Memorial

Commander D C Roe

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Current Location

ST PAULS CHURCH, Drake's Trail, Axtown, Buckland Monachorum, , Yelverton, West Devon, Devon, PL20 6BP, England

SX 52092 67743

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 2917
Description: Described as a "Framed Sculpted Memorial"
Inscription: IN MEMORIAM /PAYR. COMR. DONOVAN C ROE RN /DROWNED (BY ENEMY ACTION) ON BOARD HMS HOOD MAY 1941/A BENEFACTOR OF ST PETERS YELVESTON/"THEIR WORLD DO FOLLOW THEM" IN OUR DAY OF THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER LET US OFFER/FOR THOSE WHO BEFORE US HAVE FOUND THEIR REWARD/WHEN THE SHADOW OF DEATH FELL UPON THEM WE SORROWED/BUT NOW WE REJOICE THAT THEY REST IN THE FORD/IN THE MEANING OF LIFE, AND AT NOON AND AT SEA,/HE CALLED THEM AWAY FROM OUR WORSHIP BELOW,/BUT NOT TILL HIS LOVE AT THE FONT AND THE ALTAR/HAD GIRT THEM WITH GRACE FOR THE WAY THEY SHOULD GO./THESE STONES THAT HAVE ECHO'D THEIR PRAISES ARE HOLY,/AND DEAR IS THE GROUND WHERE THEIR FEET HAVE ONCE TROD,/YET HERE THEY CONFESSED THEY WERE STRANGERS AND PILGRIMS,/AND STILL THEY WERE SINGING THE CITY OF GOD./SING PRAISE THEN FOR ALL WHO HAVE SOUGHT AND FOUND THEM,/WHOSE JOURNEY IS ENDED, WHOSE PERILS ARE PAST;/THEY BELIEVED IN THE LIGHT AND ITS GLORY IS ROUND THEM,/WHERE THE CLOUDS OF EARTH'S SORROW AND LIFTED AT LAST./NO.746 A & M/REQUIESCAT IN PACE

Frame

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good

Made from: Paper

Condition: Good