Memorial

W H Shepheard

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JUNCTION OF FRATTON RD AND ST MARYS RD, ST MARYS CHURCH, Fratton Rd, Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

SU 634 002

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 40719
Description: RECTANGULAR TABLET WITH SEMI CICIRCULAR CUT OUT CORNERS
Inscription: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF WILIAM SHEPHEARD ESQ, A CAPTAIN OF THE ROYAL/ NAVY WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 15TH DECEMBER 1839 AGED 73 YEARS. ALSO OF ANN/ SHEPHEARD WIFE OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED ON THE 16TH. DECEMBER 1821 AGED 51/ YEARS. WHOSE REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN A VAULT NEAR THIS SPOT AND TO THE MEMORY/ WM HENRY SHEPHEARD THEIR ONLY SON WHO PERISHED IN HMS CONFIANCE THE 21ST/ APRIL 1822 AGED 21 YEARS. ALSO OF ELIZA HILLE (NAME ALTERED BY A STONEMASON AND INDISTINCT)/ THEIR ONLY DAUGHTER WHO DIED THE 17TH OF OCTOBER 1838 AGED 40 YEARS

War: Military Service
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Surname, forename, date of death, age at death, manner of death, relationships

Tablet

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good