Memorial No. | 148 |
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Surname(s) | McCREDIE, SCOTT |
Memorial Type (1) | 2 |
Number Commemorated | 2 |
Material | Stone, Sandstone |
Stonemason | |
Number of Components | 1 |
Condition of Monument (3) | 1 Sound, in situ |
Condition of Inscription (4) | 3 Mainly decipherable, becoming increasingly pitted and crumbling. |
Dimensions in mm | H 1130 x W 800 x D 140 |
Orientation (2) | 2 |
Faces Inscribed (2) | 2 |
Technique of Inscription | |
Inscription 1 | ERECTED BY EUPHEMIA McCREDIE THE MEMORY OF HER BELOVED BROTHER WILLIAM SCOTT McCREDIE STAFF ASSISTANT SURGEON AGE 34 YEARS WHO TO THE INEXPRESSABLE SORROW OF HIS RELATIONS WAS DROWNED ON 13 OCT 1840 BY THE UPSETTING OF A BOAT MIDDLE OF ST GEORGE'S HARBOUR BERMUDA. WE REGRET IN RECORDING THIS SAD ACCIDENT. IT WILL BE SYMPATHISED IN BY MANY FOR HE WAS DESERVEDLY ESTEEMED NOT ONLY FOR THE SKILL AND READINESS WITH WHICH HIS PROFESSIONAL LABOURS WERE EXTENDED TO ALL WHO NEEDED THEM WHETHER MILITARY OR CIVIL BUT FOR THE SAD.. AND KINDNESS WHICH MARKED --- TER--RSE WITH --- FRIENDS IN GRATITUDE |
Inscription 2 | BERMUDA. WE REGRET IN RECORDING THIS SAD ACCIDENT. IT WILL BE SYMPATHISED IN BY MANY FOR MR McCREDIE WAS DESERVEDLY ESTEEMED NOT ONLY FOR THE SKILL AND READINESS WITH WHICH HIS PROFESSIONAL LABOURS WERE EXTENDED TO ALL WHO NEEDED THEM WHETHER MILITARY OR CIVIL BUT FOR THE SAD.. AND KINDNESS WHICH MARKED --- TER--RSE WITH --- FRIENDS IN GRATITUDE DIED OCTOBER 1840 MARGARET SCOTT AGED -- YEARS ?WIDOW OF THE LATE ------McCREDIE---ORY |
(1) : 1 Flat, 2 Head, 3 Tomb, 4 Foot, 5. Other
(2) : 1 North, 2 North East, 3 East, 4 South East, 5 South, 6 South West, 7 West, 8 North West
(3) : 1 Sound in situ, 2 Sound displaced, 3 Leaning or falling apart, 4 collapsed, 5 Overgrown
(4) : 1 Mint, 2 Clear but worn, 3 Mainly decipherable, 4 Traces, 5 Illegible or destroyed
Information recorded 23/08/1987 by ANN WATTERS
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