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Monumental Inscriptions of Strood Cemetery, Cuxton Rd, Rochester ME2 2NJ
                                                                                  
 - recorded by D. E. Williams 2009

Part 2 - 1914 to 1929

SECTION L

551.   Curbs (Row 9)

HENRY JAMES ARTHRELL DIED JUNE 12th 1928 AGED 80 YEARS
ALSO ELIZABETH CLARKE WIFE OF THE ABOVE DIED AUGUST 10th 1922 AGED 74 YEARS

552.   Headstone, Large Plot (Row 8)

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
EDITH GWENDOLINE
THE DEARLY LOVED WIFE OF
GEORGE BAKER
WHO DIED 13th APRIL 1915
AGED 26 YEARS
"Peace, Perfect Peace"
ALSO MARY ELIZABETH
THE DEARLY LOVED WIFE OF
WILLIAM H. POLLARD
WHO DIED 19th MARCH 1922
AGED 60 YEARS
"Safe in the "Homeland" "
ALSO
WILLIAM HENRY POLLARD
HUSBAND AND FATHER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED 20th JANUARY 1932
AGED 71 YEARS
"Reunited"
ALSO
EDITH WIFE OF THE ABOVE W. H. POLLARD
WHO DIED 16th FEBRUARY 1939
AGED 67 YEARS

553.   Curbs (Row 7)

South Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF SARAH BEAN DIED NOV. 12th 1925

North Side
AND JOHN BEAN HER HUSBAND DIED AUG. 8th 1934 "Rest in Peace"

BOARD see COX

554.   Curbs (Row 9)

North Side
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF CATHERINE ADELAIDE BOAST
WHO DIED JULY 2nd 1924 AGED 25 YEARS

South Side
ALSO IN LOVING MEMORY OF ROBERT BOAST WHO DIED MARCH 30th 1927 AGED 57 YEARS

East Side
ALSO ANNIE MARY BOAST
AT REST 27th MARCH 1957
AGED 82 YEARS

555.   Headstone and Curbs (Row 5)

IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF
WILLIAM HENRY
THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF
ANNIE BOURNE
WHO DIED 14th APRIL 1927
IN HIS 67th YEAR
"Gone but not Forgotten"
ALSO THE ABOVE
ANNIE BOURNE
WHO DIED 29th APRIL 1930
AGED 71 YEARS
"Safe in the arms of Jesus"

North Curb
ALSO WINIFRED MAY BOURNE WHO DIED 3rd MAY 1973 AGED 80 YEARS

556.   Fallen Headstone and "Shield" Tablet (Row 6)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
OUR DEAR FATHER AND MOTHER
JOHN CHARLES BOURNE
WHO DIED OCT. 9th 1921 AGED 56 YEARS
EMILY FANNY BOURNE
WHO DIED DEC. 25th 1921 AGED 63 YEARS
"In Death not Divided"

Tablet
IN
SWEETEST MEMORY OF
"HAZEL"
THE DEARLY LOVED CHILD OF
E. & A. PIDDLESDEN
DIED SEP. 14th 1925
AGED 6 MONTHS
GRAND-CHILD OF
J. C. & E. F. BOURNE

557.   Curbs (Row 8)

North Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOMAS COLLINGS DIED AUG. 1st 1920 AGED 69

South Side
AND OF ROSA ANN COLLINGS HIS WIFE DIED AUG. 19th 1915 AGED 57

558.   Headstone, Pedestal and Urn (Row 9)

IN MEMORY OF
WILLIAM COX
DIED 17th MARCH 1924 AGED 73
ALSO HARRY COX
KILLED IN ACTION 22nd MARCH 1916
AGED 28
ALSO GEORGE HERBERT COX
D.C.M, M.M.
KILLED IN ACTION 28th OCT. 1917 AGED 21
"Jesu Mercy"
AND ALICE COX
DIED 16th 1937 AGED 76 YEARS

Pedestal and Urn
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MY DEAR WIFE
CONSTANCE BOARD
DAUGHTER OF W. & A. COX
PASSED AWAY 6th AUGUST 1927
AGED 38 YEARS
"At Rest"

559.   Curbs (Row 9)

South Side
ELIZABETH EARL WHO DIED 23rd FEB. 1923 AGED 64 YEARS

North Side
ALSO GEORGE EARL WHO DIED 28th DEC. 1939 AGED 82 YEARS

560.   Pedestals, Fallen Cross (In Front of Chapel)

East Side
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
JENNIE EDWARD
WIFE OF
JOHN EDWARD
DIED 14th MARCH 1919
AGED 79 YEARS
ALSO THE ABOVE
JOHN EDWARD
DIED 18th OCTOBER 1933
AGED 89 YEARS

North Side
IAN EDWARD HURLEY
GRANDSON
CALLED TO HIGHER SERVICE
19th DEC. 1941
AGED 31 YEARS

561.   Headstone (In Front of Chapel)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ANNIE
THE MUCH LOVED WIFE OF
JAMES ELVY J.P.
OF STROOD
WHO DIED JULY 13th 1915
AGED 56 YEARS
ALSO THE ABOVE
JAMES ELVY J.P.
WHO DIED JULY 27th 1935
AGED 79 YEARS
ALSO ETHEL
DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED 18th JULY 1966
AGED 81 YEARS

562.   Derelict Curbs (Row 5)

North Side
MARY EVENDEN DIED JULY 2nd 1918 "Whom the Lord chaseneth most he loveth best"

South Side
ALSO HEPHIZIBAH EVENDEN DIED 21st DECEMBER 1924 AGED 73 YEARS

563.   Curbs (Row 7)

SARAH HELEN FINER SECOND DAUGHTER OF THE LATE THOMAS AND SARAH FINER WHO PASSED AWAY DEC. 10th 1916 AGED 52 YEARS (one line)

564.   Curb (Row 8)

North Side
HENRY FORD WHO DIED 27th DEC. 1915 AGED 54 YEARS

South Side
ALSO FANNY FORD WHO DIED 8th JULY 1946 AGED 84 YEARS

565.   Curbs (Row 7)

North Side
GEORGE HEMMING
PASSED AWAY 29th SEPT. 1918 AGED 60

South Side
MARY JANE HEMMING
PASSED AWAY 5th MAY 1942 AGED 79 YEARS "Reunited"

566.   Fallen Headstone (Row 10)

IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH
THE DEARLY BELOVED WIFE OF
HENRY HOLLANDS
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
NOVEMBER 27th 1925
AGED 47 YEARS
"Until the Day Break"
ALSO THE ABOVE
HENRY HOLLANDS
WHO FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS
AUGUST 24th 1933
AGED 58 YEARS
"With Christ"

HURLEY see EDWARD

567.   Curbs (Row 9)

WILLIAM KENT DIED AUGUST 26th 1921 AGED 89 YEARS
MARY WIFE OF THE ABOVE DIED JULY 15th 1922 AGED 89 YEARS

568.   Headstone (Row 9)

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
SOPHIA ELIZABETH
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
ALFRED KIMMINS
WHO ENTERED INTO REST OCTOBER 28th 1919
AGED 69 YEARS
"Sweet Rest in Heaven"
ALSO THE ABOVE
ALFRED KIMMINS
WHO DIED JAN. 1st 1925
AGED 78 YEARS
"In Peace"

569.   Headstone (Row 8)

"Peace"
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MARY ANN MATSON
WHO FELL ASLEEP 16th JANY. 1926
AGED 84 YEARS
ALSO HENRY MATSON
HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE
WHO FELL ASLEEP 28th DECR. 1926
IN HIS 90th YEAR

570.   Curbs (Row 9)

HERBERT ALDGATE MERRY (LATE OF HOLBEACH, LINCS.) PASSED AWAY APRIL 27th 1918

571.   Low Headstone (Row 4)

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
BERT
THE DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF
ANNIE PALMER
& ONLY SON OF THE LATE
EDWARD & ELEANOR PALMER
DIED DECEMBER 2nd 1918
AGED 35 YEARS

572.   Curbs (Row 10)

RICHARD FOREMAN PETTMAN FELL ASLEEP 23rd DECEMBER 1927

PIDDLESDEN see BOURNE

POLLARD see BAKER

573.   Curbs, Large Plot (Row 11)

North Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF MARY ANN POUND WHO DIED 25th NOVEMBER 1928 AGED 71 YEARS "Sweet Rest at Last" (one line)

West Side
ALSO ALBERT POUND HER HUSBAND WHO DIED 25th JAN. 1940 AGED 85 YEARS

South Side
ALSO FLORENCE ADA THEIR DAUGHTER PASSED TO HIGHER SERVICE 14th DECEMBER 1959 AGED 75 YEARS "Lovingly Remembered" (one line)

574.   Headstone, Large Plot (Row 4)

IN
SACRED MEMORY
OF
ANNIE HARRIET
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
EDWIN TODD
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 13th 1924
AGED 62 YEARS
ALSO THE ABOVE
EDWIN TODD J.P.
WHO PASSED AWAY
SEPTEMBER 1st 1941
AGED 80 YEARS

575.   Curbs (Row 9)

North Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF RUTH WIFE OF ARTHUR J. J. TRANAH
WHO DIED MARCH 13th 1926 AGED 68 YEARS

South Side
ALSO OF ARTHUR JOHN J. TRANAH
WHO DIED DECEMBER 3rd 1931 AGED 75 YEARS

576.   Headstone (In Front of Chapel)

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
JOHN THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF
EMMA BUTCHER WILES
WHO PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY
1st APRIL 1925 AGED 91 YEARS
"At Rest"
ALSO OF THE ABOVE
EMMA BUTCHER WILES
WHO FELL ASLEEP 2nd JANUARY 1931
IN HER 93rd YEAR

577.   Red Granite Coped (Row 9)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ERNEST WILKS
WHO DIED 10th NOV. 1920 AGED 40 YEARS
AND ADA NAYLOR WILKS
REUNITED 24th MARCH 1964 AGED 80 YEARS
ALSO JOHN NAYLOR WILKS
WHO DIED 3rd OCT. 1957 AGED 38 YEARS

 

SECTION N

578.   Curbs (Row 1)

South Side
IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF BETSEY BAKER WHO PASSED AWAY 3rd DECEMBER 1917 AGED 65 YEARS (one line)

North Side
ALSO THOMAS BAKER WHO FELL ASLEEP 15th MARCH 1949 AGED 95 YEARS

579.   Curbs (Row 17)

South Side
MY DEAR WIFE EMMA MARY BATTY WHO PASSED AWAY ON THE 27th AUGUST 1920 AGED 79 YEARS

North Side
ALSO HER HUSBAND THOMAS BATTY WHO PASSED AWAY ON THE 19th FEB. 1941 AGED 98 YEARS "In God's Keeping" (one line)

580.   Fallen Headstone (Row 12)

"Peace"
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
LILY BEATRUP
DAUGHTER OF THE LATE
ELIJAH AND SARAH ANN BENTLEY
WHO DIED DEC. 9th 1927
AGED 45 YEARS
"For ever with the Lord"

581.   Granite Pedestals and Cross (Row 15)

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
MY DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND
FRANK THOMAS BURNEY
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
2nd JUNE 1918
AGED 29 YEARS
"Rest eternal grant to him, O Lord"

582.   Headstone

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
DANIEL
BELOVED HUSBAND OF
EDITH MARY CHALKLEN
WHO FELL ASLEEP MARCH 22nd 1925
AGED 59 YEARS
ALSO IN MEMORY OF
ABRAHAM PARR
AND EDITH MARY PARR

CONNOLLY see GRAHAM

583.   Derelict Curbs (Row 11)

South Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF ERNEST DAVIES DIED JAN. 29th 1914 AGED 39

North Side
AND HIS WIFE MARY ELIZA DAVIES DIED OCT. 13th 1952 AGED 79

584.   Derelict Curbs (Row 9)

South Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOHN DAVIES DIED 23rd JUNE 1915 AGED 70 YEARS

North Side
ALSO HIS BELOVED WIFE JANE DAVIES WHO FELL ASLEEP 14th JAN. 1923 AGED 74 YEARS

West Side
AND DORIS DAVIES DIED 20th OCTOBER 1951 AGED 49 YEARS

585.   Curbs (Row 8)

South Side
FRANK SCRAFTON ONLY SON OF HENRY G. AND ANN DAVIES WHO PASSED AWAY 4th SEPTEMBER 1924 AGED 26 YEARS (one line)

North Side
ALSO ANN DAVIES WHO PASSED AWAY 2nd OCTOBER 1939 AGED 70 YEARS
ALSO OF HENRY G. DAVIES WHO PASSED AWAY 5th MARCH 1941 AGED 75 YEARS

586.   Curbs (Row 16)

South Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF HARRY RICHARD DOVE WHO DIED 10th FEBRUARY 1919 AGED 55 YEARS

North Side
ALSO OF ELIZABETH DOVE HIS WIFE WHO DIED 15th OCTOBER 1937 AGED 71 YEARS

587.   Fallen Headstone (Row 18)

"Peace"
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
DORIS EMILY EDMONDSON
WHO DIED 8th JUNE 1924
AGED 24 YEARS
ALSO HARRY EDMONDSON
HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED 8th FEB. 1927
AGED 29 YEARS
"At Rest"

588.   Granite Pedestals, Fallen Cross (Row 1)

ALBIN FEHRENBACH
BORN 18th JUNE 1865
DIED 24th SEPT. 1927
"Requiscat in Pace"
MARIE ELIZABETH FEHRENBACH
BORN 30th MARCH 1872
DIED 8th JUNE 1930

589.   Pedestals and Cross (Row 1)

East Side
MERCIFUL JESUS
GIVE REST TO THE
SOULS OF
WILLIAM WEBSTER GRAHAM
WHO DIED JANUARY 24th 1925
AGED 74 YEARS
"Rest in Peace"
ROSE CONNOLLY GRAHAM
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
DIED JANUARY 7th 1930
AGED 76 YEARS

South Side
ALSO OF
HIS NIECE
MARTHA MARY
JANE CONNOLLY
WHO DIED FEB. 26th 1925
AGED 44 YEARS
ALSO BERNARD ANTHONY
ALOYSIUS GRAHAM
WHO DIED 29th DEC. 1945
AGED 53 YEARS

North Side
ALSO OF THEIR
DAUGHTER
ROSE CONNOLLY
MARY GRAHAM
WHO DIED OCT. 25th 1941
AGED 56 YEARS

590.   Headstone, Very Eroded (Row 17)

IN MEMORY OF
WILLIAM GEORGE GRANT
WHO PASSED AWAY
4th JULY? 1929
AGED 49? YEARS

591.   Fallen Headstone (Row 6)

IN MEMORY OF
ALFRED THOMAS HILL
WHO DIED 25th MAY 1922
AGED 72 YEARS
"Pleasant are My Courts Above"
ALSO
MARY ANN HILL
WHO DIED 5th MAY 1924
AGED 71 YEARS
"At Eventide there shall be Light"

592.   Derelict Curbs (Row 11)

South Side
MY DEAR WIFE ESTHER KEMBER WHO DIED 29th NOV. 1926 AGED 72 YEARS

North Side
HENRY STEPHEN KEMBER DIED 6th NOVEMBER 1932 AGED 77 YEARS

East Side
ALSO THEIR SON FRANK DIED 28th FEB. 1966
AGED 84 YEARS

593.   Curbs (Row 1)

North Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND ALBERT LAWRENCE WHO DIED MARCH 27th 1916 AGED 51 YEARS (one line)

South Side
ALSO EMMA SUSANNAH WIFE AND MOTHER WHO DIED OCTOBER 21st 1943 AGED 73 YEARS

West Side
ALSO LEONARD OUR SON
WHO DIED JAN. 27th 1916 AGED 19 YEARS

East Side
ALSO RAYMOND VINCENT OUR SON
WHO DIED MARCH 13th 1942 AGED 38 YEARS

594.   Headstone (Row 15)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
REBECCA ALICE
THE BELOVED WIFE OF W. T. LOVE
WHO DIED JUNE 13th 1927
AGED 64 YEARS
ALSO WILLIAM S. T. LOVE
SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED MARCH 10th 1927
AGED 42 YEARS
ALSO WILLIAM THOMAS
BELOVED HUSBAND OF
MARIE-LOUISE LOVE
WHO DIED APRIL 30th 1940
AGED 79 YEARS
ALSO MARIE LOUISE LOVE
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED JUNE 21st 1950
AGED 65 YEARS

595.   Fallen Headstone and Curbs (Row 4)

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
FRANK
THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF
PENELOPE MOSS
WHO PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY
31st DECEMBER 1922 AGED 77 YEARS
ALSO THE ABOVE
PENELOPE MOSS
WHO PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY
22nd MARCH 1929 AGED 83 YEARS
"At Rest"

South Curb
ALSO WILLIAM JAMES MOSS WHO PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY 15th MAY 1936 AGED 59 YEARS

596.   C.W.G.C. Headstone, Small Headstone and Curbs (Row 8)

T/14520 STAFF SERJT. MAJOR
E. R. NEWSTEAD
ARMY SERVICE CORPS.
17th NOVEMBER 1918

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF MY
BELOVED HUSBAND
ERNEST
RUEBEN NEWSTEAD
1/CL S.S. MAJOR RASC
WHO DIED 17th NOVEMBER 1918
AGED 38 YEARS

South Curb
ALSO SELINA ELIZABETH NEWSTEAD WHO DIED 21st OCTOBER 1950 AGED 69 YEARS

597.   Curbs (Row 17)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF GERTRUDE OWENS WHO DIED 24th FEB. 1929 AGED 24 YEARS

598.   Small Fallen Headstone (Row 18)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MILLICENT PANNELL
WHO PASSED AWAY
2nd OCT. 1921
AGED 18 YEARS
"Till He Come"

PARR see CHALKLEN

599.   Derelict Curbs (Row 16)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF FLORENCE GRACE BELOVED WIFE OF WILLIAM J. READ WHO DIED 19th MAY 1921 AGED 47 YEARS (one line)
ALSO HIS WIFE FLORENCE ANNIE READ WHO DIED 22nd FEB. 1940 AGED 56 YEARS

600.   Headstone (Row 9)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
HENRIETTA
THE DEARLY BELOVED WIFE OF
FREDERICK W. SILLETT
WHO PASSED AWAY 14th JULY 1925
IN HER 57th YEAR
"Peace, Perfect Peace"

601.   Tablet (Row 16)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JOHN EDWARD STOCKWELL
WHO DIED 13th NOVEMBER 1923
AGED 26 YEARS
AND
CONSTANCE ALICE STOCKWELL
WHO DIED 11th AUGUST 1957
AGED 56 YEARS

602.   Curbs (Row 7)

South Side
DORA MARIAN BELOVED DAUGHTER OF SYDNEY TANNER KILLED IN BECKENHAM LANE OCTOBER 18th 1924 AGED 18 YEARS 8 MNTHS. (one line)

North Side
ALSO OF SYDNEY STANDHAFT TANNER WHO PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 3rd 1948 AGED 68 YEARS

603.   Headstone (Row 3)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
HENRY WILLIAM TOMPSETT
WHO DIED OCT. 1st 1927
AGED 27 YEARS
"A sudden change, at God's command he fell,
He had no time chance to bid his friends farewell,
Affliction came without warning given.
And bid him haste to meet his God in Heaven"

604.   "Book" Tablet (Row 13)

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
WILLIAM THOMAS
TRANAH
WHO DIED 3rd DECEMBER
1915
AGED 66 YEARS
"At Rest"

ALSO OF
  ELIZA TRANAH
  WIFE OF
  WILLIAM THOMAS
  TRANAH
  WHO DIED 25th APRIL
  1924
  AGED 74 YEARS
  "We Meet Again"

 605.   Curbs (Row 12)

South Side
SAMUEL EDWARD WHITE DIED JANUARY 5th 1929 AGED 61

North Side
ALSO ADA FANNY WHITE HIS WIFE DIED 26th MAY 1961 AGED 79 YEARS "At Rest"

 

SECTION O

606.   Loose, Leaning Headstone

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
ALBERT WILLIAM
THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF
ALICE M. M. ANDERSON
WHO DIED 23rd DEC. 1925
AGED 49 YEARS
"Resting"
ALSO THE ABOVE
ALICE M. M. ANDERSON
WHO DIED 1st DEC. 1941
AGED 69 YEARS
[    ]

607.   Curbs

South Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF ELIZA SELINA BENNETT WHO DIED 12th FEB. 1944 AGED 66 YEARS

North Side
ALSO JAMES BENNETT WHO DIED 22nd SEPT. 1926 AGED 58 YEARS

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