Memorial: M4218

Wall tablet in Town Church, St Peter Port, Guernsey commemorating Admiral Sir Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper d. 1945

Location

Town Church, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ADMIRAL SIR / REGINALD GODFREY OTWAY TUPPER O.B.E.; C.V.O. / COMMANDER OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR, ETC 2ND SON OF / CAPTAIN CHARLES WILLIAM TUPPER, 7TH ROYAL FUSILIERS. / DURING THE GREAT WAR WAS ADMIRAL OF PATROL / AREA WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND AND HEBRIDES, VICE / ADMIRAL COMMANDING 10TH CRUISER SQUADRON OF 28 / CRUISERS BLOCKADING ATLANTIC BETWEEN ICELAND AND / ORKNEYS, ADMIRAL OF NORTHERN PATROL AND MINEFIELDS / BETWEEN NORWAY AND ORKNEYS. AFTER THE WAR WAS / ADMIRAL OF WESTERN APPROACHES 1919-21 THEN RETIRED / HE BECAME J.P. FOR HANTS AND WAS OCCUPIED ON SEVERAL COMMITTEES / OF A CHARITABLE NATURE FOR BENEFIT OF / SEAFARERS OF ALL KINDS. / BORN OCTOBER 16TH 1859. DIED MARCH 5TH 1945'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: East wall of south transept
Materials: Alabaster

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Tupper, Reginald Godfrey Otway
Age: 84
Date of Death: 5/3/1945
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: A Vice-Admiral's flag formerly hung above this tablet but was transferred to the Brock Chapel in about 1980.
Recorder: J. Le Pelley 1981
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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