Memorial

Chester Cathedral - First Lieutenant J A Payne

The memorial tablet

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Current Location

On the West wall, Chester Cathedral, South Transept, St Werburgh Street, Chester, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 2DY, England

SJ 40551 66468

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 18315
Description: Dark grey granite tablet set into the sandstone wall, with gilded incised inscription. A cross is incised at the centre with a crest to the left and an anchor to the right along the top.
Inscription: TO THE MEMORY OF ARTHUR JOHN PAYNE / SON OF THE REV. DR. PAYNE, R.N. RECTOR OF DELAMERE, / FIRST LIEUTENANT OF H.M.S. TAURANGA, / WHO WAS DROWNED / DURING A GALE OFF THE COAST OF NEW ZEALAND / WHILE IN THE EXECUTION OF HIS DUTY, / BORN JANUARY 17TH 1872 / ENTERED INTO REST OCTOBER 13TH 1904. / TO ME TO LIVE IN CHRIST, AND TO DIE IS GAIN. PHIL. 1:21. / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE CAPTAIN & OFFICERS OF THIS SHIP, / AND THE SHIP'S COMPANY.

War: Military Service
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional

Tablet

Height: C 19IN

Width: C 28IN

Made from: Granite - Black

Condition: Unknown