Memorial: M2662

Memorial gravestone at St Margaret’s Church, Hopton, Norfolk commemorating Admiral Sir James Hanway Plumridge RN, d. 1863

Location

St Margaret's Church, Hopton, Norfolk, England

Details

Type: Headstone
Materials: Sandstone
Vessel: HMS ‘Crocus’, HMS ‘Philomel’, HMS ‘Amphitrite’, HMS ‘Sappho’, HMS ‘Magicienne’, HMS ‘Cambrian’, HMS ‘Leopard'

Event

French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars, Battle of Trafalgar 1805, Crimean War Baltic Campaign 1854

People

Plumridge, James Hanway
Age: 75
Date of Death: 29/11/1863
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Stone records wife, Georgina, daughter of Colonel Skinner d. 4th April 1897, children buried nearby.
Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'; 'Norwich Post and Suffolk Herald' (Dec 8th 1863) (obituary).
Recorder: P.G. Plumridge 1991
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