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Ly J G Harrington, date of photo estimated as not stated by IWM - Taken by © Sue Cooper (WMR-97875) 26 Sep 2020
Reference WMO/305584
Edit memorial name, location & address- Stone Marble
- Revolutionary/Napoleonic (1792-1815)
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SACRED TO THE MEMORY/ OF/ LIEUTENANT JAMES GASTRELL HARRINGTON/ THE ROYAL NAVY/ THIS CENTOTAPH HAS BEEN ERECTED BY HIS/ AFFLICTED PARENTS/ JAMES HARRINGTON ESQR. OF THE PARISH SURGEON/ AND HARRIET, HIS WIFE./ TO THE SCIENCE OF THE OFFICER/ HE UNITED/ THE SKILL OF THE SEAMAN./ WITH AN EFFECT WHICH IN THE DISCHARGE OF DUTY/ SECURED THE APPROBATION OF HIS COMMANDER/ AND WON THE AFFECTION OF HIS CREW./ HE NEVER OMITTED ZEALOUSLY TO SOLICIT SERVICE/ IN THE HOUR OF DANGER/ AND ALWAYS JUSTIFIED THE CONFIDENCE REPOSED IN HIM BY THE DISPLAY OF ENERGY AND COURAGE/ HE WAS IN THE PRIME OF MANHOOD AND HAD MADE/ A STEADY PROGRESS IN THE PATH/ WHICH WAS CONDUCTING HIM TO FURTHER EMINENCE/ WHEN A FEVER FRUSTRATED THE ARDENT EXPECTATIONS/ OF HIS FRIENDS WHO LOVED HIM./ THEY DEEPLY DEPLORE HIS LOSS BUT ARE CONSOLED/ BY INDULGING THE CHRISTIAN HOPE/ THAT WHILE HIS MORTAL REMAINS REST ENTOMBED/ IN A DISTANT LAND,/ HIS SPIRIT IS RETURNED TO GOD/ WHO GAVE IT/ J.G.H. WAS BORN NOVR.2D. 1787: DIED MAY 10TH.1812, AND WAS BURIED ON THE FOLLOWING DAY/ WITH MILITARY HONORS, NEAR MAHON, IN MINORCA./ THE GRAVE IS COVERED WITH A PLATFORM OF STONE, ON WHICH A MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED/ BY HIS UNCLE, ROBERT PLAMPIN ESQR. CAPTAIN OF THE H.M.S. OCEAN.
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