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Holy Cross Church Binstead

Child Charles Edward Percival Hill

Title: Child
Forenames: Charles Edward Percival
Surnames: Hill
Date of Death: 28/03/1834
Age at Death Months: 6
Grave Type: Vault
Map Reference Number: RSHG HC002
Plot Number: Binstead Holy Cross Churchyard E2-126
Grave Description: Large chest tomb with moulded top, on deep base, raised text panels on all sides, classical styled corners. Engraved lettering

Grave Condition Description: A substantial solid box memorial but heavy lichen cover and weathering of stone has made inscription difficult to read . The top of the lid was cleared of a thick covering of moss but lettering was very eroded and mostly illegible

Inscription:

West end text panel
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
THOMAS PERCIVAL
(SECOND SON OF THE LATE
EDWARD PERCIVAL M.B.
AND SOPHIA HIS WIFE)
WHO DIED AT POONA IN THE
EAST INDIES ON THE 22ND JULY
1833 IN HIS 20TH YEAR

South side text panel
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ANNA WIFE OF
CHARLES S. HILL AND SECOND DAUGHTER OF THE LATE
EDWARD PERCIVAL M.B. AND SOPHIA HIS WIFE
WHO DIED IN LONDON OCTOBER THE 8TH 1833 IN HER 22ND YEAR
HER REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN THE VAULT BENEATH THE NEW
PARISH CHURCH OF ST PANCRAS MIDDLESEX

FIRM IN HER RELIANCE ON THE DIVINE PROMISE AND RESTING ALL THE
FINISHED WORK OF HER REDEEMER WHO WAS CLEANSED BY HIS PASSION
THROUGH THE DARK VALLEY OF DEATH AND DEPARTED WITH THE WORDS
OF THE PSALMIST ON HER LIPS. HIS ROD, HIS STAFF COMFORT ME.

ALSO OF CHARLES EDWARD PERCIVAL HILL
INFANT SON OF THE ABOVE NAMED CHARLES S. HILL AND ANNA
HIS WIFE WHO DIED IN LONDON ON THE 28TH MARCH 1834
AGED 6 MONTHS AND WHOSE REMAINS LIE BESIDE THOSE OF HIS MOTHER

Top of tomb lid
BENEATH THIS STONE ARE
THE MORTAL REMAINS OF
EDWARD GLEDSTANES
PERCIVAL
... THE BENGAL ARTILLERY ...
ELDEST SON OF THE LATE
EDWARD PERCIVAL M.B.
AND SOPHIA HIS WIFE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON THE 29TH JULY 1831
IN HIS 20TH YEAR

ALSO ELIZABETH SOPHIA PERCIVAL
... DAUGHTER OF THE LATE
EDWARD PERCIVAL M.B.
AND SOPHIA HIS WIFE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON THE 13TH MAY 1835
IN HER 18TH YEAR

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
Percival family vault (on left) July 2020
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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