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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 C

423.   Fallen Headstone (Row 2)

IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF
STEPHEN ANKCORN
WHO DIED APRIL 28th 1926
AGED 66 YEARS
ALSO NORMAN SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED FEB. 8th 1887
AGED 1½ YEARS
ALSO EMILY MATILDA
WIFE AND MOTHER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED DEC. 31st 2937
AGED 76 YEARS
"Thy will be done"

424.   C.W.G.C. Headstone and Curbs (Row 2)

Headstone
G/10240 PRIVATE
W. A. ASHTON
ROYAL WEST KENT REGIMENT
22nd SEPTEMBER 1916

North Curb
IN LOVING MEMORY OF WALTER ARTHUR ASHTON DIED OF WOUNDS SEPT. 22nd 1916 AGED 19 YEARS (one line)

South Curb
IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR WIFE EMILY ASHTON WHO DIED JAN. 24th 1955 AGED 82 YEARS

East Curb
ALSO ARTHUR ASHTON AT REST 15th SEPT. 1957 AGED 84 YEARS

425.   Red Granite Headstone (Row 4)

IN
SACRED
MEMORY OF
JOSEPH REGINALD BANGHAM
WHO DIED JANUARY 10th 1918
AGED 36 YEARS

426.   Derelict Curbs (Row 2)

CAROLINE BETTS BELLAMY WHO DIED 3rd JULY 1923 AGED 84 YEARS

427.   Curbs (Row 5)

ELIZABETH BENNETT 4th JAN. 1928 AGED 80 YEARS

428.   Pedestals , Cross and Curbs (Last Row)

TO THE DEAR MEMORY
OF
JOHN BETT
LATE OF HOLBEACH, LINCS.
DIED JULY 18th 1918
AGED 82 YEARS
LUCY ANN BETT
DIED DECEMBER 16th 1928 AGED 90 YEARS

North Curb
ARTHUR BETT 1872-1959 AND HIS WIFE C. M. BETT 1877-1959
ROBERT BETT 1911-1980

South Curb
F. M. BETT 1882-1963 AND HER HUSBAND JOHN BETT 1905-1975
PHILIP BETT 1914-1995 ARTHUR BETT 1903-1995

429.   Derelict Pedestals, Broken Cross (Row 5) [Missed from Part 1]

East Side
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
ELIZA
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
JAMES BONNIEWELL
WHO DIED 16th NOVEMBER 1909
AGED 62 YEARS

West Side
"For ever with the Lord"
CAROLINE JACKSON, AUNT
WHO DIED 9th SEPTEMBER 1899 AGED 76 YEARS

BROWN see STEDMAN

430.   "Book" Tablet (Row 4)

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF OUR PARENTS
GEORGE THOMAS
BRYANT
SUSANNAH BRYANT
ALSO OUR
CHARLES JAMES
BRYANT



48 YRS. 2nd MAY 1925
  75 YRS. 3rd MAR. 1950
  BROTHER                   
77 YRS. 8th JAN. 1990

 431.   Fallen Pedestals and Cross (Row 1)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JANNIE ROBINA CARRICK
DIED OCT. 28th 1918
AGED 22 YEARS
"Sleeping"
ALSO OF
PETER JAMES CARRICK
DEARLY LOVED FATHER OF ABOVE
DIED MAY 30th 1910
AGED 40 YEARS
"Peace, Perfect Peace"
INTERRED AT FELTHAM, SUSSEX

432.   Low Headstone (Row 6)

IN
EVER LOVING MEMORY OF
BENJAMIN PHILIP CHALKLEN
WHO DIED 16th OCT. 1923
AGED 70 YEARS
ALSO MARY WIFE OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED 31st MARCH 1924
AGED 65 YEARS
"Blessed are the dead ,which die in the Lord"

433.   Derelict Curbs (Row 2)

North Side
LETITIA SARAH CLARK DIED 27th AUG. 1925 AGED 70

South Side
ALSO SAMUEL CLARK HER HUSBAND DIED 15th MAR. 1926 AGED 80

CLEGG see REED

434.   Granite Curbs and "Book" Tablet (Row 1)

South Curb
TO THE BELOVED MEMORY OF THOMAS CLIBBON WHO DIED MARCH 4th 1922 AGED 77 YEARS

North Curb
ALSO EMILY ANNIE HIS DEARLY BELOVED WIFE DIED DECEMBER 24th 1925 AGED 75 YEARS

Tablet
ALSO
THEIR 
DAUGHTER 
ETHEL LUCY 
CLIBBON
WHO DIED
FEBRUARY 8th
1951
AGED 69 YEARS
  "At Rest"

 435.   Curbs (Row 5)

South Side
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF AMY JEANETT COGGER DIED 8th MAY 1923 AGED 42

North Side
ALSO MARGARET ANNIE COGGER DIED 29th NOVEMBER 1940 AGED 63 YEARS

436.   Low Headstone (Row 2)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
OUR DEAR PARENTS
JAMES COCKLE COLLINS
PASSED AWAY 5th DEC. 1922 AGED 47
AND HANNAH COLLINS
FELL ASLEEP 23rd SEPT. 1964 AGED 84

437.   Curbs (Last Row)

North Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF FRANCES COULTER WHO DIED JUNE 7th 1918 AGED 70 YEARS

South Side
ALSO WILLIAM EDWARD COULTER WHO DIED JAN. 20th 1933 AGED 73 YEARS

438.   Curbs (Row 6)

South Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF JAMES DAVIE WHO DIED 7th APRIL 1938 AGED 83 YEARS

North Side
ALSO HIS WIFE FRANCES MAUD DAVIE WHO DIED 18th JULY 1923 AGED 62 YEARS

439.   Curbs (Row6)

North Side
CHARLES THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF MAUD DAY WHO DIED 11th JAN. 1924 AGED 59 YEARS

440.   Headstone and Curbs (Row 3) [Missed from Part 1]

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
SARAH ANN DOVER
WHO PASSED AWAY MAY 3rd 1929
AGED 76 YEARS
ALSO WILLIAM THOMAS
HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE
WHO PASSED AWAY MAY 15th 1939
AGED 86 YEARS

North Curb
ALSO FRED DOVER DIED NOV. 10th 1913 AGED 32 YEARS

South Curb
ALSO HARRY DOVER DIED NOV. 23rd 1899 AGED 17 YEARS

441.   Low Headstone (Row 5)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
OUR DEAR MOTHER AND FATHER
HARRIET EARL
DIED FEB. 10th 1927 AGED 58 YEARS
AND HARRY EARL
DIED NOV. 10th 1936 AGED 70 YEARS

442.   Derelict Curbs (Row 2) [May be connected to BELLAMY?]

ALSO HER HUSBAND HENRY RICHARD ELLMER WHO DIED 24th JANUARY 1925 AGED 78 YEARS

443.   C.W.G.C. Headstone (Row 2)

1314 PRIVATE
C. P. FARROW
ROYAL WEST KENT REGIMENT
8th FEBRUARY 1917 AGE 21
R.I.P.

444.   Small "Book" Tablet (Row 2)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
HENRY GORHAM
DIED
JANUARY 12th 1920
AGED 78 YEARS
"At Rest"

445.   Curbs (Row 3)

North Side
MY DEAR WIFE THOMASIN STOAKES GOULDEN DIED 18th MAY 1926 AGED 62 YEARS

South Side
ALSO JOSEPH T. GOULDEN DIED 11th FEB. 1944 AGED 84 YEARS
ALSO WILLIAM STOAKES GOULDEN DIED 13th MARCH 1949 AGED 54 YEARS

GRINYER see HINDS

HILLS see LEE

446.   Curbs and Small Tablet (Row 2)

North Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF FLORENCE MAY HINDS DIED 15th MARCH 1924 AGED 43 YEARS

South Side
ALSO OF JAMES FREDERICK HINDS DIED 14th JUNE 1934 AGED 55 YEARS
ALSO ERIC JAMES THEIR SON WHO DIED 14th DEC. 1952 AGED 35 YEARS

Tablet
MADGE LUCY
GRINYER
(HINDS)
19.4.1911-13.8.1996
A DEAR MUM AND NAN

447.   Curbs (Row 2)

South Side
EMMA HOLLIDAY DIED 8th MAR. 1925 AGED 74 YEARS

North Side
THOMAS CLARKSON HOLLIDAY DIED 20th JUNE 1928 AGED 76 YEARS

448.   Headstone (Row 5)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ELIZA HOLLOWAY
DIED 2nd AUG. 1926
AGED 60 YEARS
"Gone but not forgotten"
ALSO ROBERT
HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE
DIED 5th MARCH 1946
AGED 79 YEARS
ALSO OF THEIR SON ROBERT THOMAS
DIED 25th FEBRUARY 1959 AGED 65 YEARS

449.   Curbs (Row 1)

North Side
IN MEMORY OF THOMAS HOWARD DIED 19th NOV. 1918 AGED 45 YEARS

South Side
ALSO OF ALICE KATE HOWARD DIED 3rd JAN. 1928 AGED 58 YEARS

450.   Headstone (Row 7)

"Safe in Harbour"
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM HENRY INCE
DIED DECEMBER 17th 1929
AGED 78 YEARS
"His end was Peace"
ALSO MARY INCE
BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE
DIED FEBRUARY 10th 1940
AGED 90 YEARS
"Peacefully Sleeping"
ALSO OF
CHARLES EDWARD INCE
DIED FEBRUARY 12th 1968
AGED 74 YEARS
"Reunited"

JACKSON see BONNIEWELL

451.   Curbs (Row 5)

South Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF MARY LATTER AT REST 1st FEB. 1946 AGED 71 YEARS
AND FREDERICK WILLIAM HER HUSBAND REUNITED 7th JAN. 1953 AGED 81 YEARS

North Side
ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER ETHEL LILIAN AT REST 5th AUG. 1923 AGED 25 YEARS

452.   Headstone (Row 2)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JOHN DIXON LEE
DIED 14th SEPTEMBER 1914
AGED 81 YEARS
ALSO FANNY LEE
BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE
DIED 16th APRIL 1916
AGED 80 YEARS
ALSO THOMAS LEE, LOST AT SEA
14th NOVEMBER 1897 AGED 30 YEARS
ALSO LOUISA HILLS
DIED 25th NOVEMBER 1925 AGED 53 YEARS

453.   Derelict Pedestals and Cross (Row3)

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
JOHN LENEY
WHO DIED 8th JANUARY 1918
AGED 61 YEARS
ALSO CLARA WIFE OF THE ABOVE
DIED 3rd FEBRUARY 1940
AGED 84 YEARS
"At Rest"
ALSO EUSTACE VERNON LENEY
ONLY BELOVED SON OF THE ABOVE
DIED MARCH 2nd 1928
AGED 42 YEARS
"Peace, Perfect Peace"

454.   Derelict Curbs (Row 2)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR MOTHER ELLEN LEY FELL ASLEEP FEB. 14th 1925 AGED 83

455.   Curbs (Row 4)

North Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ARTHUR JOHN LING
WHO DIED 6th SEPT. 1924 AGED 38 YEARS

East Side
ALSO HIS GRANDDAUGHTER
BARBARA ROSINA LING
WHO DIED 15th JULY 1944 IN HER 10th YEAR

South Side
ROSINA LING
DIED 19th MAY 1978 AGED 93 YEARS

456.   Curbs (Row 2)

North Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF CHARLES HENRY PACKHAM WHO DIED 28th APRIL1929 AGED 70 YEARS

South Side
ALSO HIS WIFE ROSE WHO DIED 7th DECEMBER 1947 AGED 81 YEARS

457.   Pedestals, fallen Cross (Row 1)

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
MARY ANN PASFIELD
ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE LATE
GEORGE WALTER AUBREY PASFIELD, R.N.
WHO PASSED AWAY OCT. 21st 1916
AGED 58 YEARS
ALSO EMMA ANN PASFIELD
DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO PASSED AWAY APRIL 28th 1937 AGED 68 YEARS
ALSO ANN PASFIELD
WHO DIED MARCH 5th 1947 AGED 79 YEARS

458.   Headstone (Row 5)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
THOMAS REED
WHO DIED 27th MAY 1927 AGED 77 YEARS
ALSO FRANCES WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED 22nd APRIL 1942 IN HER 88th YEAR
ALSO RONALD A. CLEGG
DIED OF WOUNDS IN NORMANDY
5th AUGUST 1944 AGED 22 YEARS
"Always in our thoughts"

459.   Curbs (Row 4)

North Side
IN THE DEAR MEMORY OF WILLIAM RICKELLS
DIED JANUARY 15th 1922 AGED 34 YEARS

South Side
ALSO HIS BROTHER WALTER
DIED NOVEMBER 6th 1934 AGED 44 YEARS

East Side
ALSO JOHN THEIR FATHER
DIED NOVEMBER 4th 1938
IN HIS 88th YEAR

West Side
AND SARAH FANNY THEIR MOTHER
DIED FEBRUARY 15th 1953
AGED 95 YEARS

460.   Pedestals and Cross (Row1)

IN EVER LOVING MEMORY
OF
ELIZABETH MATILDA
BELOVED WIFE OF
JAMES WILLIAM SHRUBB
WHO PASSED AWAY MARCH 1st 1923 AGED 53
"Though lost to sight, to memory ever dear"
ALSO THE ABOVE
JAMES WILLIAM SHRUBB
PASSED AWAY AUGUST 12th 1952 AGED 85 YEARS

461.   Headstone (Row1)

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
AMY MABEL
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
BAYDEN SIMMONDS
WHO DIED 2nd SEPT. 1927
AGED 41 YEARS
ALSO
BAYDEN SIMMONDS
DIED 14th NOVEMBER 1966
AGED 84 YEARS
AND
CLARA LUCY SIMMONDS
WHO DIED 12th JUNE 1969
AGED 79 YEARS

462.   Headstone (Row 6)

"Peace"
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ANNIE RACHEL
THE DEVOTED WIFE OF
HERBERT F. STEDMAN
WHO DIED ON OCT. 8th 1925
AGED 44 YEARS
ELIZA ANN BROWN
HER MOTHER
WHO DIED ON MARCH 19th 1926
AGED 73 YEARS
HERBERT F. STEDMAN
WHO DIED ON 8th DEC. 1977
AGED 100 YEARS
"Reunited"

463.   Voluted Headstone, with Angels and Curbs (Row2)

IN SACRED EVER
LOVING MEMORY
OF
MARY AMELIA STONHAM
WHO PASSED AWAY ON THE
13th MARCH 1926
AGED 52 YEARS
"Peace I leave with you,
Peace I give unto you"
AND OF
GEORGE THOMAS
HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE
WHO PASSED AWAY ON THE
13th JANUARY 1938
AGED 63 YEARS

North Curb
IN LOVING MEMORY OF GEORGE STONHAM BELOVED HUSBAND OF JENNY
WHO PASSED AWAY 4th APRIL 1954 AGED 53 YEARS

464.   Derelict Curbs (Row 5)

North Side
WILLIAM FORRESTER URE DIED FEB. 26th 1924 AGED 43 YEARS

South Side
ALSO OF ADA HIS WIFE WHO DIED JAN. 21st 1944 AGED 67 YEARS

465.   Curbs and Tablet (Row 6)

South Curb
ETHEL MAY WARE WHO DIED 12th JUNE 1924 AGED 16 YEARS

North Curb
WILLIAM THOMAS WARE WHO DIED 16th NOVEMBER 1947 AGED 64 YEARS

466.   Tablet

ALICE EMILY WARE
1887 – 1969
LOVING
WIFE, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER
NANNA R.I.P.

467.   Headstone (Row 10

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
BENJAMIN R. WATERER
DIED 29th DECEMBER 1923
AGED 69 YEARS
ALSO HIS WIFE
ROBINA S. CARRICK
DIED 3rd APRIL 1924
AGED 64 YEARS

468.   Curbs (Row 1)

North Side
WILLIAM JOHN WATERS WHO PASSED AWAY DEC. 23rd 1936 AGED 87

South Side
ALSO OF HIS BELOVED WIFE PHOEBE WHO PASSED AWAY NOV. 17th 1922 AGED 71

469.   Curbs (Row 6)

North Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF JAMES EDWARD WHYMAN CALLED HOME 8th AUG. 1924 AGED 31 YEARS
ALSO HIS BROTHER PERCY JOSEPH AT REST 11th APRIL 1925 AGED 21 YEARS

South Side
ALSO THEIR FATHER ALFRED JAMES THE DEARLY BELOVED HUSBAND OF EDITH ALMA WHYMAN DIED OCT. 31st 1936 AGED 60 YEARS (one line)
ALSO EDITH ALMA WHYMAN WHO DIED MARCH 31st 1955 AGED 82 YEARS

470.   Low Headstone (Row2)

IN EVER LOVING MEMORY
OF
BERTIE WICKER
WHO WAS CALLED TO REST
17th FEBRUARY 1923 AGED 17 YEARS

471.   Pedestal and Fallen Cross (Row 1)

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
ETHEL MARIA
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
HORACE J. WOOLCOCK
WHO PASSED AWAY 16th OCT. 1920
AGED 30 YEARS
"Peace, Perfect Peace"

472.   Pedestals and Cross (Row3)

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
PATTIE
BELOVED WIFE OF
ARTHUR CHARLES YOUNG
WHO DIED JANUARY 14th 1929
AGED 76
ALSO THE ABOVE
ARTHUR CHARLES YOUNG
DIED JANUARY 29th 1941 AGED 83 YEARS

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