Wall tablet in Church of St Mary the Virgin, Twickenham commemorating Edward Osborn Pocock RN d. 1813
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Twickenham, London, England
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY OF / EDWARD OSBORN POCOCK ESQR / WHO UNFORTUNATELY PERISHED AT SEA / ON THE 20TH JANUARY 1813 AGED 19 YEARS. / THE ZEAL, SPIRIT AND ACTIVITY WHICH HE / SHEWED IN THE EXECUTION OF THE VARIOUS DUTIES / OF HIS PROFESSION GAINED HIM THE APPROBATION OF / ALL THE COMMANDERS UNDER WHOM HE SERVED BY / WHOM HE WAS GREATLY AND DESERVEDLY BELOVED. / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS AFFLICTED PARENTS / AS A MEMORIAL OF THE LOVE AND ESTEEM THEY BORE / FOR, AND THE DEEP REGRET THEY HAVE FELT IN THE / LOSS OF A MOST DUTIFUL AND AFFECTIONATE SON, / IN WHOSE CHARACTER WERE COMBINED THE / NOBLEST PRINCIPLES OF THE MIND / WITH THE GENTLEST AFFECTIONS OF THE HEART'
Details
Materials: Marble
People
Age: 19
Date of Death: 20/1/1813
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy