Wall tablet in St Margaret’s Church, Rochester, Kent commemorating Commander William Moffat HEIC, d. 1850
Location
St Margaret's Church, Rochester, Kent, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / WILLIAM MOFFAT ESQRE./ OF HARPERTON, ROXBURGHSHIRE / A NATIVE OF THIS PLACE, AND FORMERLY A / COMMANDER IN THE H.E.I.C. MARINE SERVICE / WHO DIED AT KENSINGTON ON THE 14 SEPTEMBER 1850 / AGED 76 YEARS / BEHOLD, GOD IS MY SALVATION; I WILL TRUST AND NOT BE AFRAID; / FOR THE LORD JEHOVAH IS MY STRENGTH AND MY SONG HE / ALSO IS BECOME MY SALVATION; ISAIAH CH.XII. VER. 2. / GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN / SON THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH / BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE; ST JOHN CH. III VER 16 / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED AS A TRIBUTE OF AFFECTION / TO THE MEMORY OF A BELOVED PARENT / BY HIS SON AND DAUGHTER'
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Nave
Materials: Marble
People
Age: 76
Date of Death: 14/9/1850
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master HEIC
Organisation: Honourable East India Company