Wall tablet at Church of St Michael and All Angels, Somerton, Somerset commemorating John Jacob RN d. 1811 in the loss of HMS ‘Hero’
Location
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Somerton, Somerset, England
Transcript
'SACRED / TO / THE MEMORY OF JOHN SECOND SON OF / JOHN AND ANNA MARIA JACOB / OF THIS TOWN / WHO MET WITH A PREMATURE DEATH IN HIS 13TH YEAR / WHILE SERVING AS A MIDSHIPMAN ON BOARD / H.M.S. HERO OF 74 GUNS, CAPT NEWMAN DEC 24, 1811 / WHEN ON THEIR RETURN HOME FROM THE BALTIC / THEIR COMMANDER WITH THE WHOLE OF THE OFFICERS AND CREW / PERISHED IN A STORM OFF THE COAST OF HOLLAND / THY WAY IS IN THE SEA AND THY PATH IN THE GREAT WATERS / AND THY FOOTSTEPS ARE NOT KNOWN PS LXXVII-19 / THIS TABLET ERECTED BY HIS SORROWING PARENTS / WAS RENEWED BY HIS SURVIVING BROTHERS / PHILIP ARCHDEACON OF WINCHESTER / CANON OF WINCHESTER AND / RECTOR OF CRAWLEY HANTS AND / GEORGE LE GRAND / MAJOR GENERAL K.C. C.B. / JULY 1880'
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Outside, east wall of vestry
Materials: Stone
Vessel: HMS Hero
People
Age: 12
Date of Death: 24/12/1811
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy