A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- CWGC Headstones -
- Ryde St John's Cemetery : H G Orchard -

Location

In St John's Cemetery, Ryde, Isle of Wight
 
Description

Private headstone.

Grave location L 6.
Headstone

Ryde St John's G H Orchard
 
Inscription


HE DIED A HERO

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
GEORGE HENRY ORCHARD
STOKER PETTY OFFICER R.N.
DEARLY BELOVED HUSBAND OF
FLORENCE ORCHARD
KILLED IN ACTION ON H.M.S. BROKE
APRIL 21ST 1917
AGED 32 YEARS

"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT HE
LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"


 
Further Information

CWGC Record names him as Henry George Orchard

CWGC record ...
 
IWCP 5 May 1917 H G Orchard


 


 
 

 
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