Location

All Saints Church, Dodington, Somerset, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF/ADMIRAL SIR EDWARD CODRINGTON, G.C.B./THIRD SON OF EDWARD THE YOUNGEST SON OF SIR WILLIAM CODRINGTON/OF DODINGTON, FIRST BARONET./BORN, 27TH APRIL 1770. DIED, 28TH APRIL 1851/BURIED IN THE VAULTS OF ST PETER'S CHURCH, EATON SQUARE, LONDON./HE ENTERED THE NAVY 1783, AND SERVED AS/LIEUTENANT OF H.M.S. QUEEN CHARLOTTE, IN THE BATTLE OF 1ST JUNE 1794./COMMANDER OF H.M.S.BABET, IN THE ACTION OF 23RD JUNE 1795./CAPTAIN OF H.M.S. ORION, IN THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR 1805./CAPTAIN OF H.M.S. BLAKE, IN THE SCHELDT, AND ON THE EAST COAST OF SPAIN 1809-13./COMMODORE AND CAPTAIN OF THE FLEET ON THE COAST OF NORTH AMERICA, 1814./COMMANDER IN CHIEF/OF THE ALLIED FLEETS OF ENGLAND, FRANCE AND RUSSIA,/IN THE BATTLE OF NAVARIN, 20TH OCTOBER 1827'

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Event

Battle of Navarino 1827

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