Memorial: M1159

Gravestone at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk commemorating William Chatten, Trinity Pilot, d. 1904

Location

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

Transcript

'In Loving Memory of / WILLIAM JOB CHATTEN / LATE TRINITY PILOT, / WHO PASSED AWAY SEPT. 24TH. 1904 / AGED 83 YEARS / ALSO OF JANE HIS BELOVED WIFE / WHO FELL ASLEEP APRIL 2ND. 1895 / AGED 76 YEARS // I HAVE ANCHORED MY SOUL IN THE HAVEN OF REST / I SAIL THE WIDE SEAS NO MORE / THE TEMPEST MAY SWEEP O'ER THE WIDE STORMY DEEP / BUT WITH JESUS I AM SAFE EVERMORE'

Details

Description: Gothic style with a ship in full sail carved above the inscription
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Chatten, William Job
Age: 76
Date of Death: 24/9/1904
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Trinity Pilot
Organisation: Trinity House

Extra

Notes: Sighted 2008
Recorder: Rev. William Henry Donnan 1967
Photographer: B. Tomlinson 2008
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