Memorial: M3126

Memorial in Meonstoke, Hampshire, commemorating Edward Plantagenet Hume d. 1870 in the loss of HMS ‘Captain’

Location

Meonstoke, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'THINE FOR EVER / IN LOVING MEMORY OF / MARY LOUISA / ELDEST AND DEARLY LOVED DAUGHTER OF / THE REV. CHARLES JOHN HUME, RECTOR OF MEONSTOKE / AND CAROLINE HIS WIFE / IN THIS CHURCH / BAPTIZED SEP. 27. 1838, AND MARRIED DEC. 17. 1879 / TO HENRY GRANVILLE SHARP ESQ. B.C.S. / DIED AT BORNI FURREEDPORE INDIA, FEB. 24. 1883. / "The pure in heart shall see God" / ALSO / IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF / EDWARD PLANTAGENET, HER BROTHER / BAPTIZED IN THIS CHURCH AUG. 26. 1848. / LOST IN H.M.S. CAPTAIN AT MIDNIGHT SEPT. 6. 1870. / "Even so Father for so it seemed good in thy sight." / "Watch and pray"'

Details

Vessel: HMS Captain

People

Hume, Edward Plantagenet
Age:
Date of Death: 6/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Colin Harris 1992
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