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Memorial: M3695

Wall tablet at Ripon Cathedral commemorating Lieutenant Robert James Darley Waddilove RN d. 1844

Location

Cathedral, Ripon, North Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'WHICH HOPE WE HAVE AS AN ANCHOR OF THE SOUL / BOTH SURE AND STEADFAST. HEBREWS VI. 19. / SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / LIEUTT. ROBERT JAMES DARLEY WADDILOVE R.N. OF H.M.S. AMERICA, / WHO DIED AT SEA OCTR. 7TH. 1844 WITHIN A FEW DAYS SAIL OF VALPARAISO. / HIS REMAINS ARE COMMITTED TO THE DEPTHS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC, / TILL THAT GREAT DAY WHEN EARTH AND SEA SHALL GIVE UP THEIR DEAD. / AGED 25 YEARS, 13 OF WHICH WERE SPENT IN H.M. SERVICE. / HE WAS BORN AT THORP MAY 12TH. 1819 / THE ELDEST GRANDSON OF THE VERY REVD. R.D. WADDILOVE D.D. / MANY YEARS DEAN OF THIS CHURCH. / THIS SLAB IS DEDICATED TO HIS MEMORY / BY HIS AFFLICTED PARENTS, APRIL 1ST. 1845'

Details

Description: A polished black marble wall slab with pyramidal head, on which is superimposed a polished white marble tablet. The rectangular inscription panel has two brackets below a projecting shelf, a stepped cornice and a pyramidal head in which is carved in low relief a warship at sea.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North transept
Materials: Black and white marble
Artists: Nelsons, Carlisle
Vessel: HMS America

People

Waddilove, Robert James Darley
Age: 25
Date of Death: 7/10/1844
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
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