Memorial: M1053

Wall tablet in the Garrison Chapel, Portsmouth commemorating Major Thomas Oldfield RM d. 1799

Location

Garrison Chapel, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the Memory of / Major THOMAS OLDFIELD / of the Marines / who from early youth distinguished himself / under several Commanders and especially / in AMERICA and LORD CORNWALLIS / until / honored even by his Enemies in whose Front he fell / he sacrificed that Life / which he had so ofter hazarded in the Service of / his country / at the siege of ACRE in SYRIA / April VII A.D. MDCCXXCIX / AET XLIII / This Monument / was erected as a testimony / of sincere Affection and Gratitude / by the Widow and Son of / Lieutenant JOHN NICHOLS OLDFIELD / of the Marines / the loving and beloved brother of the above / who died April IX A.D. MDCCXCIII / AET XLII / and was interred at ALVERSTOKE'

Details

Type: Wall tablet

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Oldfield, John Nichols
Age: 42
Date of Death: 9/4/1793
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Oldfield, Thomas
Age: 43
Date of Death: 7/4/1799
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Major RM
Organisation: Royal Marines

Extra

Notes: Thomas Oldfield served in the attack on Teneriffe in 1797, and the battle of the Nile 1798. Buried with military honours by the French having died as a prisoner of war. Died of wounds received at St Jean d'Acre. John Nichols Oldfield is buried at Alverstoke.
Bibliography: 'Antiques Trade Gazette' 6 March 1999. (sale of profile portrait of Thomas Oldfield).
Recorder: B. Tomlinson

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