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

William Orchard

Forenames: William
Surnames: Orchard
Date of Death: 07/07/1885
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 032 D2
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section B Plot 104
Grave Description: Upright headstone with sloping shoulders. Stone surrounds.
Grave Condition Description: Slight lean backwards, lichen spots top and bottom, lettering eroded in places.
Old Website Grave ID: 7346

Inscription:

IN
AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
WILLIAM ORCHARD
WHO DIED JULY 7TH 1885
AGED 5? YEARS

"THE CUP WAS BITTER TASTING SEVERE
TO PART WITH ONE SO GOOD SO DEAR
OUR LOSS WAS GREAT WE'LL NOT COMPLAIN
BUT TRUST IN CHRIST TO MEET AGAIN"

ALSO OF HIS MOTHER
FRANCES FLORA
FELL ASLEEP MARCH 26TH 1914
AGED 86 YEARS
"PEACE PERFECT PEACE"

Photographs:

David Earle
W Orchard 17.10.09
Photographer: David Earle
David Earle
W Orchard
Photographer: David Earle

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