In Lucknow, as in other parts of the world, graves mean little to some people, but a search on the internet proves otherwise! What one will find on this blog isn't even 'a drop in the vast ocean' of tears that would have been shed if it were possible to calculate. The names, the sad poetry, quotes and expression of grief of the loved ones all being ground to dust.
"...We always say that the history of a parish is in its graveyards..." Passage West (from a blog and book by Jim Murphy)
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Matthew Ridley died 1904
HERE LIES THE BODY OF MATTHEW RIDLEY FOR TWENTY FIVE YEARS SUPERINTENDENT OF THE GARDENS AND PARKS AT LUCKNOW WHO ENTERED INTO HIS REST ON SEPT 17TH 1904 AGED 56 YEARS *** Si Monumentum quaeris Circumspice
Thank you for posting this image. Matthew Ridley was my great-grandfather on my father's side.
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking the trouble to let me know.
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