Memorial

A W Floyd

Tablet

Source: Copyright Brian Mawdsley

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Current Location

Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Romney Road (A206), Greenwich, Greenwich, Greater London, SE10 9LW, England

TQ 38630 77920

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 46492
Description: TRIANGULAR HEADED WHITE MARBLE TABLET MOUNTED ONTO A BLACK MARBLE BACKBOARD. INCISED INSCRIPTION. PLAQUE GIVING DETAILS OF THE PREVIUOS HOME OF THE TABLET IS PLACED BELOW IT. ANCHOR CARVED IN RELIEF ABOVE THE INSCRIPTION TABLET WITH A SMALL PART OF AN ANCHOR CHAIN CARVED AT THE BASE OF THE TABLET.
Inscription: TABLET: IN MEMORY OF/ ARTHUR WELLESLEY FLOYD/ YOUNGEST SON OF/ MAJOR GENERAL SIR HENRY FLOYD, BART./ FORMERLY A PUPIL OF THIS SCHOOL/ AND NAVAL CADET OF H.M.S. "MARLBOROUGH"/ WHO DIED AT GIBRALTAR HOSPITAL,/ NOVEMBER 28TH 1839,/ AND IS BURIED IN THE CEMETERY/ NORTH FRONT/ BY KIND PERMISSION OF THE COUNCIL/ OF THE ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL,/ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS PARENTS./ "I SENT YOU OUT IN MOURNING AND WEEPING,/ BUT GOD WILL GIVE YOU TO ME AGAIN WITH/ JOY AND GLADNESS FOR EVER"/ BARUCH 1V_23/ "HE SHALL GIVE HIS NAGELS CHARGE OVER THESE"/ LIKE IV_10/ "THE WILL OF THE LORD BE DONE"/ ACTS XXI1_14./ AETAT. XIV. PLAQUE: THESE TABLETS WERE REMOVED/ FROM THE CHAPEL OF THE ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL, ELTHAM,/ WHEN THAT ESTABLISHMENT WAS CLOSED IN 1910,/ AND WERE PLACED HERE BY PERMISSION OF/ THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY.

War: Military Service
Number Commemorated: 1
Served: 1
Died: 1
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