Photo: J. Brown
In a vault
near this church
are interred the mortal remains of
Sidney Robert Streatfeild,
Major 52nd Light Infantry, second son of
Richard Thomas Streatfeild, Esq.,
of the Rocks, in the County of Sussex;
He died 11th May 1851 aged 43 years.
To his dear memory
this monument is erected by his widow
Sara Jane, fourth daughter of Isaac Cookson, Esq.,
of Meldon Park, in this parish.
He walked humbly with his God
endeavouring throughout a most blameless life
to follow the example of his Saviour
in whose Blessed Spirit he lived and died.
Galatians. V Chap. 22 verse.
To the memory also of their children
Emily Gertrude,
who died 6th January 1846 aged 18 months
and
Herbert Philip,
who died on his passage home from India,
and was buried in the Red Sea 28th March 1863
aged 21 years.