Benjamin MEW
Forename(s): Benjamin
Surname: MEW
BrewerDate of birth: 1844 (approx., calculated)
Date of death: 30 Apr 1873
Date of burial: 3 May 1873
Age at death: 29 years
Address: Lymington Hants, Parish of Lymington
Section: B Consecrated - Cemetery map
Plot No: 567 Section map of plotsBurial Register entry: Newport 1067
Hampshire Advertiser - 10 May 1873 - Deaths - At Lymington on the 30th April, Ben, eldest son of Thomas Parker Mew, Isle of Wight, aged 29.
Hampshire Advertiser - 10 May 1873 - NEWPORT - THE LATE MR. BEN MEW. - On Saturday morning the mortal remains of Mr. Ben Mew, which had been removed from Lymington to the residence of his uncle, Mr. W. B. Mew (Mayor), in Crocker-street, were borne by men of the brewery to the grave, in Newport Cemetery, the pall bearing some bright immortelles. A long train of mourners, which included Alderman T. P. Mew and Mr. Mew (father and brother of deceased), the Mayor, and many of deceased's personal friends from different parts of the Island and from the other side of the Solent, followed the bier. The Rev. George Connor, M.A., vicar and rural dean, officiated at the church and in the last scene.
Also on this marker:
Also in this plot:
Newport Cemetery
Image by: Tony Barton
Inscription
Square memorial with dismounted cross:IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MARY ANNE ELIZABETH (DEESY)
WIFE OF
CAPTAIN W. STEWART GRAHAM
OF 2ND BENGAL EUR. L-CAVALRY
DAUGHTER OF T. P. MEW, ESQ.
OF LYMINGTON, HANTS
DIED 21ST NOVEMBER 1874
AGED 32 YEARS.
Over the grave:
SACRED
TO
THE MEMORY OF
BEN MEW
ELEST SON OF
THOMAS PARKER MEW
WHO DIED
AT LYMINGTON, HANTS.
APRIL 30TH 1873
AGED 29 YEARS
Foot stones:
Plot 566
M. A. E. D. G.
1874
Plot 567
B. M.
1873
Transcription by: Cherry Farley
