St. Peter's Church Portishead Memorial Inscriptions

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Large obelisk shape tomb.

East side.

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
JAMES BARNES, ESQUIRE
OF PRESTEIGNE RADNORSHIRE;
FOR MANY YEARS
MAJOR COMMANDANT
OF THE ROYAL RADNOR MILITIA
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
AT PORTISHEAD,
ON THE 21^ST JUNE 1853,
IN THE 65^TH YEAR OF HIS AGE.
ALSO IN MEMORY OF
HANNAH BARNES,
HIS BELOVED WIFE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
AT HAMMERSMITH,
ON THE 12^TH SEPTEMBER 1853.
IN THE 61^ST YEAR OF HER AGE.
THEIR REMAINS REST TOGETHER BENEATH THIS TOMB
AFTER AN EARTHLY UNION OF 41 YEARS.

North side.

ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF
COLONEL DRURY BARNES.
LATE 45^TH AND 2^ND BATT^N 14^TH REGT^S.
WHO WAS FOR MANY YEARS DEP^Y ASS^T
ADJ^T GENERAL, AND AFTERWARDS
CHIEF INSTRUCTOR OF MUSKETRY,
AT HYTHE, KENT.
BORN 15^TH JANUARY 1830
DIED 27^TH AUGUST 1893
AGED 63 YEARS.

Ref 1853R374 (James) 1853R377 (Hannah) 1893R729

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