SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
HENRY AUSTEN
A CAPTAIN IN HER MAJESTY'S 73RD REGT. YOUNGEST SON OF
REAR ADMIRAL AUSTEN CB, WHO WAS KILLED BY A FALL
WHILST SERVING WITH HIS REGIMENT ON THE HEIGHTS OF
GOVERNORS KOP. NEAR GRAHAMS TOWN OCTOBER 21ST 1851
AGED 25 YEARS
THIS TABLET HAS BEEN ERECTED BY HIS AFFLICTED
PARENTS
"In the midst of life we are in death"
"The Lord give and the Lord hath taken away"