Memorial: M5292

Memorial at Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania commemorating Edward Cotter, RN d. 1888

Location

Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘Sacred / to the memory / of Edward Cotter / late Chief Yeoman of Signals / H.M.S. Boadicea / who departed this life / 11th September 1888 / aged 32 years / Much respected by all who knew him / "Waft him, angels, through the skies / far above yon azure plain, / glorious there like you to rise / there like you forever reign / This tablet was erected by his/brother masons'

Details

Description: Masonic insignia at top of headstone and initials 'WSSTKSH'.
Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Boadicea

People

Cotter, Edward
Age: 32
Date of Death: 11/9/1888
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Yeoman of signals
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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