Memorial: M6546

 

Gravestone at St George’s, Deal, Kent, commemorating George Alanby Binnie d. 1835

Location

St George's Church, Deal, Kent, England

Transcript

'This stone / PERPETUATES THE MEMORY OF / GEORGE ALANBY BINNEEY / WHOSE REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED HERE / HE DEPARTED THIS [LIFE] / JULY 29TH 18... / ... PRIME OF MANHOOD / ... OVER EXERTION IN...'

Details

Description: The inscription (largely illegible) on a draped cloth tied in bunches at the upper corners, above a foul anchor and rudder.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone
Vessel: Lord Lyndoch

People

Binnie, George Alanby
Age: 38
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: The parish registers note the burial of Binnie, George, Captain, 38 years of the 'Lord Lindoch' in the Downs July 31 1835. 'Lloyd's Register' 1835 lists 'Lord Lyndoch' built Calcutta, 1815, port - London - (there was a smaller vessel of the same name based in Perth). Binnie is not listed in Lloyd's Register as the master.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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