Brass in Ripon Cathedral commemorating Captain Robert Dalrymple Barwick Bruce RN d. 1901
Location
Cathedral, Ripon, North Yorkshire, England
Transcript
'ROBERT DALRYMPLE BARWICK BRUCE / CAPTAIN R.N. / ELDEST SON OF ABOVE W.D. AND L.E. BRUCE / BORN AT RIPON 1849 / DIED FEB: 3RD. 1901 IN THE EXECUTION OF HIS DUTY / WHILST IN COMMAND OF H.M.S. GALATEA AT QUEEN VICTORIA'S FUNERAL / BURIED AT HASLAR NAVAL CEMETERY WITH NAVAL HONOURS'
Details
Position: North wall of nave
Materials: Brass
Artists: Thomason & Co
Vessel: HMS Galatea
Materials: Brass
Artists: Thomason & Co
Vessel: HMS Galatea
People
Bruce, Robert Dalrymple Barwick
Age: 51
Date of Death: 3/2/1901
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age: 51
Date of Death: 3/2/1901
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: DOSSIER. Captain Bruce was feeling unwell when coastguard vessel 'Galatea' left Hull to join the fleet assembled in the Solent during the transportation of the Queen's body from the Isle of Wight to Portsmouth. When 'Galatea' arrived there, Bruce was immediately hospitalised and died at Haslar of pneumonia.
Recorder: Alex Chatwin, 28/8/1982
Recorder: Alex Chatwin, 28/8/1982