Benjamin Hart GILBERT
Forename(s): Benjamin Hart
Surname: GILBERT
Prison WarderDate of birth: 1849 (approx., calculated)
Date of death: 26 Mar 1890
Date of burial: 30 Mar 1890
Age at death: 41 years
Address: Parkhurst, Parish of Carisbrooke
Section: H - Cemetery map
Plot No: 41 Section map of plots
Burial Register entry: Carisbrooke 3619
Carisbrooke Cemetery
Image by: Tony Barton
Inscription
To the Memoryof
BENJAMIN HART GILBERT,
LATE ASSISTANT WARDER,
PARKHURST PRISON.
WHO DIED MARCH 26TH 1890,
AGED 41 YEARS.
HE IS NOT DEAD BUT SLEEPING
NOT LOST BUT IN GOD'S KEEPING.
HE IS SAFE IN HIS FATHER'S HOME ABOVE,
IN THE PLACE PREPARED BY HIS SAVIOUR'S LOVE.
TO DEPART FROM A WORLD OF SIN AND STRIFE,
AND TO BE WITH JESUS, YES, THIS IS LIFE.
ERECTED
BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS.
Transcription by: Tony Barton
