Memorial at Hadley Monachorum, Hertfordshire commemorating Captain Frederick Cottrell RN d. 1811
Location
Hadley Monachorum, Hertfordshire, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / FREDERICK COTTRELL ESQUIRE / CAPTAIN OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP NYADEN OF XXXVI GUNS / FIFTH SON OF THE REVD. C.L. COTTRELL / RECTOR OF THIS PARISH / HE WAS BORN IN AUGUST MDCCLXXX / MADE LIEUTENANT IN MDCCCI / AND POST CAPTAIN IN MDCCCIII / AND HAVING DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AS AN OFFICER / AND BLED IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY / HE FELL A VICTIM TO A RAPID CONSUMPTION / WHEN CRUISING OFF THE ISLAND OF BARBADOES / APRIL THE XIX MDCCCXI / IN THE XXXI YEAR OF HIS AGE / DEEPLY REGRETTED BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS'
Details
Vessel: HMS Nyaden
People
Cottrell, Frederick
Age: 30
Date of Death: 19/4/1811
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age: 30
Date of Death: 19/4/1811
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: Colin Harris 1992