Wall tablet in St Peter’s Church, Petersfield, Hampshire, commemorating Lieutenant George Jolliffe RN d. 1799
Location
St Peter's Church, Petersfield, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'To the Memory / of GEORGE JOLLIFFE, a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, / third Son of WILLIAM JOLLIFFE Esquire M.P. for this Borough: / who in the Service of his Country bravely met an early but signally distinguished Death / on Board His Majesty's Ship Bellerophon, / in the glorious and triumphant Contest with the Superior Navy of France / in the Bay of Aboukir on the Coast of Egypt / August the 1st MDCCXCIX, in the 19th Year of his Age. / His grateful Country dedicate [sic] this Marble to perpetuate his well earned Fame / the Charges thereof having been defrayed from / a patriotic Subscription voluntary [sic] raised in aid of the Sufferers and in / honorable Memorial of those who so gallantly fell contending for / the brightest Victory ever atchieved [sic] even by / the British Navy'
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Tower north wall
Materials: Marble, stone
Vessel: HMS Bellerophon
Event
Battle of the Nile
Event Date
1798
Event Category
1793-1802 French Revolutionary War
People
Age: 18
Date of Death: 1/8/1798
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Nikolaus Pevsner and David Lloyd 'Buildings of England: Hampshire and Isle of Wight' (London, 1996).
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)