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Memorial Inscriptions


Northbrook Cemetery

 

   The following pages of transcriptions of the Memorials in Northbrook Cemetery have been kindly
donated by Martin Ayres and Richard Wiltshire. Photos taken by Jan Marsh. Thank you all for
such outstanding work.

       

           Page 1

Sector U A (Unconsecrated A)

 

UA1

 

 

OUR DEAR MUM AND DAD

DORIS CONSTANCE

RICE

(NEE HOLT)

29.3.1904 - 29.3.1989

 

WILLIAM HORACE JOHN

RICE

13.8.1903 - 14.10.1968
 


On tablet

 

 

AND THIER [Sic] SON

IAN HERBERT WILLIAM

RICE

22.3.1924 - 30.3.1999
 

BELOVED HUSBAND OF AMY

MUCH LOVED

BROTHER OF GLAD AND JAN
 


On urn

 

Photo by Jan Marsh 2016


DEARLY

LOVED NAN

AND GREAT

NANNIE

 


Added slab

 

 

IN SACRED MEMORY OF

OUR BELOVED

KEITH ANDREW

1961-2005

"Bless my soul, Bless my family

: case I die before I got old"

Keith Smale 1984

Forever: our hearts. God bless you Keith

 

 

UA2

 

 

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

 

HARRIETT

WIFE OF JOHN C. COX

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JULY 22ND 1892

AGED 45 YEARS
 

ALSO OF GEORGE COX SON OF THE ABOVE

WHO DIED JULY 11TH 1879

AGED 1 YEAR AND 8 MONTHS
 

ALSO OF ALICE COX DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE

WHO DIED FEBRUARY 9TH 1884

AGED 10 WEEKS

WHO WAS INTERRED AT BROMPTON CEMETERY

THY WILL BE DONE
 

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

FANNY

THE DEARLY LOVED WIFE OF

GEORGE GREEN

WHO WAS CALLED TO REST

AUGUST 28TH 1930

AGED 65 YEARS.

"UNTIL THE DAY BREAK"

 

 

UA3

 

 

IN

LOVING MEMORY OF

 

EMILY

WIFE OF ROBERT NORMAN

WHO DIED MAY 25TH 1894

AGED 39 YEARS
 

ALSO NELLIE AND SUSIE

CHILDREN OF THE ABOVE

JESUS HATH DONE ALL THINGS WELL

 

 

UA4
 

Fallen headstone face up

 

TO

THE MEMORY OF

OUR DEAR MOTHER

ANNIE HOLT

WHO FOUND REST OCT 28TH 1934

AGED 64 YEARS

"THO' LOST TO SIGHT, TO MEMORY EVER DEAR"
 

ALSO

EMMELENE ANNIE

DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE

WHO PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 19 YEARS

"AS SINKS THE SUN BEYOND THE GOLDEN SEA,

SO EBBS THE SPIRIT BACK TO GOD'S ETERNITY"

 

UA5

No stone

 

UA6

No stone


UA7

Kerb stone

 


IN LOVING MEMORY OF

 

HARRY STOCKLEY

DIED NOV. 16TH 1927

AGED 52 YEARS
 

 

UA8

No stone

 
UA9

Cross
 


IN LOVING MEMORY OF

 

JAMES ROBERT SLADE

DIED 30TH NOVR 1926
 

Base 1

ALSO IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE OF

MAJOR ROBERT BLACKMORE SLADE

ONLY SON OF THE ABOVE

KILLED IN ACTION

IN FRANCE

10TH JULY 1918
 

Base 2

"ETERNAL REST GIVE UNTO THEM O LORD.

AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHTS SHINE UPON THEM"

 

 

UA10

No stone

 

UA11

Kerb stone

 


IN LOVING MEMORY OF NAT STOCKLEY DIED JAN 13TH 1922 AGED 48 YEARS
 

 

UA12

No stone

 
UA13
 


IN

LOVING MEMORY

OF

 

MARY ANN ATKINS

WHO FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS

JANUARY 20TH 1916

AGED 83 YEARS

FOR SO HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP

PS.CXXVII.2
 

 

UA14

Kerb stone: inscription at base

 

 


MONTAGUE ROSS CAPSTACK

PASSED AWAY OCT 28TH 1918

AGED 53 YEARS
 

 

UA15

No stone

 
UA15A

Kerb stone: inscriptions on 3 sides

 

 


IN LOVING MEMORY OF

 

FREDERICK J. PHIPPARD

WHO FELL ASLEEP JANUARY 8TH 1939

 

 

 

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

 

FLORENCE SARAH PHIPPARD

WHO FELL ASLEEP MAY 11TH 1972

 

TILL THE DAY BREAK

 

 

UA16

No stone

 

UA17

 

Headstone with curb

 

 

IN

LOVING MEMORY OF

 

LAURA COOPER

WHO DIED OCTOBER 1ST 1894

AGED 20 YEARS

 

NO ONE KNOWS HOW MUCH WE MISS HER

NONE BUT ACHING HEARTS CAN TELL

EARTH HAS LOST HER HEAVEN HAS FOUND HER

JESUS HATH DONE ALL THINGS WELL

 

 

UA18

 

Small cross with lily of the valley motif and base with curb

 


IN LOVING MEMORY

OF

 

 

GLADYS LILIAN RYALL

DIED JANUARY 30. 1912

AGED 16 MONTHS
 

AND JESUS TAKE IT FROM ITS MOTHER'S ARMS

FROM ALL ITS PAIN AND FUTURE HARMS

AND BABY SLEEPS
 

 

UA19
 

IN

EVER LOVING MEMORY

OF

 

OUR DEAR PARENTS

FLORENCE H. BISHOP

ENTERED INTO REST OCT. 31ST 1918

AGED 40 YEARS
 

WALTER G. BISHOP

ENTERED INTO REST

JUNE 12TH 1927

AGED 47 YEARS
 

"THOUGH PASSED FROM OUR SIGHT

STILL TO OUR MEMORY DEAR"

 

UA20

 


IN

LOVING REMEMBRANCE

OF

 

MARTIN STICKLAND

WHO DIED JULY 16TH 1867

AGED 52 YEARS
 

ALSO OF

ELIZABETH WIFE OF THE ABOVE

WHO DIED FEBRUARY 20TH 1892

AGED 79 YEARS.

THEY ARE GONE TO BE WITH JESUS

 

 

UA21

No stone

 

UA22

No stone

 

UA23

In double plot with UA24: 2 stones with kerb surround

 


IN

MEMORY OF

MARY COX

 

WHO DIED OCTOBER 14TH 1869

AGED 63 YEARS
 

ALSO

WILLIAM COX

HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE, WHO DIED

OCTOBER 17TH , 1879, AGED 77 YEARS

BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH

DIE IN THE LORD

 

 

UA24

In double plot with UA23: 2 stones with kerb surround

 

 

IN

LOVING MEMORY OF

LEVI BOWERING

WHO DIED OCTBR 7TH 1903

AGED 54 YEARS.

A SUDDEN SHOCK. A LOSS SEVERE

TO PART WITH HIM WE LOVED SO DEAR

OUR LOSS IS GREAT; WE'LL NOT COMPLAIN

BUT TRUST IN GOD TO MEET AGAIN
 

ALSO OF ANNIE DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE

AGED 6 WEEKS
 

ALSO OF

CHARLES WILLIAM

YOUNGEST SON OF THE ABOVE

DIED NOVR 28TH 1918 AGED 39 YEARS

AND WAS INTERRED IN TERLINGTHUN CEMETERY

FRANCE
WE'LL MEET AGAIN TWILL NOT BE LONG
 

ALSO OF

CHARLOTTE BOWERING

WHO DIED JUNE 2ND 19… AGE…

PEACE PERFECT PEACE

 

 

UA25

No stone
 

 

UA26

 


TO

THE DEAR MEMORY OF

AMY ELIZABETH

ELDEST DAUGHTER OF J. & H. PHIPPARD

CALLED HOME 8TH MAY 1936

THEY SHALL SEE HIS FACE

REV 22 VERSE 4
 

ALSO FRANCES EMILY

SISTER OF THE ABOVE

FELL ASLEEP 25TH OCTOBER 1938

AGED 72

FOR WE WHICH HAVE BELIEVED DO [sic]

DO ENTER INTO REST   HEB. 4 VERSE 3

 

UA27-29

3 plots wide with one kerb surround

 

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

HANNAH PHIPPARD

WHO FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS

JANUARY 4TH 1907

AGED 74 YEARS.

"COMPLETE IN HIM"

COL 2. 10.
 

ALSO

CHARLOTTE AUGUSTA

FOURTH DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE

WHO FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS

APRIL 18TH 1915 AGED 45 YEARS

THE FATHER HIMSELF LOVETH YOU

JOHN 16. 27.
 

ALSO JOSEPH

HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE HANNAH PHIPPARD

WHO FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS

JULY 10TH 1916. AGED 79 YEARS

"PRESENT WITH THE LORD"

2 COR 5. 8


UA30

 

Gravestone with three circular motifs at the head

 

SACRED

TO THE MEMORY OF

JESSE SON OF JOSEPH & HARRIET DEAL

SEAMAN ON BOARD OF H.M.S. BRITANNIA

HE DIED AT THE BLACK SEA

DURING THE CRIMEAN WAR

AUGUST 18TH 1854 AGED 21 YEARS
 

ALSO JOHN ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE

JOSEPH & HARRIET DEAL

HE SERVED ON BOARD H.M.S. LEANDER

AND WAS AT THE TAKING OF SEBESTAPOL

HE DIED AT SWANAGE JUNE 6TH 1859

AGED 30 YEARS & REST BENEATH THIS STONE
 

ALSO JOHN SON OF JOHN & MARIA GOVER

WHO DIED JANUARY 26TH 1854 AGED 19

YEARS & WAS BURIED IN THE CHURCHYARD
 

ALSO GEORGE BROTHER OF THE ABOVE

JOHN GOVER DIED OCT 12TH 1864 AGED 24

YEARS AND WHO IS INTERRED NEAR

THIS STONE
 

 

Footstone - depicting an anchor and entwined rope

 


J.D. 1854

J.D. 1859

J.G. 1854

G.G. 1864

 


UA30A
 


IN LOVING MEMORY OF

 

GEORGE JOHNSON SCOTT

WHO DIED MARCH 15 1915

AGED 57 YEARS

 

 

"I LOOK FOR THE RESURRECTION OF THE

DEAD; AND THE LIFE OF THE WORLD TO COME"

 

 

 

UA31A
 

Cross (detached) with base and curb

On block with four scroll faces: on one face:

 

 

IN LOVING

MEMORY OF

WILLIAM H. H. COOPER
 


On base

 

 

THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF

S. COOPER

WHO ENTERED INTO REST

NOV 29TH 1905 AGED 46 YEARS

THY WILL BE DONE

 

 

On a second scroll face

 


ALSO OF

SARAH

HIS WIFE

WHO DIED 5. JAN 1948

AGED 88 YEARS
 

 

 

On flower holder vase

 


AUNT

SARAH
 

 

UA32

No stone