Memorial: M5561

Boat-shaped memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating Joshua Richard Compston d. 1996

Location

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Transcript

'THE DIVISION BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH IS MERELY PERIPHERAL' round gunwale ' WHO WOULD TRUE VALOUR SEE LET HIM COME HITHER' stern 'BON VOYAGE' side 'FN'.

Details

Description: Recumbent effigy lying in a dinghy.
Type: Memorial
Materials: Stone
Artists: Zebedee Helm

People

Compston, Joshua Richard
Age: 25
Date of Death: 5/3/1996
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Joshua Compston, an art dealer who enjoyed messing about in boats. 'FN' the initials of his company 'Factual Nonsense.'
Bibliography: Ed. James Stevens Curl 'Kensal Green Cemetery: the origins and development of the cemetery of All Souls, Kensal Green, London' p.227.
Photographer: Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh ©RMG

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