Memorial in Cooling church to sailor drowned off Rio de Janeiro, including extract from Captain's log. DETAILS IN DESCRIPTION.

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The memorial (legible in photograph) reads: 'IN MEMORY OF / JOHN WILLIAM / ELDEST SON OF JOHN MURTON / OF COOLING CASTLE, / WHO ON HIS PASSAGE TO CALCUTTA / IN THE SHIP "MONARCH", / FELL OVERBOARD AND WAS DROWNED / WHEN OFF RIO DE JANEIRO, / IN THE EVENING 22ND SEPTEMBER 1852, / IN THE 28TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. / "AND SO PERISHED / "ONE OF THE FINEST AND / "BEST HEARTED SEAMEN / "WHO EVER TROD A SHIP'S DECK . . . I HAVE LOST / "A TRUSTWORTHY OFFICER, AND A VALUED FRIEND . . . / "PEACE BE TO HIS REMAINS." / EXTRACT FROM CAPTN ARROW'S LOG.'

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Size: 2361px × 3555px
Location: Cooling, Kent, England, UK
Photo credit: © UrbanImages / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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