Memorials and Monuments on the Isle of Wight - Ryde St John's Henry George 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, but he was registered as George Henry

Henry George Orchard

Son of William Orchard and Margaret Fanny Orchard (née Jeffery), of Oakfield, Ryde.

Born : 17 Dec 1883, Ryde (according to R.N. record; birth registered by GRO in 1885).

Census 1891 : Egerton Cottage, Oakfield, Ryde, Isle of Wight.

Census 1901 : 2 Wood Street, Oakfield, Ryde, Isle of Wight.

Census 1911 : Serving with Royal Navy in Portsmouth.

Married : 6 Sep 1905, Florence Fanny Sheath, at St John's Church, Ryde, Isle of Wight.

Service details :

P.O. Stoker 299643 Henry George Orchard, H.M.S. Broke.

Enlisted 1902.

Died 21 April 1917, while serving on H.M.S. Broke, while engaged in action off Dover.

CWGC record ...

IWCP 5 May 1917 H G Orchard

Also commemorated at :

Carisbrooke Castle County War Memorial Panel 09
Ryde Borough War Memorial WW I
Ryde St John's Church War Memorial

Family information :

Henry George Orchard's younger brother Arthur Percy Orchard also served in the Royal Navy and died in WW I. He has no known grave.

RSHG record ...

----------------
page last updated : 4 April 2014 (added further biographical details)

Memorials & Monumentson the Isle of Wight - CWGC Headstones -- Ryde St John's Cemetery : Henry George Orchard -

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