Memorial to John Markland Rawson

Halifax Parish Church

TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN MARKLAND RAWSON ELDEST SON OF JOHN RAWSON, OF ASH GROVE, WHO PERISHED WITH 8 SEAMEN, IN SIMON'S BAY, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE BY THE SWAMPING OF THE PINNANCE OF H.M.S. OWEN GLENDOWER, ON THE 10TH MARCH, 1826, IN THE 19TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. HIS AFFLICTED PARENT DEDICATES THIS MONUMENT