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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Mr William Sullivan (Major General)

Title: Mr
Forenames: William
Surnames: Sullivan
Date of Birth: 16/09/1804
Date of Death: 06/01/1870
Burial Date: 13/07/1870
Age at Death Years: 66
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Major General
Map Reference Number: RSHG 016 C3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section B Plots 116 & 119
Grave Description: Double long rectangular plot surrounded by 10 canon posts and heavy chains between. 6-tiered plinth in the centre topped with white marble cross.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Top plinth and the cross have fallen and are lying on the grave top. One of the canons has become dislodged all others and all of the chain is still in place. This grave was completely overgrown but was cleared by FORC in the autumn of 2009.
Other Information: Burial date added, source: Bereavement Services records
Old Website Grave ID: 2712
W & E Sullivan June 2019 Photo by Kate MacDonell

Inscription:

East face of 4th plinth
IN MEMORY OF
MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM SULLIVAN C B
YOUNGEST SON OF
SIR RICHARD J SULLIVAN BART
COLONEL OF H M 58TH REGT
KT OF THE LEGION OF HONOR
4TH CLASS MEDJIDIE
BORN 16TH SEPT 1805
DIED 6TH JAN 1870
AFTER A LONG AND SEVERE ILLNESS BORNE
WITH PATIENCE AND RESIGNATION
AS MANY AS I LOVE I REBUKE AND CHASTEN
REV 3:19

West face of 4th plinth
ALSO
IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
EUPHEMIA CAULFIELD
WIDOW OF THE LATE
GENERAL WILLIAM SULLIVAN C B
DIED AUGUST 25TH 1877
IN HER 67TH YEAR

THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST CLEANSETH US FROM SIN
1 JOHN 1: 7

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
W Sullivan December 2006
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Janette Gregson
W Sullivan December 2006
Photographer: Janette Gregson
Colin Hunt
Sullivan April 2017
Photographer: Colin Hunt
Colin Hunt
Sullivan April 2017
Photographer: Colin Hunt

Related Documents:

PDF file: Death; Obituary.
''Obituary from the IW Observer, and the Hampshire Telegraph & Sussex Chronicle.''
PDF file: National Probate Calendar

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