Memorial: M3371

Gravestone at Upper Park Street Burial Ground, Pembroke Dock commemorating John Harding RM d. 1850

Location

Upper Park Street Burial Ground, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Transcript

'Except the Lord direct our feet / And guide with gracious care / At every step we danger meet / In every path a snare / Then reader, pause, who'ere thou art / As thus my grave you view / Remember thou from life must part, / Perhaps as quickly too'

Details

Type: Gravestone

People

Harding, John
Age: 32
Date of Death: 10/10/1850
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines

Extra

Notes: Died after falling into unfenced dry moat of the barracks.
Bibliography: Lawrence Phillips 'Royal Marines Graves at Pembroke Dock', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 68, p. 437 (Greenwich, 1982).

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