Mr Albert Maunsell Le Marchant Thomas Le Marchant (Major)
Title: Mr
Forenames: Albert Maunsell Le Marchant
Surnames: Thomas Le Marchant
Date of Death: 23/12/1927
Age at Death Years: 81
Grave Type: Vault
Military Rank: Major
Map Reference Number: RSHG B018 C3
Plot Number: Binstead Old Cemetery Row E Plots 74 - 76
Grave Description: Vault over triple plot, large low ledger stone with plain Latin cross lying on top, engraved lettering. On large rectangular stone base. Surrounding kerbstones with remains of metal posts, railings and decorative metal fencing, complete on west side. Although the vault is over a triple plot, it is in the centre of a much larger area within the kerbs and fencing (covering a possible 8 plots). On the south side (nearest hedge) there is a line of tiling separating off a rectangular area. Does not look like a burial area but could be a re-enforcement of the sloping bank next to the road or was possibly a grave garden.
Grave Condition Description: Quite good
Other Information: Albert Maunsell Le Marchant Thomas Le Marchant, Gentleman, age 81, died Shanklin, buried 27 December 1927 - Source: Register of Burials
Old Website Grave ID: 10470
Le Marchant family vault Dec 2020 Photo by K MacDonell
Inscription:
North side (sloping edge of ledger)
ALICE ELIZABETH LE MARCHANT THOMAS LE MARCHANT DIED 28TH JULY 1861 AGED 22 YEARS
DAUGHTER OF LE MARCHANT THOMAS LE MARCHANT JP OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT
SHALL NOT THE EARTH DO RIGHT
North side (straight edge of ledger)
ALBERT MAUNSELL LE MARCHANT THOMAS LE MARCHANT MAJOR DORSET REGT DIED 23RD DEC 1927 AGED 81
ANNIE MARY HIS WIFE DIED 10TH DEC 1932 AGED 77
East side (sloping edge of ledger)
O LAMB OF GOD THAT TAKEST AWAY THE SINS
OF THE WORLD HAVE MERCY UPON US
South side (sloping edge of ledger)
LATIMER LE MARCHANT THOMAS LE MARCHANT DIED CHRISTMAS DAY 1913 AGED 62 YEARS
YOUNGEST SON OF THE LATE LE MARCHANT THOMAS LE MARCHANT
BEHOLD WE COUNT THEM HAPPY WHICH ENDURE
Photographs:
Le Marchant family vault November 2011
Photographer: Carol Strong
Le Marchant family vault area December 2020
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
PDF file: National Probate Calendar
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