Memorial: M5730

Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating Alexander Johnston d. 1869 in the loss of the SS ‘United Kingdom’

Location

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Transcript

[Curved around the round inlay] 'IN LOVING MEMORY OF' [Under the inlay]. 'ALEXANDER JOHNSTON / OF CAMICROSS ISLE OF SKYE / LOST AT SEA WITH S.S. UNITED KINGDOM. 1869 / BARBARA CAMPBELL HIS WIFE. / DIED 25 DEC. 1906 AGED 87 YEARS. / INTERRED AT KILMORE ISLE OF SKYE. / JANET THEIR 4TH DAUGHTER / DIED 5 FEB 1906 AGED 45 YEARS / MARGARET THEIR ELDEST DAUGHTER / 5 APRIL 1915 AGED 65 YEARS / CATHERINE, THEIR 3RD DAUGHTER / BELOVED WIFE OF GEORGE W. ROSS / DIED 6 FEB 1929 AGED 75 YEARS 'SHE HATH DONE WHAT SHE COULD'. MARK XIV 8.'

Details

Description: Curved tombstone with curbs and a footstone with a round inlay with an anchor at the top.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Section 132
Materials: Stone
Vessel: SS 'United Kingdom'

People

Johnston, Alexander
Age:
Date of Death: 1869
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: 'The Times' 12 July 1869 p. 10. Report from Philadelphia 29 June 'Our people have given up all hope of the steamer United Kingdom, now 74 days out from Glasgow, and it is generally believed she struck an iceberg and went down with all on board.
Photographer: Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh ©RMG

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters