Wall tablet in St Mary’s Church, Fishguard commemorating Thomas Roblyn MD d. 1855 Naval Surgeon
Location
St Mary's Church, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Transcript
‘SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS ROBLYN M.D. / WHO DIED AT HIS RESIDENCE CAIRO LODGE, WESTON SUPER / MARE, SOMERSET FEBRUARY 10TH 1855, AGED 75 YEARS. / SON OF THE LATE BENJAMIN ROBLYN AND / SARAH HIS WIFE, AND GRANDSON OF THE LATE THOMAS DAVIS AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE. / OF THE LOWER TOWN. DR ROBLYN SERVED AS SURGEON OF THE BULL DOG / SLOOP OF WAR WHEN ON THE COAST OF EGYPT. AND AT THE BLOCKADE / AND SURRENDER OF MALTA 1799. HE WAS TAKEN PRISONER AT ANCONA / AND WHEN RELEASED RETURNED TO EGYPT AND AFTERWARDS AP / POINTED SURGEON OF THE BRIGADE OF SAILORS CO-OPERATING WITH / THE ARMY ON SHORE WHEN GRAND CAIRO FELL. / FOR THE LAST SERVICE DR ROBLYN RECEIVED THE TURKISH GOLDEN MEDAL, THE SILVER SPHINX AND IN 1850 THE QUEEN’S MEDAL. HE RETURNED TO ENGLAND AS SURGEON OF THE ULYSSES / PAID OFF AT WOOLWICH IN 1802. ROBLYN HAD SERVED UNDER LORDS ST. VINCENT, KEITH, NELSON, SIR SYDNEY SMITH AND OTHER ADMIRALS DURING AN EVENTFUL PERIOD, HE FINALLY / PRACTISED AS SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN AT CLIFTON, NEAR BRISTOL, WHERE HE / WAS HIGHLY AND DESERVEDLY RESPECTED. HIS END WAS PEACE, HIS RELATIVES / SICERELY LAMENTED A LOSS OF SO ESTIMABLE A FRIEND. HIS REMAINS ARE INTER / RED IN THE SAME GRAVE AS THOSE OF HIS BELOVED WIFE REBECCA, AT BICESTER, OXFORDSHIRE’ '
Details
Position: Choir wall
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Bulldog, HMS Ulysses
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Age: 75
Date of Death: 10/2/1855
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy