Memorial: M1081

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Swansea commemorating Lieutenant Lewis Roteley RM d. 1861

Location

St Mary's Church, Swansea, Wales

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / LEWIS ROTELEY / MAJOR IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE / FIRST LIEUTENANT ROYAL MARINES / WHO DIED APRIL 21st 1861 AGED 76 YEARS / HE SERVED IN THE FLAG SHIP 'VICTORY' / UNDER LORD NELSON AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR / AND WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED BUT KEPT THE DECK / AND SUCCEEDED TO THE COMMAND OF THE REMNANT / OF THE DETACHMENT OF MARINES LEFT ALIVE IN / THE SHIP ON THAT DAY. / ENGAGED IN ACTIVE SERVICE DURING THE WAR / OF 1805 AND FOR FIVE SUCCEEDING YEARS / A SOLDIER WHO WITH NELSON FOUGHT / THE VICTORY SO DEARLY BOUGHT / NOW THE RACE OF LIFE HAS RUN / WITH HIM MAY HOPE HIS "DUTY'S DONE". ALSO IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE / OF HIS WIFE ELIZABETH DUNCOMBE ROTELEY / AND OF ELIZABETH ROTELEY, HIS MOTHER ALSO JANE DOUGLAS ROTELEY / DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED FEBY. 28th 1896'

Details

Vessel: HMS Victory

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Roteley, Lewis
Age: 76
Date of Death: 21/4/1861
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RM
Organisation: Royal Marines

Extra

Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) pp.130-1.

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters