Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Appledore, Devon commemorating Thomas Harris d. 1916
Location
St Mary’s Church, Appledore, Devon, England
Transcript
'TO THE / SACRED MEMORY OF / MY DEAR HUSBAND AND TWO SONS / WHO WERE LOST AT SEA ON / THE SCHOONER ‘P. T. HARRIS' / DURING THE GREAT WAR JUNE 1916 / THOMAS HARRIS / MASTER MARINER / AGED 41 YEARS / THOMAS LEONARD HARRIS / AGED 16 YEARS / WILLIAM FORD HARRIS / AGED 14 YEARS / WE CANNOT BEND BESIDE THEIR GRAVE / FOR THEY SLEEP IN THE SECRET SEA, / AND NOT ONE GENTLE WHISPERING WAVE / WILL TELL THE PLACE TO ME / BUT THOUGH UNSEEN BY HUMAN EYE / THOUGH MORTALS KNOW IT NOT / THEIR FATHER KNOWETH WHERE THEY LIE / AND ANGELS GUARD THEIR SPOT / ...'
Details
Description: Carved with lilies and a relief of a topsail schooner.
Type: Gravestone
Materials: Marble
Vessel: P T Harris
Type: Gravestone
Materials: Marble
Vessel: P T Harris
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Harris, Thomas
Age: 41
Date of Death: 6/1916
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation: Unknown
Harris, Thomas Leonard
Age: 16
Date of Death: 6/1916
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation: Unknown
Harris, William
Age: 14
Date of Death: 6/1916
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation: Unknown
Age: 41
Date of Death: 6/1916
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation: Unknown
Harris, Thomas Leonard
Age: 16
Date of Death: 6/1916
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation: Unknown
Harris, William
Age: 14
Date of Death: 6/1916
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation: Unknown
Extra
Notes: DOSSIER. Inscriptions to wife two daughters and a son in addition