Memorial: M3039

Memorial in St Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Captain Thomas Arnold RN d. 1737

Memorial to Captain Thomas Arnold RN.

Location

St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'In Memory of Capt THOMAS ARNOLD / who served in the Royal Navy forty years / And in every station / Distinguished his Conduct and Bravery / worthy to Command the BRITISH FLEET / As a Husband, a Father and a Friend / Tender, Indulgent, Sincere / After various toils and hazards / possessed of every comfort / (Tho ready in his declining years / to sacrifice his ease and even his life / in his county's cause) / He died in hopes of a joyful resurrection / Augst ye 31st AD 1737, aged 58'

Details

Description: Trophies beneath inscription flanked with navigational instruments.
Type: Wall monument
Artists: T. Shippe

People

Arnold, Thomas
Age: 58
Date of Death: 31/8/1737
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Signed: T: Shippe Yarm: Fecit
Bibliography: Hugh D.W. Lees 'Chronicles of a Suffolk Parish Church: Lowestoft St Margaret' (Lowestoft 1949); 'Dictionary of National Biography'.

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters