Tourists, once they’ve tired of the tea-room, wander over to the church just to see this grave, as it's quite fun, and very, very informative. The long citation on it mentions that William fought at the siege of Gibraltar in 1704, as well as the Battle of Ramilles.
So it wasn’t as if he hadn’t lived dangerously.
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That is a lot of text on a gravestone.
ReplyDeletethis is a very simple marker with an awful lot of information!
ReplyDeleteHa ha! That is brilliant. Such a fancinating gravestone.
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Never seen a gravestone with so much script, wonder if he left instructions about what he wanted it to say?
ReplyDeleteMany battles fought with manly courage yet died at 112 within feet of where he was born. Amazing.
ReplyDelete'Billeted by death' ... I like that!
ReplyDeleteNot only was a lot said, but the script and the level lines are immaculate! Plaudits to the stone-mason.
I do like the swathe of grass and that stone wall in the background.
Tea-rooms are places of which I have been known to tire extremely quickly!