Memorial

W H Rye

Source: Richard Maddox

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Current Location

St Mary's Churchyard, Whyke Road, Chichester, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8HA, England

SU 86992 04119

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 104361
Description: A vertically standing gravestone with a curved head and engraved lettering. The memorial commemorates Walter Harold Rye, who was killed in the First World War.
Inscription: IN/ ... MEMORY/ OF/ MARY MILDRED EMMA RYE./ DIED 2ND JUNE 1915/ AGED 20 YEARS./ ALSO/ WALTER HAROLD RYE/ KILLED IN ACTION IN MESOPOTAMIA/ 25TH JANUARY 1917./ ON HIS 28TH BIRTHDAY/ "THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY/ BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD"