Wall tablet at All Saints Church, Dodington commemorating Admiral Edward Codrington d. 1851

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'

Details

Event

Battle of Navarino

Event Date

1827

Event Category

1821-1828 War of Greek Independence

People

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