Memorial details

Memorial type
Unidentified
District
Medina
Town
Ryde
County
Isle Of Wight
Country
England
Commemoration
Non-Combat Deaths
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
40823

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Current location

ST JOHNS CHURCH
Ryde
Medina
Isle Of Wight
England

OS Grid Ref: SZ 603 918
Denomination: Church of England

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Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ DOUGLAS METHUEN/ FORSYTH/ COMMANDER R.N./ BORN 19TH APRIL, 1847/ DIED 22ND MARCH, 1915/ WHO LOVED THIS CHURCH, WHERE/ HE WORSHIPPED FOR 35 YEARS/ "A MAN GREATLY BELOVED"
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Forsyth, Douglas Methuen
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Commemorations
  • Non-Combat Deaths
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,forename,age of death,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • MERYD008

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