Memorial: M1421

Gravestone at All Saints Church, Branksome, Poole, commemorating Thomas Pride VC d. 1893

Location

All Saints Church, Branksome, Poole, England

Transcript

'IN / LOVING MEMORY OF / THOMAS PRIDE V.C. R.N. / WHO DIED JULY 16TH 1893 / AGED 57 YEARS '/ ALSO OF MARY ELIZABETH HIS BELOVED WIFE / WHO DIED AUG 25TH 1906 / AGED 62 YEARS / SO SHALL WE EVER BE WITH THE LORD / NOT MY WILL, BUT THINE BE DONE'.

Details

Type: Cross
Position: Churchyard

People

Pride, Thomas
Age: 57
Date of Death: 16/7/1893
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Afterguard
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Victoria Cross winner.
Bibliography: J.D. Spinney 'Some Naval Memorials in Dorset', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 73, p. 195, (Greenwich,1987).

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