Bernard Swift - Ramsey, Isle of Man - Citizen Memorials on Waymarking.com

This memorial can be found inside St. Paul's church in the town of Ramsey.

Bernard Swift saw military service as Quartermaster with the 12th Regiment and was stationed in various parts of the world, including Mauritius, before retiring a few years before his death to Ramsey. At the time of his death he was living with Lieutenant John Thompson who had been an officer with the 12th Regiment.

Bernard's family have undertaken some researh into the family history but have found no link to the Isle of Man before his retirement to the Island. His Regiment were never stationed here.

The memoraL tablet is an oval of white marble with a the following inscription in black lettering:
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
BERNARD SWIFT,
LATE QUARTERMASTER 12TH REGT.,
IN WHICH CORPS
HE SERVED NEARLY HALF A CENTURY.
BY HONOURABLE CONDUCT
HE GAINED THE REGARD OF HIS BROTHER OFFICERS
BY WHOM THIS TABLET IS ERECTED,
AS A TESTIMONY
OF THEIR RESPECT AND ESTEEM.
DIED 11TH JAN. 1844,
AGED 61 YEARS'

This tablet is WM 28368 in the Imperial War Museum's Register of War Memorials and notes that it records a non-combat death.
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