Ref NoCROWE/PIC/F191852/24
AltRefNoF191852-24
CollectionCatherine Crowe Collection
TitleThe Grave, in Cheriton Road Cemetery, Folkestone, of Captain John William Crowe, his Wife and Daughter
DateAug 1971
Extent1 item
DescriptionWritten on accompanying note: 'Photographed August 1971 by Geoffrey Larken. The Grave, in Cheriton Road Cemetery, Folkestone, of Captain John William Crowe, his Wife and Daughter. In the centre, beneath a white marble cross carved with lilies and inscribed, lies Mrs. Jacobson - to her right her father and to her left her mother, each under an engraved shield resting on the ground. The three tombs are enclosed within a low curb and surrounded with loose white marble chippings. Inscriptions:- In loving memory of Edith the dearly loved wife of Alfred Jacobson, late 6th. Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) Born 5th. Aug. 1850 Died 20th. Dec. 1887. "But O for the touch of a vanished hand,/ And the sound of a voice that is still." John William Crowe late 83rd. Regiment, only son of Lt. Col. John Crowe, K.H., H.<. 32nd. Regiment. Born 19th. July 1823 Died 25th. May 1901. Euphemia Crowe 3rd. daughter of the late Major Archibald Menzies, 42nd. Royal Highlanders. Born 31st. Aug. 1826 Died 15th. May 1893.'
CategoryPhotographs
Postcards
Access conditionsThis material is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk).
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