Memorial: M5746

Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating Captain George Probyn HEIC and Lieutenant Francis Corbin Probyn RN, both d. 1855

Location

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTN GEORGE PROBYN, / OF THE EAST INDIA Cos / LATE MARITIME SERVICE. / AN ELDER BROTHER OF THE TRINITY HSE / AND A J OF PEACE / FOR THE COUNTY OF MDSX. / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / AT HIS RESIDENCE, 21 BRYANSTONE Sqre, ON THE 25TH NOVEMBER 1855, / IN HIS 59TH YEAR OF AGE. / ALSO IN MEMORY OF ALICIA, HIS WIFE, / DAUGHTER OF SIR FRANCIS WORKMAN MACHNATEN, BART. / SHE DIED AT HOMBURG NEAR FRANKFURT ON THE MAINE. / ON THE 9TH SEPTEMBER 1864, AGED 57. / AND IS BURIED HERE. / ALSO IN MEMORY OF / FRANCIS CORBIN PROBYN / LIEUTENANT IN THE ROYAL NAVY. / 2ND SON OF THE ABOVE NAMED / GEORGE PROBYN / AND OF ALICIA HIS WIFE / WHO DIED AT SEA ON HIS PASSAGE, / FROM THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA / ON THE 24TH DAY OF APRIL 1855, / AGED 26 YEARS. / O DEATH! WHERE IS THY STING, O GRAVE!/WHERE IS THY VICTORY? THE STING OF DEATH / IS SIN AND THE STRENGTH OF SIN IS THE LAW. / BUT THANKS BE TO GOD WHICH GIVETH US THE / VICTORY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.'

Details

Description: Flat slab and large pedestal. Pedestal has two anchors in the corners.
Type: Slab
Position: 12,834/104/?
Artists: E.M. Lander

Event

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Probyn, George
Age: 59
Date of Death: 25/11/1855
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain HEIC
Organisation: Honourable East India Company, Trinity House
Probyn, Francis Corbin
Age: 26
Date of Death: 24/04/1855
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Also named are William George Probyn eldest son and his wife Charlotte Langfield Probyn.
Photographer: Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh ©RMG

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters