Hi,
My wife is descended from the James Liddell//Mary Martyn line.
We've just been down to St Columb and Bodmin with the Oz/NZ 2nd cousins who are from the same line.
I made a note of some Liddell headstones and plaques in St Petroc's, Bodmin. I don't think they've been recorded on this thread, but if they have my apologies.
William Liddell Tonkin wall plaque
REMEMBER BEFORE GOD
WILLIAM LIDDELL TONKIN
1875 – 1934
cross bearer in this church for 40 years
his dearly loved wife
LISSIE AMELIA TONKIN
1879 – 1927
and his son’s beloved wife
HILDA MAY TONKIN
1899 - 1967
James Liddell wall plaque
To the memory of
James Liddell
First Lieutenant of Royal Engineers
(and eldest son of Lieut Liddell RN of this town).
who was lost with nearly all his company of sappers
on Prince Edward Island in the South Seas
June 19th 1849, aged 20
This highly gifted youth, regardless of self
amidst the awful wreck, closed his brief and most
promising career in a noble effort to save
a perishing lady.
I've taken pictures of these plaques, the inside and outside of the church and of Liddells house next door. They are too large to attach so if you'd like a copy, drop me a line.
I'm going to drop Denis a note with details of my wife's line so that it can be added to the Liddell/Martyn web pages - once it's verified!
Tim