::) So Peter something like this should be ok ???
In Loving Memory of/
ALBERT JOHN/
WAITE/
WHO PASSED AWAY TO THE/
BETTER LAND/
OCTOBER 1st 1910/
AGED 6 YEARS/
(Two lines of verse)
Found at Burgh le marsh Linconshire ....
I was interested to stumble across this particular thread while I was looking for something else. I spend quite a lot of time in our local graveyards in North-west Durham and one of the things I’ve found is that it’s necessary to try to avoid getting sidetracked when following a particular line of research. Sometimes the temptation is too strong to resist. George McClern’s memorial is a case in point. The inscription reads:-
Erected
by the Officers,
Marines & Blue-Jackets,
of H.M.S. Superb,
in Memory of
GEOR MCCLERN PATTISON
killed in action
at the bombardment
of Alexandria,
on July 11th 1882,
aged 27 years.
Buried at sea.
In the midst of life we are in death.
I would love to know what made a hard bunch like the Royal Navy in the nineteenth century go to all the trouble and expense of erecting such an impressive monument to one of their number who apparently had no decorations and whose rank was Gunner. They also located what appears to be a family plot in a corner of Blackhill north graveyard; not so easily done in those days of poor communications.
A friend of mine found a site on the internet with a report of the action. George was apparently one of the few British fatalities. Unfortunately, his name is shown as George McClain.
In reply to the last post, I think it is the relatives of the deceased who are responsible for the upkeep of the fabric of memorials.
Just thought I would keep the thread going! ;D
An inscription from a gravestone in St Andrew's Church, Epworth, North Yorkshire.
To the Memory of Hannah
The Wife of GEORGE THEAKER
who departed this life on the
9th day of November 1858
Aged 50 Years
Stop passinger and read this stone
And think how quickly I was gone
Death does not always warning give
Therefore be careful how you live