Wall tablet in Ascot Heath, Berkshire commemorating John Ligertwood Gordon Paterson d. 1905
Location
All Saints Church, Ascot Heath, Berkshire, England
Transcript
'IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / JOHN LIGERTWOOD GORDON PATERSON / MIDSHIPMAN R.N. / WHO DIED ON THE 20th JANUARY 1905 / WHILST SERVING ON BOARD / H.M.S. 'BACCHANTE' / THIS BRASS IS ERECTED / AS A MARK OF ESTEEM / BY THE REAR ADMIRAL, CRUISER SQUADRON / MEDITERRANEAN FLEET / THE CAPTAIN AND OFFICERS OF / H.M.S. 'BACCHANTE'
Details
Description: Inscription in arch-headed panel within rope edge and border of oak branches on a niello ground. Above are two foul anchors and a naval crown.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Lady Chapel
Materials: Copper alloy
Vessel: HMS Bacchante
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Lady Chapel
Materials: Copper alloy
Vessel: HMS Bacchante
People
Paterson, John Ligertwood Gordon
Age: 18
Date of Death: 20/1/1905
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age: 18
Date of Death: 20/1/1905
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Not mounted on wall.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)