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IN

MEMORY OF

HENRY W. CHINCHEN

WHO DIED JUNE 22^ND 1876

AGED 63 YEARS
 

ALSO OF MARY

WIFE OF THE ABOVE

WHO DIED MAY 6^TH 1895

AGED 74 YEARS

WITH CHRIST WHICH IS FAR BETTER
 

MARIAN EMILY SHIPLEY

Little Marion

IN THE PRESENCE OF

THE KING

122391 DRIVER

W. CHALLIS

ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY

17^TH JULY 1916
 

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

MARIA

BELOVED WIFE OF LEWIS HAYSOM

BORN JUNE 8^TH 1862

DIED MAY 28^TH 1898

“SHE HATH DONE WHAT SHE COULD”
 

ALSO OF HERBERT JAMES

SON OF THE ABOVE

BORN AUG 14^TH 1889

DIED JULY 29^TH 1931

“HE HATH AWAKENED FROM THE DREAM OF LIFE”
 

TO THE MEMORY OF

WILLIAM L THOMPSON

WHO DIED MARCH 12^TH 1868

AGED 64 YEARS

[Line of text-difficult to decipher]
 

ALSO OF JOHN MOSS

WHO DIED JULY 16^TH 1885

AGED 81 YEARS

HIS END IS PEACE
 

IN

MEMORY OF

JOHN CO[LE]

BORN MARCH 30

1776

DIED DECEMBER 13

1859
 

IN

MEMORY OF
 

THOMAS JOSEPH

THIRD SON OF

WILLIAM AND EMMA LININGTON

DIED AUGUST 30^TH 1886

AGED 5 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS
 

HE SHALL GATHER WITH LAMBS WITH HIS

ARMS AND CARRY THEM IN HIS BOSOM
 

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

FRANK

THE BELOVED CHILD OF

H.J. AND

E. DYKE

BORN JAN 6^TH 1898

DIED DEC 28^TH 1902
 

THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH

TAKEN AWAY
 

PEACE

PERFECT PEACE

IN LOVING MEMORY

OF

WILLIAM LININGTON

THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF

EMMA LININGTON

DIED 14^TH JUNE 1907

AGED 56
 

ALSO OF THE ABOVE

EMMA LININGTON

WHO DIED 29^TH OCT^R, 1911

AGED 58
 

HE WEAKENED MY STRENGTH IN THE WAY

HE SHORTENED MY DAYS

PSA. CII. 23
 

IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOHN [remaining inscription below ground level]

ALSO OF HIS WIFE MARY JANE HONEBON DIED FEB. 6^TH 1928 AGED 74.

AT REST
 

IN

LOVING MEMORY

OF

SUSANNAH WARRON [sic]

THE BELOVED WIFE OF J.P. LOSE

WHO FELL ASLEEP OCTOBER 20^th 1886

IN THE 62 YEAR OF HER AGE [sic]
 

Jesus, I live to thee

The loveliest and the best

My life in Thee. Thy life in me

In that blest love I rest

[note: from a hymn in the German Reformed tradition]
 

IN

LOVING MEMORY

OF

PERSIS BURT

WIFE OF GEORGE BURT

DIED NOVEMBER 28^TH 1904

AGED 66 YEARS

WHEN THOU LIEST DOWN THOU SHALT

NOT BE AFRAID, YEA THOU SHALL LIE

DOWN AND THY SLEEP SHALL BE SWEET
 

ALSO OF THE ABOVE NAMED

GEORGE BURT

WHO DIED FEBRUARY 9^TH 1912

AGED 69 YEARS

GONE FROM US BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

NEVER SHALL HIS MEMORY FADE

SWEETEST THOUGHTS SHALL EVER

LINGER

ROUND THE GRAVE WHERE HE IS LAID
 

IN

LOVING MEMORY

OF

JOHN HIXSON

WHO DIED MARCH 12^TH 1916

AGED 77 YEARS
 

ALSO OF MARIA

BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE

WHO DIED MARCH 12^TH 1916

AGED 62 YEARS
 

THEY WERE LOVELY AND PLEASANT IN THEIR LIVES

AND IN THEIR DEATH THEY WERE NOT DIVIDED

ERECTED BY THEIR LOVING CHILDREN.

ALSO OF JOHN ALFRED HIXSON

SON OF THE ABOVE

DIED SEPT 30^TH 1934

AGED 46 YEARS

UNITED

IN THE BELOVED MEMORY

OF OUR DEAR MOTHER

MARY NICOLSON

BORN IN BERBICA, BRITISH GUIANA W. INDIES

PASSED AWAY IN SWANAGE OCT 9^TH 1915
 

ALSO OF OUR DEAR FATHER

JOHN GRANT NICOLSON SURGEON MAJOR INDIAN ARMY

BORN IN SKYE HE PASSED AWAY ON THE S.S.INDORE

RETURNING FROM ABYSSINIA TO SCOTLAND MAY 25^TH 1868

THEY SHALL SUMMER HIGH IN BLISS UPON THE HILLS OF GOD
 

ALSO OF

META

THEIR DAUGHTER

WHO DIED AUGUST 3^RD 1936

“GREATLY BELOVED”