Memorial: M504

Wall tablet in Bath Abbey, Bath, dedicated to Commodore Walter Borlase, d. 1814

Location

Bath Abbey, Bath, England

Transcript

‘In Memory of / WALTER BORLASE / OF PENZANCE IN THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL ESQ / LATE COMMODORE / IN THE HONble. EAST INDIA COMPANY'S MARINE / AT BOMBAY / OBT 17th JULY 1814. AETAT 61'

Details

Description: Oval inscription tablet on background of draped cloth, arms above.

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South side of Nave
Materials: marble
Artists: Reeves & Son

People

Borlase, Walter
Age: 61
Date of Death: 17/7/1814
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Commodore HEIC
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1986
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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