Memorial: M380

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating William J. Leat RN d. 1897

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / OUR LATE SHIPMATE, / WILLIAM J. LEAT A.B. / WHO DIED AT HONG KONG / 12TH JULY 1897, AGED 22 YEARS / GOD OF THE LIVING IN WHOSE EYES / UNVEILED THY WHOLE CREATION LIES / ALL SOULS ARE THINE, WE MUST NOT SAY / THAT THOSE ARE DEAR WHO PASS AWAY'

Details

Description: Cross on stepped plinth.
Type: Cross

People

Leat, William J.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 12/7/1897
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas

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