Abbey Cemetery Pratt Tomb

The Abbey Cemetery Pratt Tomb is a Grade II listed tomb dedicated to Charles Pratt, who died in 1844. This Neoclassical structure is made of white marble and sits on a Pennant stone plinth. It features a pedimented canopy supported by four fluted columns with lotus leaf capitals. Inside, there is a truncated column topped with a coronet, and the pedestal displays martial reliefs.

This tomb is one of the earliest memorials in the cemetery. Charles Pratt was a soldier from Eling, Hampshire, who served notably in Flanders under His Royal Highness the Duke of York and under Sir David Baird during the capture of the Cape of Good Hope. He later served for many years as Commissary-General to the forces in the Peninsula under the Duke of Wellington. Pratt was also a Knight Commander of the Imperial Order of Christ, which is carved in relief around the inscription panel. He resided at Combe Grove. Additionally, the monument commemorates Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Lockyer Freestun, who died in 1862 and was the Member of Parliament for Weymouth from 1847 to 1859. The tomb is located in section I, at the lower border of the cemetery.