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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Ryde Cemetery

Mr William Maurice Mew

Title: Mr
Forenames: William Maurice
Surnames: Mew
Date of Death: 25/12/1920
Burial Date: 30/12/1920
Age at Death Years: 41
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 025 C3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section W Plot 3228a
Grave Description: Arched headstone with engraved cross entwined with holly
Grave Condition Description: Stone leans to the north and backwards, lettering mostly legible, lichen on top and base.
Other Information: Although the name here is William Maurice Mew, all official records state Maurice William Mew. Added burial date, source: Bereavement Services records.

Also interred in this plot Sarah Jane Locke (1941) and William George Locke (1944), source: Bereavement Servcies records.
Old Website Grave ID: 6032

Inscription:

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
JOHN MEW
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
SEPTEMBER 3RD 1906
AGED 55 YEARS
"THY WILL O LORD NOT MINE,
SLEEP ON BELOVED SLEEP AND TAKE THY REST
LAY DOWN THY HEAD UPON THE SAVIOURS BREAST
WE LOVE THEE WELL BUT JESUS LOVES THEE BEST.
GOODNIGHT GOODNIGHT GOODNIGHT

ALSO OF OUR DEAR MOTHER
ELLEN MEW
WHO DIED FEB 18TH 1919
AGED 75 YEARS
"NOT DEAD TO THOSE WHO LOVED HER
NOT LOST BUT GONE BEFORE
SHE LIVES WITH US IN MEMORY
AND WILL FOREVER MORE"

ALSO WILLIAM MAURICE MEW
SON OF THE ABOVE
DIED DECEMBER 25TH 1920
AGED 41 YEARS

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
J, E & W Mew (Aug 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
J, E & W Mew (Aug 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
J, E & W Mew (Aug 2008)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Census; Death.
''Entries from the 1891-1901 census, and the death notice from the IW County Press.''

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