Memorial at Sutton, Bedfordshire to Hugh Talbot Burgoyne VC, HMS ‘Captain’ d. 1870
Location
All Saints Church, Sutton, Bedfordshire, England
Transcript
'THE FLAG / ABOVE, WAS SAVED / FROM THE WRECK OF H.M. SHIP / 'CAPTAIN' / WHICH FOUNDERED AT SEA / SEPTEMBER 7TH 1870. / AND WAS PLACED IN THIS CHURCH / BY SIR JOHN M. BURGOYNE, BART, / IN MEMORY OF HIS FRIEND & KINSMAN / CAPTN HUGH TALBOT BURGOYNE R.N. V.C., WHO LOST HIS LIFE GALLANTLY / DOING HIS DUTY TO THE LAST'
Details
Description: A brass four-stepped cross fleurée is engraved with a foliage motif. It is mounted on a wooden panel painted black which has a triangular top conforming to the shape of the cross. The first five lines of the inscription are engraved on a brass ribbon which enfolds the cross and the final five lines are on the base and steps of the cross.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North aisle north wall
Materials: Brass, wood
Vessel: HMS Captain
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North aisle north wall
Materials: Brass, wood
Vessel: HMS Captain
People
Burgoyne, Hugh Talbot
Age:
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age:
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Victoria Cross winner. Tablet with part of a Union Jack.
Recorder: Joyce Wallis, 15 Hatherleigh Gardens, Potters Bar, EN6 5HZ
Recorder: Joyce Wallis, 15 Hatherleigh Gardens, Potters Bar, EN6 5HZ