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Peter Tranchell's grave

Peter Tranchell's grave is in Wolvercote cemetery (north Oxford), No 11 Section H3, next to James.

James was PAT's brother, who died aged 13 in an accident on 29th September 1938.

The inscriptions

JAMES TRANCHELL
DIED Sept 29 1938. AGED 13.
HEAD OF THE DRAGON SCHOOL
Took his fill of music, joy of thought and seeing,
Came and stayed and went, nor ever ceased to smile.

(from Robert Louis Stephenson's poem 'In memoriam F.A.S.').

PETER ANDREW
TRANCHELL
14.7.1922 - 14.9.1993
LOVING BROTHER OF
JAMES PHILLIPS
TRANCHELL