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Ryde Cemetery

Mr William Herbert Franklin (Assistant Paymaster RN)

Title: Mr
Forenames: William Herbert
Surnames: Franklin
Date of Death: 01/12/1901
Age at Death Years: 50
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Assistant Paymaster RN
Map Reference Number: RSHG 021 A2/B2 A3/B3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section I Plots 1393c & 1408
Grave Description: Large double plot with surrounding kerbstones. 2 large upright headstones, 2 marble upright scrolls.

Grave Condition Description: Very overgrown with grass and wild flowers. The left headstone is broken and the broken part is lying on the grave.

Other Information: Ann amended date on 09/09/2009, source: Royal Navy records. William Herbert Franklin is not interred in this plot, source: Bereavement Services records.

Old Website Grave ID: 5335

Inscription:

Broken part of left headstone which is lying on grave
SACRED
TO THE DEARLY BELOVED
MEMORY OF
GEORGE FRANKLIN
SON OF
WILLIAM FRANKLIN ESQ
OF LIMERICK
WHO DIED AT RYDE
AUGUST 24TH 1873
AGED 28

ALSO OF HIS ELDEST SON
WILLIAM HERBERT FRANKLIN
ASSISTANT PAYMASTER ROYAL NAVY
LOST ON THE FOUNDERING OF

Part of headstone still standing
HMS CONDOR
DECEMBER 1901
AGED 50

Right hand headstone
SACRED
TO THE BELOVED
MEMORY OF
MARY GORDON
HERBERT
WIDOW OF
CAPT H BLIZARD HERBERT
HM INDIAN ARMY
SHE DIED AT RYDE
OCTOBER 8TH 1912
AGED 88
PSALM XXXVI545

ALSO OF THE ABOVE NAMED
HENRY BLIZARD
HERBERT
WHO WAS LOST IN THE
FOUNDERING OF THE CLEVELAND
COMING HOME FROM INDIA
JULY 1860
AGED ???

Left hand scroll
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
ELIZA MARY FRANKLIN
WIDOW OF
GEORGE FRANKLIN
AND DAUGHTER OF
CAPT HY BLIZARD HERBERT
DIED JUNE 24TH 1936
AGED 84 YEARS
"IN SURE AND CERTAIN HOPE OF THE
RESURRECTION TO THE ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST"

Identical right hand scroll
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
EMMA ELIZABETH HERBERT
THEIR ELDEST DAUGHTER
DIED AUGUST 2ND 1922
AGED 73 YEARS
"THOUGH HE SLAYS ME YET WILL I TRUST IN HIM" JOB X111 15
"A BRIGHT EXAMPLE OF AN UNSELFISH LIFE"

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
Herbert & Franklin May 2008
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
Herbert & Franklin May 2008
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
Herbert & Franklin May 2008
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
Herbert & Franklin May 2008
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
Herbert & Franklin May 2008
Photographer: Janette Gregson
HMS Condor

Related Documents:

PDF file: National Probate Calendar
PDF file: Newspaper reports of HMS Condor
PDF file: Disappearance of HMS Condor

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