Memorial

W E Browne

David Ayling Oct 2017

Source: Copyright David Ayling Oct 2017

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Current Location

Plot K, Plumstead Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Welling, Greenwich, Greater London, SE2 0PB, England

TQ 46660 77348

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 73677
Description: Addition to gravestone
Inscription: .../ALSO OF/WILLIAM EDGAR BROWNE R.M.A./OF H.M.S. LION/ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE./WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY/IN THE NAVAL BATTLE OF JUTLAND MAY 31ST 1916./AGED 34 YEARS./I CANNOT KNEEL BESIDE HIS GRAVE/FOR HE SLEEPS IN THE SECRET SEA/AND NOT ONE GENTLE WHISPERING WAVE/WILL TELL THE PLACE TO ME/BUT THOUGH UNSEEN BY HUMAN EYES/THOUGH MORTALS KNOW IT NOT/HIS FATHER KNOWETH WHERE HE IS/AND ANGELS MARK THE SPOT/...

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Forenames, surname, service, ship, relationship, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age

Gravestone

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good