Memorial plaque
Category
Stone
Date
Unknown
Materials
Marble
Measurements
610 x 1160 mm
Order this imageCollection
Cotehele, Cornwall
NT 348226
Summary
Marble rectangular memorial tablet to the memory of Piers Edgcumbe (1914-40) who was killed in action at Dunkirk. He was the heir to the 6th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe.
Provenance
Transferred from the Chapel at Mount Edgcumbe House.
Marks and inscriptions
TO THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD/AND IN EVER LOVING MEMORY/OF/PIERS RICHARD/THE ONLY SON OF KENELM WILLIAM EDWARD SIXTH/EARL OF MOUNT EDGCUMBE AND LILIAN AGNES HIS WIFE/THIS SANCTUARY IS DEDICATED/THAT THOSE WHO COME SEEKING SOLACE/ IN THE COMFORTABLE WORDS AND HEALING TOUCH/OF OUR LORD SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST/MAY HERE FIND/THAT PEACE OF GOD/WHICH PASSETH ALL UNDERSTANDING (Incised Roma lettering, painted gold)