Landmark Name: Marchesi Grave, Earlham Cemetery
Type: Historical Landmarks, Cemetery
Association: None, private
Location: Earlham Cemetery, Earlham Rd, Norwich NR2 1BH, UK (Google Maps)
The large stone seen in the foreground marks the grave of Erminio William Louis Marchesi, who is the founder of the Round Table movement. Fittingly, the grave marks this monumental impact by indlucing the RTBI rondel. It is located in Section R of the Norwich City (Earlham Road) Cemetery.
The tombstone reads as follows:
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
ERMINIO WILLIAM LOUIS MARCHESI
(MARK)
WHO DIED 10 DECEMBER 1968 AGED 70 YEARS
FOUNDER OF THE ROUND TABLE MOVEMENT
“If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue
or walk with kings, nor lose the common touch.”
— Rudyard Kipling
ALSO DOLLY
DARLING WIFE OF LOUIS AND MOTHER OF PETER
WHO DIED 12 JULY 1965 AGED 59 YEARS
“A lovely flower for God’s garden.”
AND OF ERMINIO GIUSEPPE MARCHESI
WHO DIED 12 FEBRUARY 1936 AT POSCHIAVO, SWITZERLAND
AGED 65 YEARS
AND MARY JANE, HIS BELOVED WIFE
WHO DIED 1 APRIL 1951 AGED 77 YEARS
ALSO ADA KATE DANAHER
who died 12 April 1951 aged 74 years