Wall tablet in St Michael and All Angels, Somerton, Somerset commemorating Commander George Neat Tremlett RN d. 1865
Location
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Somerton, Somerset, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF GEORGE NEAT TREMLETT, ESQ., / COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY; / WHO DIED ON APRIL 20TH 1865, / AGED 97 YEARS. / AT THE TIME OF HIS DEMISE / HE WAS THE OLDEST OFFICER IN THE NAVY, / WHICH SERVICE HE JOINED / IN 1780. / ALSO TO / MARY RADCLYFFE, WIFE OF THE ABOVE; / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / ON JULY 28TH 1853, / AGED 76 YEARS'
Details
Description: A rectangular tablet of black marble with a triangular top, is supported on two small rectangular feet. Superimposed is a grey marble tablet of the same shape but smaller. On this, in relief, is a white laurel wreath, leaves pointing to centre top, stems tied at the base with a bow of ruched ribbon. Above is a crest: - an eagle's head erased holding in the beak a sword palewise the hilt in base. Within the wreath, the inscription is incised and painted black in Roman capitals. Type: Wall tablet Position: Chancel. north wall Materials: Grey, white and black marble Artists: Thomas Gaffin
People
Tremlett, George Age: 97 Date of Death: 20/4/1865 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Monument in St Paul’s Cathedral, London commemorating Captain Richard Rundle Burges RN d. 1797
Location
St Paul's Cathedral, London, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY / OF / RICHARD RUNDLE BURGES ESQUIRE / COMMANDING HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE ARDENT / WHO FELL IN THE XLIIID YEAR OF HIS AGE / WHILE BRAVELY SUPPORTING THE HONOUR / OF THE BRITISH FLAG / IN A DARING AND SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO BREAK THE ENEMY'S LINE / NEAR / CAMPERDOWN / ON THE ELEVENTH OF OCTOBER / MDCCXCVII / HIS SKILL COOLNESS AND INTREPIDITY EMINENTLY CONTRIBUTED / TO A VICTORY / EQUALLY ADVANTAGEOUS AND GLORIOUS TO HIS COUNTRY / THAT GRATEFUL COUNTRY / BY THE UNANIMOUS ACT OF HER LEGISLATURE / ENROLLS HIS NAME / HIGH IN THE LIST OF THOSE HEROES / WHO UNDER THE BLESSING OF PROVIDENCE / HAVE ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED HER NAVAL SUPERIORITY / AND HER EXALTED RANK AMONG NATIONS'
Details
Description: Burges, clad only in a brief chlamys receives a sword from Victory, a cannon between the two figures. Reliefs based on Trajan's column are carved on the base, with a warship hull (with modern gunports) and anchor in the centre. A figure which brought the 'blush of shame to the cheek of modesty', according to contemporary critics. 'Perhaps his least admirable production full of classic memories unhappily and unharmoniously applied' K.A. Esdaile (MS V & A.) Type: Free standing monument Position: South side nave Materials: Marble Date Erected: 1802 Artists: Thomas Banks Vessel: HMS Ardent
Event
Battle of Camperdown
Event Date
1797
Event Category
1793-1802 French Revolutionary War
People
Burges, Richard Rundle Age: 43 Date of Death: 11/10/1797 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Drawing in PRO. Date of contract 20/12/1798, value £5, 250. Malcolm 'Londii Dediv' III p.124. 'Gentleman's Magazine' 1803 II p. 614. Janson suggests the addition of the canon, rope, chain and cannon balls concessions to the committee who commissioned the monument. PRO WORK6 362/6 Removal of the tomb of Capt R.R. Burges RN from the Nave to the Crypt. Bibliography: K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946); H.W. Janson 'Nineteenth-century Sculpture' (London, 1985) pp. 21-22. Recorder: William Donnan, 1972
Tablet in Helston, Cornwall dedicated to Commander Peter Hill RN d. 1818
Location
St Michael's Church, Helston, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'IN THE FAMILY VAULT / NEAR THIS SACRED EDIFACE REPOSE THE REMAINS OF / PETER HILL / OF CARWYTHENACK IN THE PARISH OF CONSTANTINE ESQ / COMMANDER R.N. / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 27 DECEMBER 1818 / AGED 65. / ALSO OF JANE PENNECK HIS WIFE / YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF THE REVEREND WILLIAM ROBINSON / OF NANSLOE, VICAR OF HELLESTON AND WENDRON / WHO DIED ON THE 22ND MAY 1837 AGED 74 / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THEIR THREE SURVIVING DAUGHTERS / AS A TESTIMONY OF DEEP AFFECTION AND RESPECT'
Details
Description: In the shape of a sarcophogus in relief on paw feet, arms above the inscription.
Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble
People
Hill, Peter Age: Date of Death: 27/12/1818 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: Captain M. T. Morton
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters