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Richard Batten Gedye 1876-1917

Headstone 15 ~ Marble ~ Semi-circular top, indented sides and stepped shoulders, decorated with vine branches and fruit, a-topped with a centralised roped IHS decoration, with kerbs Richard Batten Gedye entered the Royal Navy in 1894 as an Ordinary Seaman and rose to Chief Petty Officer HMS Vivid (Devonport) Service No: 178765 – Died of…
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Joseph William Gedye 1835-1907

Headstone 15 ~ Marble ~ Semi-circular top, indented sides and stepped shoulders, decorated with vine branches and fruit, a-topped with a centralised roped IHS decoration, with kerbs Innkeeper Jospeh William Gedye took over the Polperro Inn – Three Pilchards – around 1870 and remained there until his death in 1907. “On an autumn day in…
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John Fowler Hocken 1837-1857

Headstone 131 ~ Sandstone ~ Semi-circular top with semi-circular shoulders
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John Fowler 1835-1858

Headstone 131 ~ Sandstone ~ Semi-circular top with semi-circular shoulders Ancestry Research – Acting Second Master Royal Navy H.M.S ‘Pearl’. Single, aged 22 years. He was killed by round shot. East India Company’s expansion in India caused ‘The Indian Rebellion’ – a major uprising 1857-58
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Hugh P Fowler 1811-1846

Headstone 131 ~ Sandstone ~ Semi-circular top with semi-circular shoulders Will of Hugh Fowler, mariner and bachelor, of Talland, dated 1846. AP/F/1093 Kresen Kernow Ancestry records – show Hugh Polgreen Fowler is uncle to both John Fowler and John Fowler Hocken


