Memorial: M3110

Wall monument at St Peter’s Church, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire commemorating Captain Alexander Dixie RN d. 1857

Location

St Peter's Church, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, England

Transcript

'In memory of / Capt. Sir Alexander Dixie Bart. / who departed this life / on the 20th day of December A.D. 1857 / in the 78th year of his age. / "Be ye ready for in such an hour as ye think not the son of man cometh" Matthew. "What man is he that liveth and shall not see death'''

Details

Description: Sacophagus, anchor entwined with rope.
Type: Wall monument

People

Dixie, Alexander
Age: 77
Date of Death: 20/12/1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Another wall memorial in All Saints Church, Cadeby.
Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 84.

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