Memorial: M4744

Memorial at West Ham Cemetery commemorating Albert Edward Vere Wardale d. 1922 in the loss of the ‘Egypt’

Location

Cemetery, West Ham, London, England

Transcript

'In / Loving /Memory / of / ALBERT EDWARD VERE WARDALE / THE BELOVED SON OF / NELLIE MAY V WARDALE; / DROWNED AT SEA ON THE ILL-FATED / S.S. EGYPT / MAY 20TH 1922, AGED 25 YEARS / INTERRED HERE JULY 24TH 1922 / SO LOVED, SO MISSED, SO MOURNED , MOTHER / ROCKS AND STORMS I FEAR NO MORE / WHEN ON THAT ETERNAL SHORE / DROP THE ANCHOR AND FURL THE SAIL / I AM SAFE WITHIN THE VALE'

Details

Description: Cross on stepped plinth, lead letters.
Type: Cross
Vessel: Egypt

People

Wardale, Albert Edward Vere
Age: 25
Date of Death: 20/5/1922
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: P & O Line

Extra

Notes: Drowned in 'Egypt' foundered off Ushant 1922.
Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 272.

JSON

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