Memorial
A G Alleyne And C S F Alleyne
Current Location
ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE SANCTUARY, ST MARYS CHURCH, Kentisbeare, Mid Devon, Devon, England
OS Grid Reference
ST 068 081
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 25321
- Description
- RECTANGULAR WHITE MARBLE BASE ON SMALL PLINTHS SUPPORTING A COFFIN-SHAPED MARBLE DESIGN WITH A MARBLE CORNICE SURMOUNTED BY A PEDIMENT ON WHICH IS A CROSS AND ANCHOR ENTWINED IN RELIEF. WHOLE IS MOUNTED ON A BLACK MARBLE SURROUND. INSCRIPTION IN INCISED BLACK LETTERING
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ ARTHUR GORE ALLEYNE/ ELDEST SON OF THE REV. 1(SIC) FORSTER ALLEYNE/ RECTOR OF KENTISBEARE./ HE WAS MIDSHIPMAN OF H.M.S. CURACOA/ AND DIED OF FEVER/ ON BOARD THAT SHIP JANUARY 26TH 1861/ AGED 19 YEARS/ DEEPLY REGRETTED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM./ HIS REMAINS WREE INTERRED IN THE ENGLISH CENETERY/ AT MONTE VIDEO, S.E. COAST OF AMERICA/ WHERE A SIMPLE MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED/ OVER HIS GRAVE BY ALL HIS SHIPMATES./ ALSO IN MEMORY OF/ CHARLES STUART FORSTER ALLEYNE/ SECOND AND ONLY SURVIVING SON OF THE ABOVE/ ENSIGN IN H.M.'S 92ND REGT (GORDON HIGHLANDERS)/ WHO DIED AT KENTISBEARE RECTORY,/ NOV. 15TH 1863 AGED 19 YEARS/ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THEIR BEREAVED AND MOST/ AFFECTIONATE PARIENTS./ "THE LORD GAVE, AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY; BLESSED/ BE THE NAME OF THE LORD"
- War
- Military Service
- Number Commemorated
- 2
- Died
- 2
- Information shown
- rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,relationships
- Order of names
- relationships,forename,rank,regiment,manner of death,place of death,year died,age of death,place of burial
- Maker(s)
STEPHENS, Mason
Components
- Backboard
Height: C 1100MM
Width: C 924MM
Depth: C 12MM
Made from: Marble - Black
Condition: Unknown
- Tablet
Height: C 855MM
Width: C 755
Depth: C 70MM
Made from: Marble - White
Condition: Unknown