‘Ci-gît Adelaïde Barrin de Puyleanne de la Commune de Montravers, Dépt des Deux-Sèvres, née le 21 Avril 1771, décédée à Okehampton le 18 Fév. 1811. Ici repose la mère et l’enfant.’
In the churchyards of Wincanton and Andover are stones to the memories of Russian and Polish officers.
In the churchyard at Tenterden, Kent, there is a tomb upon which is carved a ship and a recumbent figure, with the epitaph:
‘Hier Legt Begraven Schipper Siebe Nannes, Van de Jower in Vriesland, is in den Heere Gernstden, 8 November, 1781. Oudt 47 Jaren.’ On the other side is inscribed:
‘As he’s the first, the neighbours say, that lies
First of War captives buried in this place:
So may he hope to be the first to rise
And gain the Mansions of Eternal Peace.’
By the way, it may be remarked, in association with the above Dutch burial, that there are to-day in Tenterden work-people named Vanlanschorten, who are said to be descended from a prisoner of war.
At Bishop’s Castle church, in Montgomeryshire, there is a stone opposite the belfry door inscribed: