Memorial
Master-at-Arms J. Gray
Current Location
In the northern section of the churchyard., Holy Trinity Churchyard, Pennyquick, Newton St Loe, Wansdyke, Avon, BA2 9BY, England
OS Grid Reference
ST 70113 64884
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Addition to gravestone
- WMR Reference Number
- 84306
- Description
- Tall headstone with pointed arch.
- Inscription
- Sacred/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ JOHN GRAY,/ THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF/ MARIA CHARLOTTE GRAY,/ LATE MASTER-AT-ARMS OF/ H.M.S. CHARYBDIS,/ WHO DIED AT ESQUIMALT, B.C./ JAN 12TH 1870,/ AGED 35 YEARS./ "IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH."
- War
- Military Service
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- Rank, full name, ship on which serving, date and place of death, age.
- Sponsor Type
- private
Components
- Gravestone
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good
- "Newton St Loe Memorial Inscriptions 2016" by P.J. Bendall (page 67) has inscription and photograph of the stone. The document is accessible at https://www.batharchives.co.uk/sites/bath_record_office/fiels/NSL Memorials updated.pdf
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155702616/john-gray (has photo and inscription of Master-at-Arms John Gray's gravestone in the Veterans Cemetery in Esquimalt, British Columbia, which was erected by Officers and Petty Officers of HMS Charybdis).
- Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette 24/3/1870 (page 5) briefly reported the death at Esquimalt on 12th January of John Gray, describing him as "late of this city" (of Bath).