Memorial: M5100

Memorial in the Old English Cemetery, Livorno, Italy commemorating Alexander Mackay RN d. 1817

Location

Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Here lies interred / in hopes of a happy resurrection / Alexander Mackay Seaman / a native of Aberdeen in North Britain / aged 28 years / who departed this life the 6th day / of March 1817. / He served the Almighty with humility / his King and Country with Courage / he did that unto his neighbours / which he wished them to do to him / and died happy. / This stone is erected / by Alexander Stephenson / master of the Flora of Aberdeen. / In token of regard / for the faithful services of the deceased'

Details

Vessel: Flora

People

Mackey, Alexander
Age: 28
Date of Death: 6/3/1817
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: G.G. Milner-Gibson Cullum; Francis Campbell MaCauley 'The inscriptions in the old British cemetery of Leghorn' (Leghorn, 1906) p.3.

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters