Memorial at Seapatrick Church, Seapatrick, Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland commemorating Captain Francis Crozier RN, d. c. 1848 on an expedition to discover the Northwest Passage.
Location
Seapatrick Church, Seapatrick, Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland
Transcript
'FAR FROM THIS SPOT / IN SOME UNKNOWN BUT NOT UNHONORED RESTING PLACE LIE ALL THAT WAS MORTAL OF / FRANCIS RAWDON MOIRA CROZIER CAPTN R.N. / 5TH SON OF THE LATE GEORGE CROZIER ESQR / HE WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 1796 ENTERED THE ROYAL NAVY JUNE 1810 AND SERVED WITH HIGH DISTINCTION / IN SEVERAL EXPLORING VOYAGES UNDER SIR E. PARRY AND WITH SIR J.C. ROSS IN THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC REGIONS / HE LEFT ENGLAND MAY 1845 IN COMMAND OF H.M.S. TERROR WITH SIR J. FRANKLIN OF H.M.S. EREBUS / IN THE EXPEDITION FOR THE DISCOVERY OF THE N. WEST PASSAGE / FROM THIS HEROIC SERVICE NEITHER HE NOR ANY OF HIS BRAVE COMPANIONS EVER RETURNED / HIS UNBENDING INTEGRITY AND TRUTHFULNESS COMBINED WITH EXTREME AMIABILITY WON THE ESTEEM / AND LOVE OF ALL WHO KNEW HIM, THE FAITH THAT INFLUENCED HIS LIFE IS NOW A SOURCE OF / TRUEST CONSOLATION TO HIS SORROWING FRIENDS. / This tablet has been erected / in his native place by his / surviving brothers and sisters / in heartfelt and affectionate / testimony to his fraternal love and christian character. / "If I take the wings of the / morning and dwell in / the uttermost part of the / Sea even there shall / thy hand lead me”. Ps 139.9 / "Them also which sleep / in Jesus will God bring / with him.” 1 Thess.4.
Details
Type: Plaque
Materials: Marble
Date Erected: 1856
Artists: J. R. Kirk RHA
Vessel: HMS Terror
People
Age: c. 51-52
Date of Death: 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Mary Fluhmann 'Second in Command' (Government of the NW Territories, 1976).