Monumental Inscription Detail

Place:

St Andrew, Jevington

Inscription:

IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE
OF
WILLIAM HENRY,
ELDEST AND DEARLY BELOVED
SON OF WILLIAM
AND JANE MARIANNE CLAY
OF JEVINGTON,
WHO WAS KILLED AT READING
AUGUST 29TH 1874
AGED 18 YEARS.
HIS GENEROUS AND AMIABLE
DISPOSITION ENDEARED HIM
TO ALL WHO KNEW HIM
"OUR DAYS UPON EARTH ARE A
SHADOW" - JOB VIII 9
"SO TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR DAYS
DAYS THAT WE MAY APPLY OUR
HEARTS UNTO WISDOM" - PS IX 12
ALSO OF TOBIAS CLAY
BROTHER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED AUGUST 28th 1885
AGED 29 YEARS
THEY WERE ????? IN LIFE
AND IN DEATH THE ?????
.

Monument details:

Type: Stone grave marker (external).

Monument Condition: Good.

Inscription Condition: Good.

Person commemorated (or mentioned):

Last name: Clay.

First Name(s): William.

Birth date: Not given.

Death date: Not given.

Transcription details:

Transcribed by: Mark Collins.

Batch: Unknown.

Image:

Image of a monument

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