A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Ryde -
- St John's Church A P Orchard Memorial -

Location

In St John's Church, High Park Road, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33.
 
See map on www.streetmap.co.uk
 
National Inventory of War Memorials Record

Link : NIWM Reference 40826
 
English Heritage Listing Status

St John's Church is Listed Grade II. Since the Memorial forms part of the Church fabric, it is assumed to be covered by the Listing.
 
Description

A brass plaque to the memory of A P Orchard, Stoker 1st Cl. Royal Navy.

Memorial

Ryde St John's Church A P Orchard memorial
 
Inscription


TO THE GLORY OF GOD, AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ARTHUR PERCY ORCHARD
STOKER 1ST CLASS, ROYAL NAVY
DEARLY BELOVED HUSBAND OF ALICE GEORGINA ORCHARD
WHO LOST HIS LIFE ON DUTY IN H.M. SUBMARINE G8
JANUARY 1918, AGED 25 YEARS
JESUS WEPT, JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE
AND WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN ME SHALL NEVER DIE


HE DIED A HERO


Further Information

Died 3rd January 1918.
Son of William Orchard, of Ryde; husband of Alice Georgina Richards (formerly Orchard), of Jacinth Cottage, Bettesworth Rd., Ryde, Isle of Wight.

CWGC record ...


 


 
 

 
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