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William James Pirrie personal plate Description: Belfast July 2006 IN LOVING AND MOST GRATEFUL MEMORY OF MY BELOVED HUSBAND WILLIAM JAMES PIRRIE 1ST VISCOUNT KP. P.C. HML. BORN 31ST MAY 1847 - DIED 7TH JUNE 1924. ONLY SON OF JAMES ALEXANDER PIRRIE AND ELIZA SWAN MONTGOMERY MARRIED 17TH APRIL 1879 MARGARET M.CARLISLE DAUGHER OF JOHN CARLINE AND CATHERINE MONTGOMERY HE ENTERED QUEENS ISLAND AS AN APPRENTICE 23 JUNE 1862 62 YEARS LATER ON 23 JUNE 1924 HE WAS LAID TO REST HERE. AS CHARIMAN OF MESSRS HARLAND & WOLFF'S VAST ORGANIZATION FOR SO MANY YEARS HE BY HIS OWN CHEERFUL SERVICE AND WIDE EXPERIENCE PROVED AN INSPIRATION TO THE MANY FELLOW-WORKERS IDENTIFIED WITH HIM IN THE EVOLUTION OF SHIPBUILDING. IT WAS HIS JOY TO RECOGNIZE THEIR LOYALTY AND ALLEGIANCE. ON ALL SEAS THE SHIPS THAT SAIL TESTIFY TO THE GREAT BENEFITS HIS GENIUS CONFERRED ON MANKIND. HE SPENT HIS LIFE ENDEAVOURING TO BE USEFUL IN HIS DAY AND GENERATION AND WAS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED ALWAYS WITH THE PROGRESS OF AND CHARITIES IN THIS CITY HERE ALSO RESTS MARGARET M. CARLISLE WIFE OF WILLIAM JAMES VISCOUNT PIRRIE K.E. BORN 31ST MAY 1857 - DIED 19TH JUNE 1935 SHE WAS THE DEVOLTED COMPANION AND HELPMATE OF HER HUSBAND ALWAYS INTERESTED IN ONE SHARING HIS LIFE WORKS DURING 47 YEARS THEY WERE TOGETHER: ONE PROMOTING WITH BOUNDLESS ENERGY AND ENTHUASM, PLANS FOR THE WELFARE OF OTHERS - A TRULY LOVABLE WOMAN SHE ENCLEARED HERSELF TO ALL WHO KNEW HER. Thrice blest and more whom vows unbroken bind. Whose love is neer of jarring moods the slave. Yea! nobly blest to whom his given to find Devotion steadfast even to the end. Submitter :webmaster - More Photos from webmaster Last Update: 2006/7/31 17:53   Hits: 10632   Comments: 0

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