Thursday, July 24, 2014

William Nathaniel Basten died 1905

To The Cherished Memory
of
WILLIAM NATHANIEL BASTEN
BORN 30TH JANUARY 1835
DIED 18TH FEBRUARY 1905

I HOPE TO SEE MY
PILOT FACE  TO FACE
WHEN I HAVE
CROSSED THE BAR

William Mumford died 1914

....MEMORY OF
W
ILLIAM MUMFORD
.....LEFT...THE 3RD DEC 1914

DEATH DIVIDES
...MEMORY LINGERS

George Henry Mumford died 1901

In  Memory
of
GEORGE HENRY MUMFORD
BURMAH POLICE
DIED 30TH JULY 1901
AGED 30 YEARS

AND

MARY ANNIE MUMFORD
HIS LOVING MOTHER
DIED 25TH FEBRUARY 1914
AGED 78 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 8 DAYS

Robert Joseph Jones died 1895


                In
       loving memory

    ROBERT JOSEPH
THE BELOVED SON
              OF
William & Anne Jones
   Born 12th Feb 1875
    Died 6th July 1895

And now O Lord do with me according to Thy will and command my spirit to be received i peace for it is better for me to die than to live.

Pte Christopher Hall died 1878

There remains no signs of any inscription, not one letter! Of course in this case the stone has flaked off but hat is a water tank with a shallow trough and taps. The grave at the side is in worse condition.


            BELOW

SACRED TO THE   MEMORY
             OF

           Pte CHRISTOPHER HALL
               D.Co H.M. 73rd Regt
   WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE
             17TH JULY 1879
              AGED 37 YEARS
DEEPLY REGRETED (sic) BY ALL HIS BROTHER COMRADES
WHO MOURN HIS LOSS
EARTH'S FLEETING JOYS HE COUNTED NOUGHT
FOR HIGHER TRUER JOYS HE SOUGHT
AND...................................

Kate Ryan died 1893

            Sacred to the ever Loving Memory of

                                KATE

            THE DEARLY LOVED WIFE OF
               JOHN ALOYSIUS RYAN

            ACCOUNTS BRANCH P.W.D.
     WHO DIED ON THE 5TH FEBRUARY 1893
          IN THE 41ST YEAR OF HER AGE
          ON WHOSE SOUL SWEET JESUS
                  HAVE MERCY

Theodore L. Crawley died 1893

                       In
           Fond Memory of
    THEODORE L. CRAWLEY
      DIED 28TH MARCH 1893
           AGED 66 YEARS
                      RIP

DEAREST FATHER THOU HAS LEFT US
HERE THY LOSS WE DEEPLY FEEL;
BUT 'TIS GOD THAT HATH BEREFT US,
HE CAN ALL OUR SORROWS HEAL
YET AGAIN WE HOPE TO MEET THEE,
WHEN THE DAY OF LIFE IS FLED;
THEN IN HEAVEN WITH JOY WE'LL
                                        GREET THEE
WHERE NO FAREWELL TEAR IS SHED.