Memorial: M6437

Headstone at Old Cemetery, Southampton commemorating Andrew Lamb d. 1881

Location

Old Cemetery, Southampton, England

Transcript

'In / Loving Memory / of / Andrew Lamb J.P. / for well-nigh forty years / The first Superintendent Engineer / of The Peninsular and Oriental / Steam Navigation Company / Born at Leith 4 April 1803 / Died at Southampton 29 March 1881 / Just as I am without one plea / But that Thy Blood was shed for me / Also of / Ann Aitken Smith / The mother of his wife / Born 12 Feb 1783 Died 20 April 1862 / My flesh and heart doth faint and fail / But God doth fail me never / And of / Christian Smith Lamb / his widow / Born at Glasgow 16 Nov 1808 / Died at Southampton 5 April 1895 / Trust in the Lord for ever trust / And banish all your fears'

Details

Description: Headstone. Grey stone, with engraved text picked out in black.
Type: Gravestone
Materials: Stone

People

Lamb, Andrew
Age: 77
Date of Death: 29/3/1881
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Superintendant engineer
Organisation: P & O Line

Extra

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters