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Binstead Cemetery

Mr Daniel List Brain (Lieutenant Colonel)

Title: Mr
Forenames: Daniel List
Surnames: Brain
Date of Death: 04/07/1913
Age at Death Years: 68
Grave Type: Vault
Military Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Map Reference Number: RSHG B018 D2
Plot Number: Binstead Old Cemetery Row A Plots 72 - 73
Grave Description: Vault over double plot. Very large round topped, grey polished granite headstone, on solid rectangular block plinth. in centre of plot. Plain stone Latin cross laid flat vertically in front of headstone. Outline text panel and engraved lettering on headstone. Surrounding high kerbstones with metal railing supported on metal orb-topped posts, 4 corner posts and 4 central side posts
Grave Condition: Good
Grave Condition Description: Ivy and brambles cleared by IWC contractors - January 2012
Becoming overgrown again, kerbs and railings broken in places - December 2020
Other Information: Died Knocke, Belgium - Source: Register of Burials
Old Website Grave ID: 10256
Brain family Jan 2012 Photo by C Strong

Inscription:

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
WILLIAM H. BRAIN,
MEMB. INST. NAVAL ARCHTS.
BORN 9TH MARCH 1812, DIED 10TH JULY 1876.

ALSO OF HIS WIDOW
MARY ELIZA BRAIN,
DIED 24TH MARCH 1886,
AGED 76 YEARS.

AN EXEMPLARY WOMAN OF THE MOST LOVEABLE
CHARACTER AND DISPOSITION.
"IN THE LORD WILL I PUT MY TRUST"

AND TO THE BELOVED MEMORY OF
LIEUT. COLONEL
DANIEL LIST BRAIN,
DIED 4TH JULY 1913,
AGED 68 YEARS.

"INTO THY HANDS I COMMEND MY SPIRIT"

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
Brain family December 2020
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

Related Documents:

PDF file: National Probate Calendar

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