Memorial at Hove to Sub Lieutenant Alexander Stewart Cleeve d. 1888
Location
All Saints Church, Hove, Brighton & Hove, England
Transcript
'To the Glory of GOD / and in sacred memory of / ALEXANDER STEWART CLEEVE / Sub Lieutenant Royal Navy who departed / this life 8 December 1888 at Hove / from the climatic effects of service on the West Coast / of Africa in HMS GOSHAWK he was / Born in Aldershot 1 December 1863 son of / COLONEL STEWART ALEXANDER CLEEVE / late 51st Light Infantry and the late / MARIA his wife and grandson of the late / WILLIAM CLEEVE Colonel on the /Staff of the Royal Artillery Knight of Saint / Louis of France for distinguished services.' [Motto] 'POSCE IPSUM TE'.
Details
Description: Inscription within decorative arch, a cross above, the family arms, crest and motto below.
Type: Brass
Materials: Brass
Vessel: HMS Goshawk
Type: Brass
Materials: Brass
Vessel: HMS Goshawk
People
Cleeve, Alexander Stewart
Age: 25
Date of Death: 8/12/1888
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Sub Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age: 25
Date of Death: 8/12/1888
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Sub Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: NADFAS photo on file.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 2014
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 2014