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

Mrs Agnes Louisa Drury

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Agnes Louisa
Surnames: Drury
Interment of Ashes Date: 21/03/1936
Date of Death: 19/08/1935
Age at Death Years: 86
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 035 A1
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section H Plot 2104
Grave Description: House like tomb with bricked up front, Celtic cross on ground in front, stone carved roof to look like tiles and carved stonework on front gable.
Grave Condition: Good
Grave Condition Description: All words readable recently uncovered tomb, ivy still covering back part. only damage in cross has fallen off and propped up in front of tomb.
Other Information: Added death date and status, source: Registrars and Probate records
Although not mentioned on the inscription, also interred in this plot, "an urn only," for Agnes Louisa Drury (1936), source: Bereavement Services records
Claridge & Drury June 2010

Inscription:

East Facing
IN
LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF
HENRY C Z CLARIDGE
COLONEL MADRAS STAFF CORPS
WHO SERVED FOR MANY YEARS IN THE
7TH MADRAS GRENADIERS
THE OLD COLOURS OF WHICH REGIMENT PRESENTED
TO HIM ON RETIREMENT LIE ENCLOSED IN THIS TOMB
BORN 1827 DIED 18??

North Facing
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MATILDA EMILY JANE CLARIDGE
WIDOW OF COLONEL HENRY C.Z.CLARIDGE
WHO PASSED AWAY JULY 22ND 1918
AGED 87

"CALL IT NOT DEATH IT'S A GLORIOUS REST
YEA SAITH THE SPIRIT, FOR ALL SUCH ARE BLESSED"

Photographs:

Margaret Truckel
Claridge & Drury Aug 2019
Photographer: Margaret Truckel

Related Documents:

PDF file: National Probate Calendar

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