Memorial: M2214

Memorial in Stranger’s Cemetery, Fortuneswell, Dorset, commemorating James Heath d. 1879

Location

Stranger's Cemetery, Fortuneswell, Dorset, England

Transcript

'In memory of / JAMES HEATH / Boy...killed / at gun drill November 21st 1879 / erected by his shipmates / For what do mean our beauteous / monuments and carved stones / which seem their watch to to keep / over the dead but that in those / still tents the inmate is not perished / but asleep / The above was of H.M.S. 'Boscawen' '

Details

Position: 92
Vessel: HMS Boscawen

People

Heath, James
Age:
Date of Death: 21/11/1879
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987

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