Memorial: M2036

Wall tablet at All Saints Church, Dodington commemorating Admiral Edward Codrington d. 1851

Location

All Saints Church, Dodington, Somerset, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / ADMIRAL SIR EDWARD CODRINGTON, G.C.B. / THIRD SON OF EDWARD THE YOUNGEST SON OF SIR WILLIAM CODRINGTON / OF DODINGTON, FIRST BARONET. / BORN, 27TH APRIL 1770. DIED, 28TH APRIL 1851 / BURIED IN THE VAULTS OF ST PETER'S CHURCH, EATON SQUARE, LONDON. / HE ENTERED THE NAVY 1783, AND SERVED AS / LIEUTENANT OF H.M.S. QUEEN CHARLOTTE, IN THE BATTLE OF 1ST JUNE 1794. / COMMANDER OF H.M.S. BABET, IN THE ACTION OF 23RD JUNE 1795. / CAPTAIN OF H.M.S. ORION, IN THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR 1805. / CAPTAIN OF H.M.S. BLAKE, IN THE SCHELDT, AND ON THE EAST COAST OF SPAIN 1809-13. / COMMODORE AND CAPTAIN OF THE FLEET ON THE COAST OF NORTH AMERICA, 1814. / COMMANDER IN CHIEF / OF THE ALLIED FLEETS OF ENGLAND, FRANCE AND RUSSIA, / IN THE BATTLE OF NAVARIN, 20TH OCTOBER 1827'

Details

Type: Wall tablet

Event

Battle of Navarino

Event Date

1827

Event Category

1821-1828 War of Greek Independence

People

Codrington, Edward
Age:
Date of Death: 28/4/1851
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Tablet at St Peter's Church, Eaton square. Memorial to the three Admirals at Navarino -Codrington, de Rigny and von Heyden in the main square at Pylos, Greece. Memorial to the French dead on Nisos Pilos, the British on Nisos Khelonisi, and the Russians in the town.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1981

JSON

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