Memorial: M1962

Memorial at St Petrox Church, Dartmouth, Devon, commemorating Sir James Douglass d. 1898 and Percy Cuthbert Douglass Douglass, RN, d. 1917

Location

St Petrox Church, Dartmouth, Devon, England

Transcript

‘In Proud Memory / of / Sir James Nicholas Douglass / KT, F.R.S. / Died June 19th 1898, Aged 71. / And of Mary, his Wife / died June 22nd 1922. Aged 92 / Also of / their Three Beloved Grandsons / who fell in The Great War / Percy Cuthbert Douglass Douglass / FLT. Commdr. RN. / Died Dec. 10th 1917 at Salonica. Aged 31. / William Douglass James, Lieut. R.G.A. / Died Sept. 26th 1915 at Loos Aged 23 / Douglass Charles James / 2nd Lieut S. Staff Regt / Died Sept. 20th 1915 at Loos aged 20.'

Details

Type: Commemorative table
Position: Wall of graveyard

People

Douglass, James Nicholas
Age: 72
Date of Death: 1898
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Engineer in Chief
Organisation: Trinity House
Douglass, Percy Cuthbert Douglass
Age: 31
Date of Death: 1917
Cause of Death: War Casualty
Rank / Occupation: Flight Commander
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Sir James Douglass was originally buried at Bonchurch Old Church, Isle of Wight. He was reinterred at St Petrox, Dartmouth in August 1913. There is an additional memorial inside the church.

Photographer: P Lacey

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters