEEP OCT 20TH 1917 AGED 78
"IN LIFE IN DEATH O LORD ABIDE WITH ME"

ALSO OF
JAMES ELEY
PASSED AWAY JUNE 22ND 1918 AGED 85
"AT REST"

ALSO OF
WILLIAM CAMPLING
YOUNGEST SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR LIBERTY AND HONOUR
NOVEMBER 6TH 1917 AGED 38
INTERRED AT COURTRAI

AND OF ALICE ELEY
SECOND DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO PASSED AWAY NOV 15TH 1923 AGED 56
"REST IN PEACE"

Stone tablet

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
MARGARET ELEY
DIED MAY 15TH 1953
AGED 74 YEARS
"RESTING"

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
F, J, A, M & W Eley (July 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
F, J, A, M & W Eley (July 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
F, J, A, M & W Eley (July 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Carol Strong
F, J, A, M & W Eley March 2016
Photographer: Carol Strong

Related Documents:

PDF file: Census; Obituary.
''Entries from the 1881 and 1891 census and the obituary from the "War Items" in the IW Times.''

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