Thomas Morton MOORE
Forename(s): Thomas Morton
Surname: MOORE
QuartermasterDate of birth: 1816 (approx., calculated)
Date of death: 24 Mar 1860
Date of burial: 28 Mar 1860
Age at death: 44 years
Address: Parkhurst Barracks, Parish of Carisbrooke
Section: D - Cemetery map
Plot No: 1063 Section map of plots
Burial Register entry: Carisbrooke 142
Also on this marker:
Carisbrooke Cemetery
Image by: Tony Barton
Inscription
IN MEMORY OFTHOMAS MORTON MOORE,
QUARTER MASTER OF THE 5TH DEPOT BATTALION.
?? SERVED IN INDIA
WITH THE 31ST REGIMENT THROUGHOUT
THE AFGHAN AND SUTLEJ CAMPAIGN
AND WITH THE 93RD REGIMENT
DURING THE WHOLE OF THE CRIMEAN WAR
IN WHICH HE WAS WOUNDED
HAVING IN THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER
BEEN PRESENT IN THIRTY SIX ENGAGEMENTS
AND FOR HIS SERVICES
RECEIVED FOUR MEDALS AND SIX CLASPS
ALSO THE TURKISH ORDER OF THE MEDJIDI
HE DIED HONOURED AS A SOLDIER
AND BELOVED AS A FRIEND
AT PARKHURST BARRACKS, ISLE OF WIGHT
ON THE 24TH MARCH 1860,
AGED 44 YEARS.
“HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME THOUGH HE WERE DEAD
YET SHALL HE LIVE”
THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY
HIS BEREAVED WIDOW
AND IN MEMORY OF HIS WIDOW CHARLOTTE,
DAUGHTER OF ROBERT SHIRRAS,
WHO DIED 24TH MARCH 1888
Transcription by: Bill Shepard/Tony Barton
