SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
CAPTAIN WILLIAM THORNTON BATE RN
WHO WAS KILLED
UNDER THE WALLS OF CANTON
AT THE STORMING OF THE CITY
DECEMBER 29TH 1857
IN THE 37TH YEAR OF HIS AGE
 
HIS DISTINGUISHED CAREER
OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
THE CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY,
CONSISTENT PIETY AND CHRISTIAN VALUES
WHICH ADORNED BOTH
HIS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE
WARMLY ENDEARED HIM TO
A WIDE CIRCLE OF RELATIVES AND FRIENDS
WHO DEEPLY MOURN THE LOSS
OCCASIONED TO THEM AND TO HIS COUNTRY
BY HIS UNTIMELY DEATH
HIS FRIENDS IN CHINA
ADD TO A MONUMENT WHICH
THEY HAVE ERECTED AT HONG KONG
THIS SIMPLE MEMORIAL
OF THEIR RESPECT AND AFFECTION
FOR HIS MEMORY
 
'TO ME TO LIVE IS CHRIST, AND TO DIE IS GAIN'
PHILIPPIANS CH.1. VER.21