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

Mrs Hilda Gertrude May Wright

Title: Mrs
Forenames: Hilda Gertrude May
Surnames: Wright
Burial Date: 30/12/1977
Age at Death Years: 79
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 012 D3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section R Plot 2521a
Grave Description: Upright arched headstone with decorative shoulders integral with classical columns and tapered base. Decorative border on arch & inset panel with floral sculpted motif above inscription. Engraved lettering.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Badly weathered
Other Information: Added 2nd & 3rd names and status, source: Registrars and Newspaper records
Although not mentioned on the memorial, Hilda Gertrude May Wright (nee Gladdis) was interred in this plot (1977), source: Bereavement Services records
Gladdis family September 2006 Photo by Janette Gregson

Inscription:

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
FANNY
BELOVED WIFE OF
THOMAS GLADDIS
PASSED AWAY FEB 14TH 1909
AGED 50
"WITH CHRIST WHICH IS FAR BETTER"

ALSO OF CHARLES HENRY
SON OF THE ABOVE
KILLED IN ACTION AT SALONICA
APRIL 24TH 1917 AGED 38

AT REST THOMAS GLADDIS
HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE
FELL ASLEEP
APRIL 5TH 1927
AGED 72 YEARS
"HIS END WAS PEACEFUL"

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
Gladdis family November 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

Related Documents:

PDF file: Obituary; Funeral

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