Memorial wall tablet in St Nicholas’s Church, Combe Raleigh, Devon commemorating Admiral Thomas Graves, RN d. 1814
Location
St Nicholas's Church, Combe Raleigh, Devon, England
Transcript
'UNDERNEATH ARE INTERRED ALL THAT WAS MORTAL / OF SIR THOMAS GRAVES, / KNIGHT OF THE MOST HONORABLE [sic] ORDER OF THE BATH, / AND ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE, / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MARCH 28th 1814. / ALSO OF HIS WIFE, BRIDGET, DAUGHTER OF PHILIP BACON ESQre / OF BISHOP'S HALL. / IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE DECEMBER 24th 1795. "But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which / are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope." 1 Thess. IV. 13. / "For GOD hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, whether we wake or sleep, we / should live together with him.'" 1 Thess. IV. 9,10 / ALSO OF MARY GRAVES / THEIR ONLY CHILD, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / 4th MARCH 1860 AGED 87 YEARS'
Details
Materials: White marble, slate
People
Age: c. 67
Date of Death: 28/3/1814
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Blue
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)