Victoria Cross

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Headstones -
- Ryde Cemetery : William Thomas Rickard VC -

Location

In Ryde Cemetery, Ryde, Isle of Wight
 
Description

Private headstone.
Headstone

Ryde Cemetery : William Thomas Rickard VC
Headstone prior to restoration
 
Ryde Cemetery : William Thomas Rickard VC
 
Photo courtesy of Simon Manchee
(Victoria Cross website)
Inscription


IN AFFECTIONATE
REMEMBERANCE OF
ANN ELIZABETH CLARK RICKARD
WHO FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS
APRIL 1ST 1880
AGED 71 YEARS
SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS
SAFE ON HIS GENTLE BREAST
THERE BY HIS LOVE O'ERSHADED
SWEETLY MY SOUL SHALL REST
ALSO
WILLIAM THOMAS RICKARD V.C. R.N.
DIED FEBY 21ST 1905
AGED 77 YEARS
'PEACE PERFECT PEACE'
ALSO OF REBECCA HIS WIFE
DIED APRIL 5TH 1906
AGED 66 YEARS
ALSO OF
JOHN AND EDWARD
SONS OF THE ABOVE


 
Further Information

On 11 October 1855 in the Sea of Azov, Crimea, Quartermaster Rickard went with the commander (COMMERELL, J.E.) of HMS Weser and a seaman to destroy large quantities of forage on the shore of the Sivash. After a difficult and dangerous journey they reached their objective - the magazine of corn - and managed to ignite the stacks, but the guards were alerted and immediately opened fire and gave chase. The pursuit was so hot that the seaman, through fatigue, fell into the mud and could not extricate himself. Rickard, however, although he was himself exhausted, went back and assisted him. The three men finally reached their ship and later the look-outs reported that the fodder store had burned to the ground.

Victoria Cross website ...
 



Ryde Cemetery : William Thomas Rickard VC
Headstone following restoration in 2010


 
 

 
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