Memorial: M5609

Cross in St Kew, Cornall dedicated to John Pinch d. 1870.

Location

Church of St James the Great, St Kew, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'IN / AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF / JOHN, / SON OF (THE LATE) / JAMES PINCH, / AND ELIZABETH, HIS WIFE, / WHO WAS BORN / AT HIGH WAY, IN THIS PARISH, / Ist MARCH 1849 / AND WAS LOST AT SEA ON THE 20th SEPtr 1870 / NO MORTAL EYE HATH SEEN HIS BED, / NOR YET CONCEIVED WHERE RESTS HIS HEAD / BUT ONE THERE IS WHO SEES HIS TOMB / LOW HIDDEN IN THE OCEAN'S WOMB / THERE SHALL HE LIE IN PEACEFUL REST / TILL CALLED FROM THENCE AT GOD'S BEHEST'

Details

Type: Cross
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Stone

People

Pinch, John
Age: 21
Date of Death: 20/9/1870
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:

Extra

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