Blogs of Note

Wednesday 30 May 2012

Victim of Drowning

Annes Cemetery, Gosport.

George Alfred Tribe, RNR drowned off Cape Horn on his 20th birthday - 20 June 1891. Today, his grave is in danger of being drowned by this bush. I am really surprised it has not been cleared!



4 comments:

  1. What a wonderful image. Yet somehow the insidious ivy tells its own story; keep it at bay, for it tells its own tale of 'antiquity' and time, and is more pertinent than a scrupulously scrubbed gravestone.

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  2. Interesting how it says "Who was drowned" and not "Who drowned"...

    Can't help but wonder if there was foul play involved ?

    I like it just as is, with the hungry growth of bushes around it...

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