# Richard James Candy / 1884 - 1975, a plaque of Christchurch

A plaque of the city, standing at Camp Bay Cemetery, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

## The words it carries

> RICHARD JAMES CANDY / 1884 - 1975 / "HOME IS THE… HOME FROM SEA…

The surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as read off the plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.

- The ground: [Camp Bay Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-72), the facility it stands on
- The year the register carries: 2008
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20080218/00377/R0011838.jpg

## The ground’s other names

- [Camp Bay Cemetery in Remembrance of the Seventy Prospective](https://www.chch.live/plaque/3133-camp-bay-cemetery), “CAMP BAY CEMETERY In remembrance of the seventy prospective early settlers and s…”
- [Paul Stapylton-Smith Son of Camp Bay Built This Seat](https://www.chch.live/plaque/3135-camp-bay-cemetery), “Paul Stapylton-Smith son of Camp Bay built this seat (plaque variant)”
- [Gaejkje Hingma-Seinstra Diamond Harbour 12-12-1956](https://www.chch.live/plaque/3136-camp-bay-cemetery), “GAEJKJE HINGMA-SEINSTRA DIAMOND HARBOUR 12-12-1956 11-11-1986”

## In the archive

- [Documents naming Richard James Candy / 1884 - 1975](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Richard%20James%20Candy%20%2F%201884%20-%201975)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Richard%20James%20Candy%20%2F%201884%20-%201975)
- [Camp Bay Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-72), the ground’s own page

A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts.

## The ground under it

- [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay
- [Inside a listed place’s setting](https://www.chch.live/heritage), Quarantine Cemetery
- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Whakaraupō
- [Inside a kept landscape, HNC5.0 - Area of at least High Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Natural](https://www.chch.live/zones), ON
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 15 June 2011 · ~250 m from the pin · 182 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.62084&lon=172.78569&radius=250

## Around it

- [Camp Bay Foreshore](https://www.chch.live/park/1261-camp-bay-foreshore), community park · ~450 m
- [Erected in Memory of Paul Stapylt0n-Smith of Camp Bay](https://www.chch.live/plaque/3479-camp-bay-foreshore), plaque · ~400 m
- [Tree Planted in Memory](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5443-stoddart-point-reserve), plaque · 3.5 km
- [Diamond Harbour Cemetery plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311021-diamond-harbour-cemetery), plaque · 3.5 km
- [In Memory of a Special Lady / Glenys Marilyn Martin](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310941-diamond-harbour-cemetery), plaque · 3.5 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Camp Bay Cemetery, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

**What does it say?**

The words above, verbatim, the surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as they were read off the plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.

**Are there others at Camp Bay Cemetery?**

4 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above.

**Is the plaque still standing?**

The register marks it in service, commissioned 2008. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position.


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Christchurch City Council open data, the Furniture service’s Plaque layer. The inscription is the surveyor’s transcription; "In Service" is the books, not a promise the plaque still reads clean. The pin is the record’s position.
The roll: https://www.chch.live/plaques · the record as data: https://www.chch.live/plaques.json · this plaque’s page: https://www.chch.live/plaque/3137-camp-bay-cemetery
