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Location
On Afton Down, Freshwater, Isle of Wight See map on www.streetmap.co.uk Description An obelisk, erected as a memorial to E.L.M. a youth who fell to his death from the cliffs at this spot. |
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Memorial
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Inscription
E.L.M. AGED 15 HE COMETH FORTH LIKE A FLOWER AND IS CUT DOWN. HE FLEETH ALSO AS A SHADOW AND CONTINUETH NOT. JESUS SAID I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE ERECTED IN REMEMBRANCE OF A MOST DEAR AND ONLY CHILD WHO WAS SUDDENLY REMOVED INTO ETERNITY BY A FALL FROM THE ADJACENT CLIFF TO THE ROCKS BENEATH 28TH AUGUST 1846 ---- READER PREPARE TO MEET THY GOD, FOR THOU KNOWEST NOT WHAT A DAY MAY BRING FORTH IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH Further Information E.L.M. refers to Edward Lewis Miller from Goudhurst in Kent. He is buried at Goudhurst Churchyard and there is a plaque in his memory in the church. The following website gives details of the inscriptions : see entries 309 and 510. Kent Archaeological Society - Goudhurst Monumental Inscriptons
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