Memorial: M1342

Gravestone at the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Bildeston, Suffolk commemorating Captain Edward Rotherham, RN, d. 1830.

Location

Church of St Mary Magdalene, Bildeston, Suffolk, England

Transcript

[South side] 'IN MEMORIAM / CAPTAIN E. ROTHERAM, C.B. / WHO COMMANDED / ADMIRAL COLLINGWOOD’S FLAGSHIP / R. SOVEREIGN / AT TRAFALGAR 1805. / WAS ALSO FIRST LIEUTENANT OF CULLODEN / IN LORD HOWE'S VICTORY OF JUNE 1 1794.' [North side] 'DIED AT BILDESTON HOUSE / 6 NOV 1830 AGED 77 / THOU HAST COVERED MY HEAD / IN THE DAY OF BATTLE' [East side] 'ERECTED BY OFFICERS AND FRIENDS / 1891'

Details

Description: Coped stone with cross on top
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Granite
Vessel: HMS Royal Sovereign, HMS Culloden

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Rotheram, Edward
Age: 77
Date of Death: 6/11/1830
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Died suddenly while staying with friend Richard Wilson at Bildeston House. Portrait and letters and Rotheram Vase in Nelson collection at Lloyds.
Bibliography: Ed. Colin White 'The Trafalgar Captains: Their lives and memorials' (London, 2005) p. 110.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1976

JSON

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