Gravestone for Saunders Collehole transcribed by Dr Michael J. Fennessy in 2006.
Full details of the memorial (including a photograph and its exact location) can be accessed by downloading the data file from the CMIAR website.
[Ornate script follows:]
SACRED
[End of ornate script]
TO THE MEMORY OF
ROBERT SAUNDERS COLLEHOLE,
Late of Winkleigh
AND DRIVER OF THE LONDON
AND BIDEFORD ROYAL MAIL
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE
21ST AUG. 1852. AGED 31 YEARS.
Farewell my loving Wife and Parents dear,
I leave my Daughter Child unto your care,
Parents Brothers and Sisters O rejoice,
Since Christ my Lord of me hath made his
choice.