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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Sir Windham Hornby (Admiral)

Title: Sir
Forenames: Windham
Surnames: Hornby
Date of Birth: 23/07/1812
Date of Death: 28/06/1899
Burial Date: 01/07/1899
Age at Death Years: 86
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Admiral
Map Reference Number: RSHG 032 B1
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section D Plot 539
Grave Description: Three tier plinth with cross on top. Stone kerb surround.
Grave Condition Description: Cross broken and lying in overgrown middle, stone has sunk slightly.
Old Website Grave ID: 7237

Inscription:

Top tier
IN DEAR MEMORY
OF
AUGUSTA
THE MUCH LOVED WIFE OF

Second tier
ADMIRAL SIR WINDHAM HORNBY K.C.B
SHE DIED NOVEMBER 4TH 1893 AGED 79
"THEN SHALL THY LIGHT BREAK FORTH AS IN THE MORNING
THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHALL BE THY REWARD"
"FOR THINE EYES SHALL SEE THE KING IN HIS BEAUTY
THEY SHALL BEHOLD THE LAND THAT IS VERY FAR"

Third tier
ADMIRAL SIR WINDHAM HORNBY, K.C B
BORN JULY 23 1812 DIED JUNE 28 1899
"LIFE'S GUERDON WON- LIFE'S LABOUR DONE
THEN COMES REST"
"UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY"

Photographs:

David Earle
W Hornby 26.09.09
Photographer: David Earle
David Earle
W Hornby
Photographer: David Earle

Related Documents:

PDF file: Obituary; Funeral; Naval Career

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