Memorial Inscriptions - St. Simon & St. Jude Church

Compiled by, Buckinghamshire, Family History Society, North Bucks Group. In the Year 2000.

Area D East, A large area stretching all along the rear north side of the church, bounded by the grassy footpath on the south, & the graveyard fences on the north, east & through the centre, a row of graves with 3 crosses, North to South & approx. level with the end of the church.

1DE	Rose coloured upright cross, on a triple base
	West face, In memory of / Diana Caroline / wife of / James / Boughey Monk Lingard-Monk / and daughter of / Reginald Robert Walpole / born 6th November 1856 / died 15th May 1894 East face, James Boughey Monk Lingard-Monk of Dunlewy, Co Donegal, Ireland and son of Richard Boughey Monk Lingard-Monk of Fullshaw Hall, Wilmslow, Cheshire / born 7th February 1853 / died 19th august 1905.
2DE	Upright cross on a triple base
	West face, Sacred / to the memory of / Reginald R. Walpole / born 8th December 1817 / died 23rd July 1880 / aged 62 years / So he giveth his beloved sleep. East face, Caroline wife of Reginald Walpole / born 26th April 1818 / died 22nd February 1895
3DE	Upright cross
	Elizabeth Mary / widow of the / Rev. John Wilkinson / Vicar of Kirkhable (query the spelling) / Northumberland / --------- / And daughter of the late / William Drake / of Stoke Goldington, Bucks / died October 29 1877 / aged 69 years
4DE	Flat ledger stone, needs further examination
5DE	Flat full size ledger, cracked across the top
	Sacred / to the memory of / the late Rev. Style-Drake / Rev. Charles Style Drake / son of / Rear Admiral John Drake / and Elizabeth his wife / departed this life / November 24 1860 / aged 44.
5DE/a	Ledger stone, is difficult to read, & open to interpretation
	1907 – 1983 / Vera / beloved wife of / Harold Edgington / and / Douglas James Figg / Edgington / Priest / 1905 – 1995.
6DE	Headstone
	In loving memory of / my beloved husband / John James Cannon / died August 9th 1967 / in his 81st year / Also his dear wife / Dorothy / died Feb 3rd 1974 / in her 83rd year.
7DE	Headstone
	Fondest memories / of / Jasper Ernest Green / dearly loved husband of / Frances / who passed away February 15th 1980 / aged 76 years / Also / Frances Charlotte / Green / who passed away January 26th 1982 / aged 82 years / Peace perfect peace.
8DE	Headstone,& vase
	In memory / of a dear / wife and mother / Winifred Bates / died 9th September 1980 / aged 73 years / Also a dear / husband and father / Edwin Charles Bates / died 5th January 1983 / aged 76 years.
9DE	White headstone & inscribed vase
	Beloved husband and father / James William Tipple / 1917 – 1980 / beloved wife and mother / Miriam Ansell Tipple / 1918 – 1997 Together again / great grandparents of / Amber Elizabeth Ansell / Bluck / April – November 1996. Vase inscribed, Grandad / & / Grandma.
10DE	White headstone & vase
	In loving memory / of / George Hart / born 4th Sept. 1902 / died 9th July 1982 / and Margaret Irene Hart / born 9th December 1907 / died 5th January 1994.
11DE	Black Headstone
	Loving memories / of a dear / husband and father / Stanley Nicholls / died September 23rd 1982 / aged 62 years.
12DE	Headstone
	In memory of / Frederick John Green / who passed away February 25th 1983 / aged 77 years / At rest.
13DE	Small black headstone
	Denis James / Willetts / born 12th July 1932 / died 14th March 1983.
14DE	Small white headstone, on a base with an inset vase
	In / loving memory / of / Kathleen Clarke / died April 22nd 1983.
15DE	Black headstone with inset vase
	In memory of / Joseph Thomas / Gregory / loving husband father / and grandfather / died 8th May 1983 / aged 76 years.
16DE	Pointed top headstone
	Thomas Reginald / Mayes / July 10th 1919 / July 13th 1983 / dearly loved father and / grandfather.
17DE	Black marble headstone with inset vase, nicely tended
	In / loving memory / of a dear / husband and father / Michael Paris B.E.M. / who passed away on 22nd Sept 1983 / aged 76 years / and Doris Ivy Paris / who passed away 3rd Jan. 1995 / aged 83 years / Grampy and Grandma.
18DE	Black marble headstone with inset vase
	In / loving memory / of / Winifred Marriott / a dear wife mother and / grandmother / who passed away peacefully / 24th Oct. 1983 aged 72 years / and / Douglas Marriott / a loving husband father / and grandfather / who passed away in his sleep / 2nd March 1989 aged 78 years / Together again.
19DE	Black headstone
	In loving memory / of / Ronald Pittam / died July 5th 1973 / aged 67 / and his wife / Ivy / died March 29th 1992 / aged 88.
20DE	Grey Headstone
	In loving memory / of / my dear husband / Alec Burbidge / passed away Aug 26th 1974 / aged 82 / Rest in peace. / And his beloved wife / Ethel Mary / died Oct 9th 1982 / aged 86 years / Reunited.
21DE	Grey headstone
	George Thomas Smith / a dear husband and father / died 23rd Nov 1974 / aged 67 / Peace perfect peace / Also / Jane Smith / beloved wife & mother / died 6th Oct, 1987 / aged 80 / reunited.
22DE	Grey headstone
	Robin John Wilson / A dearly loved husband and daddy / died Dec, 20th 1974 / aged 28 / God has you in his keeping / we have you in our hearts.
23DE	A stone vase & a tiny broken wooden cross, a faint painted inscription,
	Vase In loving memory, Cross, Bren, Chris, Sal, Brian.
24DE	Light marble headstone
	Our dearest / Katie Louise / Novis / b 14, IV, 72. d 22, XI, 75. / aged 3yrs. 7mths. / May God her in / his heart. / An angel unaware.
25DE	Black headstone
	In / loving memory of / James Herbert / died January 19th 1976 aged 85 / Also Elizabeth / devoted wife of James / died January 22nd 1981 aged 87.
26DE	Grey headstone
	In loving memory of / Robin Lewis Westley / died by accident 22nd May 1976 / aged 20 years / a dearly loved son and brother / “Called to a higher service” / very treasured memories of / Wallace Frank Westley / passed away 2nd June 1977 / aged 61 years / a much devoted and respected / husband and father / “May eternal life shine upon you both / Gabrielle Westley / passed away 8th August 1998 / aged 74 years / a very dear wife / and much loved mother / Reunited in heaven.
27DE	Black headstone & a vase
	Hilda Mary / Thomas / died 18th July 1976. Vase inscription, In / loving memory / of / auntie Hilda.
28DE	Grey headstone
	With treasured / memories of / Leslie George / Ray / passed peacefully away / July 13th 1977 aged 55 / rest in peace.
29DE	Grey headstone
	In / loving memory of / Mary Mothersole / 9th June 1898 / Also / Bertie William / Mothersole / 25th December 1895 / 19th September 1979 / Peace perfect peace.
30DE	Headstone
	Treasured memories / of / Jack Markham. B.E.M. / 17th January 1922 / 14th March 1978 / Per Adua Ad Astra.
31DE	Stone vase, with no named dedication
	In / loving / memory.
32DE	Headstone
	In / loving memory / of / Guiseppe Spinelli / died April 20th 1967 / aged 51 years.
33DE	Headstone
	Treasured / memories of / Horace Edward Ray / died 2nd April 1968 / aged 79 years / and his beloved wife / Selina Hannah / died 10th January 1972 / aged 81 years / At rest / and their youngest son / Kenneth Gordon Ray / died 28th December 1976 aged 42 years.
34DE	Headstone
	In / loving memory / of / Nellie Maltby / 14th June 1879 – 8th July 1968 / also Richard Henry Maltby / beloved husband of the above / 27th Sept. 1878 – 6th Feb 1970 / Until the day break / and the shadows flee away.
35DE	Open book & vase
	Left hand page, In loving / memory of / Andrew Paul / Denton / who passed away / May 1st 1969 / aged 4 years / 8 months. Right hand page, Gentle Jesus / meek and mild / look upon this / little child.
36DE	Headstone
	Peace / In / memory of / Dennis Pittam / died Sept.15th 1969 aged 59 years / also / Marjorie Pittam / died July 24th 1990 aged 77 years / Always in our thoughts.
37DE	Headstone
	In / loving memory of / Frank Herbert / a devoted husband / and father / who died Feb.24th 1970 / aged 72 years / At rest / Also of / Dorothy / dear wife of the above / who died Jan. 22nd 1977 / aged 81 years.
38DE	Headstone
	In / loving memory / of / Mary E. Hill / died April 4th 1970 / aged 79 / wife of / John W. Hill / died Jan. 28th 1973 aged 83 / United.
39DE	Headstone
	In loving memory / of / Henry Feasey Dolling / passed away Aug. 24th 1971 / aged 86 years / Also his wife / Maud Ethel Dolling / passed away May 11th 1974 / aged 86 years.
40DE	Headstone
	In / loving memory / of / Joseph Edwin / Gobbey / died June 12th 1972 aged 84 years / Also / Elizabeth Jane Gobbey / wife of the above / died June 16th 1972 aged 93 years.
41DE	Headstone
	In / loving memory of / Richard Thomas Jones / departed this life Aug. 24th 1972 aged 91 / RIP / Also / Frances Mary Violet / Nicholson / March 31st 1984 aged 91 years.
42DE	3 Kerbs & an engraved headstone
	In affectionate memory of / Fanny Irons / who died June 27th 1963 aged 90 years / Peace perfect peace.
43DE	3 kerbs, vase & an engraved ledger footstone
	In loving memory of / our dear brother / Bert Checkley / who died November 28th 1964 / aged 49 years.
44DE	3 Kerbs & a birdbath
	South side kerb, In loving memory of my dear wife Lottie Lilian Brown who died Jan 28th 1965 aged 67 years / Also her beloved husband John Thomas who died June 6 1965 aged 70 years. East end kerb, Forever in our / thoughts.
45DE	3 kerbs, vase & a ledger footstone
	Memories / Ada Louise Harding / June 15th 1881 – December 1st 1965 / Charles Walter Harding / February 6th 1881 – December 1st 1970.
46DE	Headstone
	Treasured / memories of / my dearly loved husband / Reginald Tucker / 7th July 1984 / aged 74 years / Goodnight God bless / Bessie Winifred / devoted wife of the above / 9th July 1994 / aged 88 years / Reunited with her loved one.
47DE	Stone vase, alone
	Lydia / Thrift / loved by us / all.
48DE	Headstone
	In / loving memory / of / Jessie Nicholls / died 19, 6, 66. aged 75 / and his loving wife / Margaret / died 4, 4, 83, aged 92 / Dearly loved parents.
49DE	4 kerbs, stone vase & green chippings
	South Side, In loving memory of Edna Ruby Wingrave / died July 25th 1966 aged 45 years. West end, Resting. East side, Gone but not forgotten. Stone vase, In / loving / memory.
50DE	Headstone
	In / loving memory / of my dear husband / Frederick Marks / died Oct 20th 1966 / aged 53 years.
51DE	Headstone
	In / loving memory / William Thomas Limbrey / 1889 – 1971 / and his wife / Winifred Harriett / 1878 – 1967.
52DE	Oak cross with a roof over, Christ effigy, brass plate & INRI, matches 53DE
	Brass plate, Cuthbert William Pattemore / and his wife / Marion Gertrude / who departed this life together / on April 1st 1967.
53DE	Oak cross with a roof over, Christ effigy, brass plate & IMRI, matches 52DE
	Brass plate, In loving memory / of / Oliver Octavius / Oscar Jefcoate / died 23rd February 1973 / aged 80 years.
54DE	Small stone slab, almost unreadable
	Thomas and Kate / Carpenter / my dearly loved grandparents
55DE	4 red marble kerbs & a vase, matching grave to No 56
	South side kerb, Treasured memories of my dear husband John Amos Cowley / who died 19th January 1960, aged 62 years North side kerb, Also his dear wife Constance Nellie Cowley / who died 9th March 1976 aged 78 years / Reunited. East end kerb, Resting.
56DE	4 red marble kerbs & a vase, matching grave No 55
	South side kerb, In loving memory of my dear brother Edward Nichols who died Aug 22nd 1960 aged 65 years / Peace perfect peace. North side, Also his brother Leonard Nichols / died July 19th 1976, aged 83 years.
57DE	3 kerbs, a vase & a footstone ledger
	Ledger inscription, Loving memories of / my dear husband / Harry Percy Cook / August 12th 1881 – August 28th 1960 / For 30 years / peoples warden at this church / and his beloved wife / Nellie Cook / July 16th 1895 – February 7th 1979.
58DE	3 kerbs & an open book headstone, most of the lettering is lost
	Left hand page, Treasured / memories / of / our dear son / Kevin Gale / Ray / who / fell asleep / 3rd Dec. 1956 / aged 10 years.
59DE	A single square stone vase
	In / loving memory / of / Burt.
60DE	Black marble kerbs & a headstone
	Headstone, In love we remember / a dear husband and father / Richard Panter / died 25th January 1961 / aged 75 years / Also his devoted wife and a dear mother / Mabel Panter / died 4th December 1962 aged 78 years / Ever loving, always kind / beautiful memories left behind / Goodnight God bless.
61DE	Headstone
	Frederick Francis / Willett / 1892 – 1961 / Marion Willett / 1893 – 1978 / Our dearly loved / father and mother.
62DE	Headstone
	In / loving memory / of / Charlotte Elizabeth / Sawbridge / passed away Sept. 6th 1961 / aged 70 years / Also / Frank Edward Sawbridge / husband of the above / passed away Oct 5th 1964 / aged 82 years / Rest in peace.
63DE	Vase with no inscription
64DE	Sloping marble slab & a vase
	Fond memories of / a dear husband and father / Edward Thomas Homer / who passed away Dec12th 1962 / aged 65 years / Also of a much loved wife and mother / Minnie Emily / who passed away Nov 11th 1981 / aged 82 years / In Gods keeping.
65DE	Kerbs & a large upright cross
	Top tier of base, In loving memory of , Middle tier, Miss Helen Holt / died 2nd February 1963 / aged 80 years / now with Christ which is much better, Base tier, Also Robert Holt / died Aug, 25th 1970 aged 85 years / Reunited with his dear sister.
66DE	Headstone
	In ever loving / memory of / Arthur John Clarke / who died April 17th 1963 / aged 77 years / Also his beloved wife / Ada Mary Clarke / who died March 15th 1990 / aged 98 years / Sleeping.
67DE	Headstone
	In / loving memory of / Kate Robinson / died May 24th 1963 / aged 80 years / Also / her beloved husband / Edgar Leason / died January 31st 1968 / aged 82 years / Rest in peace
68DE	Small grave, 4 kerbs & a vase
	South side kerb, To treasured memory of Aidan Charles Cook who died 4th June 1955 aged 9 years.
69DE	4 kerbs & a vase
	South side, In loving memory of Rachel Thomas who passed away July 31st 1955 aged 72 years. North side, Also Thomas Thomas died Jan 6 1960 aged 78 years.
70DE	Headstone & a vase
	In loving memory of / Elsie Lilian / Richardson / died 15th November 1955 / aged 68 years / Also / Alfred Edward / Richardson / died 16th February 1969 / aged 85 years / At rest.
71DE	Headstone & a vase
	In loving memory / of / Albert Frederick / (Bert) Welch / a loving husband, dad & grandad / born Sept 27th 1899 / died Nov 25th 1955 / aged 56 years / Also / Rose Mary / Elizabeth Welch / a loving wife, mum & grandma, / born Oct 6th 1901 / died Feb 9th 1986 / aged 84 years / mum & dad reunited / always remembered.
72DE	Headstone & a vase
	In / loving / memory of / Constance Marian / Waring / died 31st Jan 1956 aged 66 years / Also her husband / Percy Waring / died 23rd Aug 1973 aged 82 years.
73DE	Grey marble kerbs, headstone & a vase
	Treasured memories of / our dearest parents / Minnie Harper / died 12th August 1956 / aged 66 years / and / Leonard William Harper / died 23rd April 1966 / aged 75 years / Reunited.
74DE	Red marble sloping, engraved stone
	In / loving memory of / Nellie Jones / who died November 9th 1957 aged 71 years / And of / Harry Jones / who died January 31st 1960 aged 81 years / Also / Kate Jones / who died May 29th 1963 / aged 82 years.
75DE	Small headstone & a vase
	In / loving memory / of / Frances Ada Collyer / who fell asleep / August 1st 1958 / aged 44 years / Also Jack Harry Collyer / who died Dec 3rd 1964 / aged 63 years / Reunited.
76DE	Headstone & a vase
	In / loving memory of / Wilfred Joseph / Booth / died 27th January 1959 aged 68 years / And his loving wife / Elsie Selena / died 3rd May 1985 / aged 91 years / RIP / Eldest son William / 17, 5, 34 – 18, 7, 95.
77DE	Small headstone & a vase
	In / loving memory of / Reginald Webster / 1898 – 1959 / And his wife / Margaret 1898 – 1981 / RIP.
78DE	Single vase
	East side inscription, In loving memory.
79DE	Headstone
	In / loving / memory of / William Henry Woodward / died 3rd March 1952 aged 69 / and Matilda / his beloved wife / died 27th June 1971 aged 89.
80DE	Kerbstones
	North side kerb, In loving memory of Florrie Gray / died 19th February 1953 aged 57 years, South side kerb, And her beloved husband William John Gray / died 16th December 1963 aged 66 years.
81DE	Grey marble kerbstones, headstone & vase
	In loving memory of / Susan Elizabeth Mills / died 23rd Feb. 1953 / aged 73 years / Also of / Walter Frederick Mills / died 11th March 1953 / aged 79 years / Reunited.
82DE	Upright marble cross
	Top tier, In / loving memory / of, Middle tier, William Thomas / Manning / who died July 18th 1954 / aged 64 years, Base tier, And his beloved wife / Olive / who died Aug 8th 1931 / aged 91 years.
83DE	Red marble kerbstones
	South side kerb, In loving memory of a dear husband and father / William Thomas Clarke, who died Aug15th 1954 aged 69 years. North side kerb, Also his beloved wife Florence Alice Irena and loving mother of Vera / who died Nov 10th 1967 aged 81 years.
84DE	Headstone
	In / loving memory / of / Bessie Ellen Nicholson / died Sept 6th 1951 / Also her beloved husband / Herbert Nicholson / died July 16th 1965 / aged 64 years / Rest in peace.
85DE	Red marble kerbstones & a vase
	South side kerb, In loving memory of Rose Mary Cowley who passed away 24th January 1955 aged 75 years.
86DE	Headstone
	In / loving memory of / William David Markham / died Sept 12th 1952 / aged 62 years / Also his beloved wife / Alice / died Jan 1st 1985 / aged 86 years.
87DE	Granite kerbstones & a vase, Matches No 88
	South side kerbs, In fondest memory of dearest mother Annie Coey / who entered into rest February 26th 1947 aged 81 years. East end kerb, Loved and remembered / always. Vase, Mother.
88DE	Granite kerbstones & a vase, Matches No 87
	South side kerb, William Castle died April 1st 1947 aged 70 years. North side kerb, Also his wife Rosetta died December 12th 1960 aged 82 years, Reunited.
89DE	Double grave with a large upright cross
	Caroline Whiting / died May 27th 1947 / aged 80 years.
90DE	Single vase, the inscription unreadable
91DE	4 kerbstones, the inscription unreadable
92DE	3 Kerbstones & an upright cross
	In memory of / Albert Greenwood / beloved son of / Hannah and Alfred / Greenwood / born October 13th 1872 / died July 6th 1949 / At rest.
93DE	Upright cross
	Top tier, In / loving memory / of, Middle tier, Dear mother / Margaret Cooper / who died April 2nd 1950 / aged 64. Base tier, Also our dear father / killed in action Oct 4th 1917 --------- --- Unreadable.
94DE	White marble kerbstones & a headstone
	In remembrance of / Harry R. Ward / died 17th May 1950 / Ever in our thoughts / Also his dear wife / Delia Alice / died 5 Oct 1992 / Reunited.
95DE	Very heavy kerbstones & a heavy headstone
	In / ever loving memory of / Ada / the devoted wife of / William Haddon / who died March 10th 1951 / aged 62 years / I think of a beautiful garden / and by the gate you stand / one day that gate will open / and we shall walk hand in hand / From her loving husband.