Parish Notes
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

Plaque: Dove, GJB., RN, 1830

Photo: James Pasby

In St.Andrew’s Church, Newcastle, is a plaque which reads:

Sacred to the memory of
George James Best Dove
Lieutenant in the Royal Navy
Who died at Saint Servan in France
January XXX MDCCCXXX aged XLIV years
Also in memory of
His only child
Marie Eyre Dove
Who died at the same place
IX April MDCCCXXIX aged XIII years

Their remains lie interred in the
Roman Catholic Cemetery of Saint Servan.

He died January 30th 1830 aged 44 years
His daughter died 9th April 1829 aged 13 years.