Inscription in St Martin’s Church, Wareham, Dorset, commemorating Surgeon of the Royal Navy Robert Carruthers d. 1799, and Captain Ned Carruthers of the Royal Marines d. 1801
Location
St Martin's Church, Wareham, Dorset, England
Transcript
'Near this place lie the remains of Mr Rbt CARRUTHERS / a superannuated Surgeon of the Royal Navy / and for many years a Practitioner in this borough / who died of an Apoplectic fit on the 21st day of May 1799 / Obt 81 year / Also ISABELLA CARRUTHERS wife of the above / who died on 26th day of February 1796 of a Typhus Favour [sic] Obt 39 years / also to the memory / of the three daughters and a son who died in their infancy / and Capt NED CARRUTHERS of the Royal / Marines who was drowned in his Majasty's [sic] ship / INVINCIBLE of 74 guns off North Yarmouth / on the 17th day of March 1801 / Obt 36 years'
Details
Position: Over north arcade
Vessel: HMS Invincible
People
Age: 81
Date of Death: 21/5/1799
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon
Organisation: Royal Navy
Carruthers, Ned
Age: 36
Date of Death: 17/3/1801
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Captain
Organisation: Royal Marines
Extra
Bibliography: 'An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset' vol. ii, part 2, p. 313 (London, 1970).
Recorder: B. Tomlinson, 1981