Memorial: M16

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Ascension Island commemorating Henry James Gordon, Surgeon RN d. 1889

Location

St Mary's Church, Ascension Island, Rest of the World

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / HENRY JAMES GORDON / SURGEON, ROYAL NAVY / (ELDEST SON OF THE LATE REVEREND THOMAS GORDON, D.D.) / WHO DIED SUDDENLY / AT THE MOUNT HOSPITAL, ASCENSION / DECEMBER 15th 1889 / AET 31 / ERECTED BY HIS SHIPMATES / THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE ISLAND / AS A TRIBUTE OF AFFECTION AND RESPECT / "EYE HATH NOT SEEN, NOR EAR HEARD, NEITHER HAVE ENTERED / INTO THE HEART OF MAN, THE THINGS WHICH GOD HATH PREPARED / FOR THEM THAT LOVE HIM"'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble

People

Gorden, Henry James
Age: 31
Date of Death: 15/12/1889
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Jeff Cant 1997
Photographer: Colette Bassford

JSON

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