Memorial: M5915

Memorial at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk commemorating Percy James Marjoram, RN d. 1917

Location

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'In Loving Memory of / PERCY JAMES, / THE BELOVED AND ONLY SON OF / GEORGE AND ALMIRA / MARJORAM. / WHO DIED FROM WOUNDS, RECEIVED / IN ACTION IN H.M.S. Q. 20. / APRIL 10TH. 1917 / AGED 22 YEARS. / SLEEP ON DEAR SON, THE STRIFE IS O'ER / FOR YOU, YOUR MEMORY BY ALL / CHERISHED, YOUR DUTY DONE, DEAR PERCY / SLEEP TILL THE LAST ROLL CALL'

Details

Description: Sandstone headstone with a foul anchor on a rock carved above the inscription and surrounded by a rope twist border.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone
Vessel: HMS Q 20; Bayard

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Marjoram, Percy James
Age: 22
Date of Death: 10/4/1917
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Q 20 decoy vessel 'Bayard'.
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters