Memorial: M5187

Gravestone at the British Cemetery, Cephalonia, Greece commemorating Arthur Edwin Dawson RN d. 1862

Location

British Cemetery, Cephalonia, Greece, Rest of the World

Transcript

'TO THE / MEMORY / OF ARTHUR EDWIN DAWSON / OF HMS MARLBOROUGH / DIED JUNE 1 1862. AGED 18 / HE FELL FROM ALOFT IN THE EXECUTION OF HIS DUTY / WHAT RECKS HE NOW, CAN HE FEEL THE RAYS / THIS SULTRY SUN SHEDS O'ER HIM / OR SHARE THE GRIEF THAT MAY CLOUD THE DAYS / OF THE FRIENDS WHO NOW DEPLORE HIM / NO: HIS BARK'S AT ANCHOR, HER SAILS ARE FURLED / ESCAP'D THE STORMS DEEP CHIDING / AND SAFE FROM THE BUFFETING WAVES OF THE WORLD / IN A HAVEN OF REST IS RIDING'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Materials: Stone
Vessel: HMS Marlborough

People

Dawson, Arthur Edwin
Age: 18
Date of Death: 4/6/1862
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Michael Armstrong 'Set in Stone', 'Family Tree Magazine'May 2004, p. 16.

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Maritime Memorials