Location
The memorial is in Taplin's Plot which is the second on the left on entering from the St. Marys Road entrance. It is 6 rows back near to the chapel.
Memorial (Front)
Memorial (Reverse)
Memorial (Reverse)
Inscription (Front)
Inscription (Reverse)
In Loving Memory
-- OF --
REV. THOMAS TIMMINS
(APOSTLE OF MERCY)
WHO DIED AUGUST 19, 1898
AGED 57 YEARS.
FOUNDER (WITH GEO. T. ANGELL, ESQ.) OF THE
AMERICAN BAND OF MERCY MOVEMENT
AND ALSO (WITH THE RIGHT HON. LORD MOUNT-TEMPLE)
OF THE UNIVERSAL MERCY BAND MOVEMENT.
HE GAVE HIS LIFE TO THE TEACHING OF HUMANITY TO
THE CHILDREN AND WAS ENGAGED IN MANY PHILANTHROPIC
WORKS; HE WAS A FAITHFUL MINISTER, HELPFUL FRIEND
AND A DEVOTED HUSBAND
THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE
COMMITTEE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE DIVISION OF
THE UNIVERSAL MERCY BAND
AND THE GIFTS OF MANY DEVOTED FRIENDS
-- OF --
REV. THOMAS TIMMINS
(APOSTLE OF MERCY)
WHO DIED AUGUST 19, 1898
AGED 57 YEARS.
FOUNDER (WITH GEO. T. ANGELL, ESQ.) OF THE
AMERICAN BAND OF MERCY MOVEMENT
AND ALSO (WITH THE RIGHT HON. LORD MOUNT-TEMPLE)
OF THE UNIVERSAL MERCY BAND MOVEMENT.
HE GAVE HIS LIFE TO THE TEACHING OF HUMANITY TO
THE CHILDREN AND WAS ENGAGED IN MANY PHILANTHROPIC
WORKS; HE WAS A FAITHFUL MINISTER, HELPFUL FRIEND
AND A DEVOTED HUSBAND
THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE
COMMITTEE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE DIVISION OF
THE UNIVERSAL MERCY BAND
AND THE GIFTS OF MANY DEVOTED FRIENDS
Inscription (Reverse)
DIED 21ST MARCH 1909
ELIZABETH JANE,
WIFE OF THE LATE REV. THOMAS TIMMINS
AND DAUGHTER OF
THE LATE REV. WILLIAM McKEAN
WHOM SHE ASSISTED IN HER GIRLHOOD
IN TEACHING THE POOR OF OLDBURY
GRATUITOUSLY, AND WAS COMPANION
AND CO-WORKER WITH HER HUSBAND
FORMING BANDS OF MERCY IN
AMERICA AND ENGLAND
AN EDUCATOR OF KINDNESS TO
ALL LIVING THINGS SHE CONTINUED
TO THE LAST HER WORK AMONG THE
SOLDIERS SAILORS AND OTHERS.
SHE ENTERED HER REST AFTER A USEFUL
AND WELL SPENT LIFE
ELIZABETH JANE,
WIFE OF THE LATE REV. THOMAS TIMMINS
AND DAUGHTER OF
THE LATE REV. WILLIAM McKEAN
WHOM SHE ASSISTED IN HER GIRLHOOD
IN TEACHING THE POOR OF OLDBURY
GRATUITOUSLY, AND WAS COMPANION
AND CO-WORKER WITH HER HUSBAND
FORMING BANDS OF MERCY IN
AMERICA AND ENGLAND
AN EDUCATOR OF KINDNESS TO
ALL LIVING THINGS SHE CONTINUED
TO THE LAST HER WORK AMONG THE
SOLDIERS SAILORS AND OTHERS.
SHE ENTERED HER REST AFTER A USEFUL
AND WELL SPENT LIFE
Further Information
There is an account of the life and works of Reverend Thomas Timmins on the History In Portsmouth website.
