Memorial: M5621

Gravestone in Spion Kop Cemetery, Hartlepool commemorating Thomas Sheffield d. 1863

Location

Spion Kop Cemetery, Hartlepool, Hartlepool, England

Transcript

'In / MEMORY OF / MAGDALENE / THE BELOVED WIFE OF / WILLIAM SHEFFELD, MARINER / WHO DIED AUGUST 1ST 1865 / AGED 58 YEARS / Her end was peace [verse] / ALSO WILLIAM GEORGE THIRD SON OF / THE ABOVE WHO DIED MAY 17TH 1881 / AGED 10 YEARS / ALSO THOMAS ELDEST SON OF THE / ABOVE WHO WAS DROWNED AT SEA / IN THE BARQUE FLYING SPRAY OF / HARTLEPOOL 1863 AGED 20 YEARS / ALSO SAMUEL SMITH SECOND SON OF / THE ABOVE WHO DIED IN INFANCY AND / WAS INTERRED IN STEPNEY / CHURCH YARD LONDON'

Details

Description: Gothic style headstone.
Type: Gravestone
Materials: Sandstone
Vessel: Flying Spray

People

Sheffield, Thomas
Age: 20
Date of Death: 1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

JSON

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