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Ordinary Seaman Peter Malcolm Yarrow

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Reference WMO/143536

Address:

St Peter Graveyard

Hever Road

Hever

TN8 7NH

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Addition to Gravestone
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Stone of remembrance. This is Gordon's war grave.
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IN VERY LOVING / AND TENDER MEMORY OF TWO SONS / FLIGHT LIEUT. GORDON YARROW / BORN 19TH JUNE 1917 / KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE / 30TH MARCH 1941 / SO, AIRMAN THERE YOU LIE, YOUR DUTY DONE. / AND EVENING FALLS. AND NOW YOUR FRIEND THE SUN / WITH WHOM YOU USED TO PLAY, / HOW MANY A HAPPY DAY, / COMES DOWN THE SKY TO KISS YOUR QUIET EYES, / TOUCHING OUR SHROUDED HEARTS WITH GOLDEN MEMORIES. / AND /ORDY. SEAMAN PETER YARROW / BORN 20TH NOVEMBER 1921 / KILLED IN ACTION IN H.M.S. HOOD / 24TH MAY 1941 / SMILING YOU LEFT US, / GAY IN YOUR PRIDE, / BLITHELY YOU FOUGHT, / LAUGHING YOU DIED. / WISE WAS YOUR LAUGHTER, / JUST WAS YOUR PRIDE, / FOR CHRIST WAS YOUR CAPTAIN: / FOR HIM YOU DIED.

GORDON YARROW, PETER YARROW

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