Memorial: M1698

Memorial at Bulwick to Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon d. 1893 in HMS ‘Victoria’

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Bulwick, Northamptonshire, England

Transcript

[Above] VICE ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE TRYON K.C.B. / 3RD SON OF THOMAS TRYON BORN JANUARY 4TH 1832' [Below] ‘A MAN OF GREAT ENERGY, ZEAL AND RESOURCE. WHO EARNED A / WORLD-WIDE REPUTATION AS SEAMAN, STRATEGIST AND TACTICIAN. / HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE TRENCHES BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, DIRECTOR / OF NAVAL TRANSPORTS ABYSSINIAN WAR, COMMANDER IN CHIEF / ON THE AUSTRALIAN AND FINALLY THE MEDITERRANEAN STATION, / WHERE HE DIED HEROICALLY AT HIS POST WHEN H.M.S. VICTORIA / SANK JUNE 22 1893. MUCH LOVED AND DEEPLY MOURNED'

Details

Description: Wall tablet in an Elizabethan style. A relief portrait of Tryon within an architectural frame. Above, a coat of arms with strap work flanked by two naval crowns. A foul anchor in relief on the apron below.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Stone
Vessel: HMS Victoria

People

Tryon, George
Age:
Date of Death: 22/6/1893
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Victoria' sunk in collision with HMS 'Camperdown'.
Recorder: Professor Norman Hammond & Dr J. L. Wilson
Photographer: Professor Norman Hammond

JSON

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