Memorial

Midshipman A A Ashington

Alfred Angelo Ashington

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 88453
Description: Wall mounted, landscape orientated, white stone tablet on a slate background. Incised inscription picked out in black.
Inscription: IN MEMORYOF/ ALFRED ANGELO ASHINGTON/ MIDSHIPMAN ROYAL NAVY, SECOND AND BELOVED/ SON OF HENRY AND FRANCES DENTON ASHINGTON/ BORN 3RD DECEMBER 1852. HE WAS LOST IN THE/ 18TH YEAR OF HIS AGE IN H.M.S. CAPTAIN WHICH/ FOUNDERED OFF CAPE FINISTERRE ON THE MORNING OF/ OF THE 7TH SEPTEMBER 1870./ "YEA SPEEDILY WAS HE TAKEN AWAY, LEST THAT/ WICKEDNESS SHOULD ALTER HIS UNDERSTANDING,/ OR DECEIT BEGUILE HIS SOUL" / "FATHER, NOT MY WILL, BUT THINE, BE DONE." BENNISON, SLEAFORD

War: Military Service
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Surname, forenames, rank, service, age and date of death, place of death, relationships

Tablet

Height: 820mm

Width: 1020mm

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

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