Memorial: M3079

Memorial erected in memory of Ellen Grace Hammond in Macclesfield, Cheshire d. 1878

Location

Cemetery, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF ELLEN GRACE HAMMOND WHO WAS LOST IN THE WRECK OF THE CHILDWALL HALL OFF CAPE ST VINCENT PORTUGAL, APRIL 11TH 1878 AGED 25 YRS. SHE WAS FOR FIVE YEARS A STUDENT IN THE NATIONAL ART TRAINING SCHOOL, SOUTH KENSINGTON AND THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED TO HER MEMORY BY HER TEACHERS, FELLOW STUDENTS AND OTHER FRIENDS' 'IN MEMORIAM / HENRY / ERASMUS HAMMOND / OBIT. MARCH VI, MDCCCI / AETAT LXI

Details

Description: Decorated with scenes, patterns and sea shells.
Type: Celtic cross
Position: Gravestone No.3931 plot D
Materials: Bronze plaques on terracotta cross
Vessel: Childwall Hall

People

Hammond, Ellen Grace
Age: 25
Date of Death: 11/4/1878
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Joan Grindrod 1997 (Macclesfield Ferrets)

JSON

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Maritime Memorials