Memorial: M2760

Memorial at St Mary Elms Church, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating Vice Admiral of the White, Samuel Reeve, RN, d. 1803

Location

St Mary Elms Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Sacred / TO THE MEMORY OF / SAMUEL REEVE ESQR. / VICE ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE, / WHO DIED, / MAY V MDCCCIII, AGED LXX YEARS. / HE WAS EXEMPLARY IN THE DUTIES / OF HIS PROFESSION, / A MAN OF STRICT PROBITY, /AND A VALUABLE FRIEND, / A BROTHER / JUSTLY BELOVED, / AND MOST GRATEFULLY / REMEMBERED / Also of / SAMUEL REEVE C.L.E., B.A. / HIS NEPHEW / WHO DIED SEP XXVII, MDCCCXXX . AGED XLIV YEARS.'

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: South side of nave
Materials: White marble

People

Reeve, Samuel
Age: 70
Date of Death: 5/5/1803
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Davy notes in margin 'he was killed by a fall out of a gig'. British Library: Add.19094, f.4b Davy's Church Notes.
Recorder: Mrs F. Keymer 1988

JSON

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Maritime Memorials