Memorial: M3487

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating William Pollard d. 1896

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'In loving memory / WILLIAM HENRY POLLARD / H.M.S. BLAKE / who died February 15th 1896 / Aged 33 years / Farewell dear wife and children
too / I can no longer stay with you / heavy affliction day by day / has took my mortal life away'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 247
Vessel: HMS Blake

People

Pollard, William Henry
Age: 33
Date of Death: 15/2/1896
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987

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