Memorial: M5629

Memorial at All Saint’s Church, Jakarta, Indonesia commemorating Lieutenant William Barrett HEIC d. 1814

Location

All Saint's Church, Jakarta, Indonesia, Rest of the World

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / WILLIAM BARRETT, ESQRE. / FORMERLY A LIEUTENANT IN / THE HONBELE (SIC) COMPANYS MARINE / AND LATELY IMPT & EXPT WARE HOUSE KEEPER AT BATAVIA / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIVE [SIC] ON THE 8TH SEPT / 1814 / AGED 34 YEARS. / O! HOW UNCERTAIN ARE THE DAYS OF MEN / CERTAIN TO DIE BUT YET UNCERTAIN WHEN / AN INSTANCE HERE YOU HAVE BEFORE YOUR EYES / HOW SOON THE HELTHIEST (SIC) MAN'S CUT DOWN DIES / AT MORN I ROSE IN HELTH (SIC) AND IN MY BLOOM / AND ERE THE SUN WAS SET MY GLASS HAD RUN / READER REFLECT PREPARE TO FOLLOW ME / FOR NEXT GRAVE THAT'S MADE MAY BE / FOR THEE'

Details

People

Barrett, William
Age: 35
Date of Death: 8/9/1814
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant HEIC
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Photographer: Ruth Mary Hall 2007

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters