Memorial: M2145

Plaque in the Church of St Martin of Tours, Exminster, Devon commemorating John Cockburn Jessop Teague, RMLI d. 1915

Location

Church of St Martin of Tours, Exminster, Devon, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF CAPTAIN JOHN COCKBURN JESSOP TEAGUE ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY (RETIRED) OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW AND ELDEST SON OF THE REVEREND JOHN JESSUP TEAGUE MA VICAR OF THIS PARISH 1894-1905. CAPTAIN COCKBURN TEAGUE, CALLED UP FOR ACTIVE SERVICE AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE EUROPEAN WAR AUGUST 1914, TOOK PART IN THE DEFENCE OF ANTWERP, WHERE HE WAS WOUNDED, RECOVERED, AND AFTERWARDS FELL IN ACTION AT DARDANELLES ON MAY 14TH 1915 IN THE THIRTY THIRD YEAR OF HIS AGE. THE SOULS OF THE FAITHFUL ARE IN THE HAND OF GOD'

Details

Description: Cross above inscription tablet

Type: Plaque
Position: Interior, south wall
Materials: Black and white marble

Event

Dardanelles Campaign

Event Date

1915

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Teague, John Cockburn Jessup
Age: 32
Date of Death: 14/5/1915
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry

Extra

Recorder: F,M,M,Lewes 1997

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters