Memorial: M1947

Wall tablet at St Thomas’s Church, Cricket St Thomas commemorating Commander Horatio Nelson Sandys Hood RN d. 1881

Location

St Thomas's Church, Cricket St Thomas, Somerset, England

Transcript

'IN / MEMORY / OF / THE HONOURABLE / HORATIO NELSON SANDYS HOOD / COMMANDER R.N. / BORN 24TH MARCH 1843 / DIED AT SHANGHAI / WHEN IN COMMAND OF / H.M.S. PEGASUS. / 3RD FEBRUARY / 1881'

Details

Description: Inscription surrounded by carved laurel wreath.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Black and white marble
Vessel: HMS Pegasus

People

Hood, Horatio Nelson Sandys
Age: 31
Date of Death: 3/2/1881
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Lyn Collins

JSON

{
  "post_id": "4625",
  "id": "M1947",
  "location": "St Thomas's Church, Cricket St Thomas, Somerset, England",
  "transcript": "'IN / MEMORY / OF / THE HONOURABLE / HORATIO NELSON SANDYS HOOD / COMMANDER R.N. / BORN 24TH MARCH 1843 / DIED AT SHANGHAI / WHEN IN COMMAND OF / H.M.S. PEGASUS. / 3RD FEBRUARY / 1881'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet at St Thomas’s Church, Cricket St Thomas commemorating Commander Horatio Nelson Sandys Hood RN d. 1881</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Inscription surrounded by carved laurel wreath.",
    "type": "Wall tablet",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "Black and white marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Pegasus"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Hood, Horatio Nelson Sandys","age":"31","dateofdeath":"3/2/1881","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Commander RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Lyn Collins",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Maritime Memorials