Memorial: M1843

Memorial at Chichester Cathedral to Captain Thomas Allen RN d. 1781

Location

Cathedral, Chichester, West Sussex, England

Transcript

'In Memory of / CAPTAIN THOMAS ALLEN / Late Commander of his Majesty's ship / BRITANNIA / on which Brave and Benevolent Spirit /o n the 25th Jany 1781 in the 35 Year of his Age / the curtain of the World's Stage / untimely dropt'

Details

Description: Carved with an oval relief of a draped mourning female figure on the shore, trophies beside her, the stern of the ship 'Britannia' to the right. Above an urn in relief with the inscription on the side, below the arms of the Allen family.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Sailor's Chapel, N Aisle
Materials: Marble
Artists: Charles Harris
Vessel: HMS Britannia

People

Allen, Thomas
Age: 34
Date of Death: 25/1/1781
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Sketch. DOSSIER.
Bibliography: K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' p. 100 (London, 1946); Peter Clissold 'Ships and Monuments in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 58, p. 206 (Greenwich, 1972).
Recorder: S.F. Palmer
Photographer: Rina Prentice

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters