Memorial: M4257

Wall tablet in St Mary’s Church, Stoke d’Abernon commemorating Captain Thomas Smith RN d. 1847

Location

St Mary's Church, Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey, England

Transcript

'IN A VAULT / NEAR THIS SPOT LIE THE REMAINS OF / CAPTAIN THOMAS SMITH, / ROYAL NAVY, / OF WOODLANDS IN THIS PARISH. / YOUNGEST SON / OF THE LATE HUGH SMITH ESQR / OF STOKE HOUSE / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / SEPTEMBER 19TH 1847 / AGED 57 YEARS. / THIS SACRED MEMORIAL IS ERECTED / AS A SMALL TRIBUTE OF AFFECTIONATE DEVOTION / BY HIS DEEPLY AFFLICTED WIDOW. / AND HIS WIDOW / ISABELLA SMITH / BORN 6TH AUGUST 1798 / DIED 28TH AUGUST 1884'

Details

Description: Carved with a foul anchor above inscription tablet. Below the anchor a snake between two flower heads. Shield of arms and crest on the apron below.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Black and white marble

People

Smith, Thomas
Age: 57
Date of Death: 19/9/1847
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1984
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters