Memorial

Able Seaman Percival H. May R.N.

A marble tablet with a cream decorated surround with the impression of an anchor and coiled rope.

Source: Paul Cooper

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Current Location

St Margaret of Antioch Church, Newmarket Road, Cowlinge, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk, CB8 9QA, England

TL 71845 52929

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 110171
Description: A marble tablet with a cream decorated surround with the impression of an anchor and coiled rope.
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / PERCIVAL H MAY. R.N. / ABLE SEAMAN OF H.M.S. CUMBERLAND / WHO DIED AT NEW YORK / NOV 22ND 1905, AGED 20 YEARS. / LORD ALL PITYING JESU BLEST / GRANT HIM THINE ETERNAL REST / ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS AND MEN / H.M.S. CUMBERLAND

War: Military Service
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Name, service, rank, ship, place and date of death, age at death
Order of names: As above

Tablet

Height: c914mm

Width: c1219mm

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good