Memorial: M1930

Memorial in Cookham, Berkshire dedicated to Admiral of the fleet Edward Hobart Seymour d. 1929

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Cookham, Berkshire, England

Transcript

'TO THE BELOVED MEMORY / OF THE RIGHT HONORABLE / EDWARD HOBART SEYMOUR / ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET GCB OM / GCVO LLD WHO DIED ON 2ND OF MARCH / 1929 IN HIS 90TH YEAR. FOR MANY YEARS / A REGULAR WORSHIPPER IN THIS CHURCH / FROM BOYHOOD TO OLD AGE A BRAVE / AND DEVOTED SERVANT OF HIS COUNTRY'

Details

Vessel: HMS Centurion

Event

Boxer Rebellion

Event Date

1900

Event Category

19th Century conflicts in Asia

People

Seymour, Edward Hobart
Age: 89
Date of Death: 2/3/1929
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: H. W. Richmond, ‘Seymour, Sir Edward Hobart (1840–1929)’, rev. Andrew Lambert, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2011 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36032, accessed 25 May 2017]
Recorder: Colin Harris 1993

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