This grave, which is listing, is located in Marlow Cemetery. Photographed from a safe distance!
Alfred Ernest Victor Nye, dearly beloved son of Alfred E and Alice E Nye. Died September 11 1912 age 15.
ALSO:
Alice Elizabeth, the beloved wife and mother of the above, died Apr 2- 1941 age 74
AND:
Alfred E Nye died January 13 1952 age 89.
*Young Alfred was killed in a cycling accident near Borroughs Grove. He had been working at the South Bucks Standard, alongside his father a "printset manager". He usually caught the train home except on Wednesdays when he used his bike. Home was Ingledene, Claremont Rd, Marlow. He left his father at twenty to 8 in the evening, with lamp lit as it was dark, and set off for Marlow. Unfortunately as he was coming down the hill towards the Three Horse Shoes, he crashed into a horse that was being lead by a man on horseback. The horse had been skittish earlier and had thrown it's own rider who had then gone off with a doctor to receive more medical attention. Alfred suffered a severe head injury and was dead by the time another doctor arrived to care for him. His father was called, and the other witnesses described the most distressing scene when he arrived. His body was carried to the Three Horseshoes where it remained over night, the inquest also being held there.
On the day of the funeral, it was noted that not only were the shop shutters put up and blinds closed in the town centre - as was usual when a funeral procession passed - but this mark of respect was extended all over town. The procession went on foot to the cemetery, and it included a "guard" of the boys friends. The dead boy's sister Nellie is mentioned, along with his older brother Jack who could not attend as he was "away at sea".
Very sadly, the boy's father had to write a letter to the Marlow Urban District Council in 1913 to inform them that the flowers left on his sons grave had been repeatedly stolen. It was said the father, "a mean and contemptible act" and the councillors could hardly disagree. They promised to do all they could to deter such actions.
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