Memorial details

Memorial type
Other memorial
District
North Kesteven
Town
Navenby
County
Lincolnshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Unknown
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
88369

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Current location

South side of the chancel between the altar and choir stalls.
St Peters Church
Church Lane
Navenby
North Kesteven
Lincolnshire
LN5 0EG
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 98649 57842
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
A white marble slab inlaid in the floor, inscription incised and picked out in black.
Inscription
IN/ Memory of/ Lieutenant DEARING JONES/ OF his Majesty's thirty third/ Regiment of Infantry,/ only Son of/ the Revd DEARING JONES/ Rector of this church./ He departed this Life/ the 27th day of May 1786/ Aged 28 Years/ well respected in his Profession/ No youth no strength against the hand of Fate prevail/ When Heaven decrees in all their power alas how frail./ O fallacem hominum spem fragilemque fortunam. ‘Translated as Ah, how treacherous men's hopes’.
Inscription legible?
no
Names on memorial
Jones, Dearing
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Commemorations
  • Unknown
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, regiment, date of death, age at death, relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 1530mm, width 865mm
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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