IN MEMORY OF
RICHARD READ
ASSISTANT PAY-MASTER OF H.M.S.ALECTO
WHO DIED OFF ELMINA, WEST COAST OF AFRICA
AUGUST 27TH 1887, AGED 37
 
ERECTED AS A TRIBUTE OF ESTEEM AND REGARD BY HIS MESSMATES
 
I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT. I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE. I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH
HENCEFORTH THERE IS LAID UP FOR ME A CROWN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS