Memorial: M3154

Memorial at St Catherine’s Church, Montacute commemorating Major Gilbert Langdon RM d. 1838 and Lieutenant John Tobias Langdon RN d. 1811 in the loss of HMS ‘St George’

Location

St Catherine's Church, Montacute, Somerset, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / THE REV. WM LANGDON RECTOR OF PYLLE / INCUMBANT OF STOKE AND VICAR OF THIS PARISH / CHAPLAIN TO THE EAST SOMERSET REGT. OF YEOMANRY CAVALRY / AND A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR THE COUNTY / OBIT DECR. 10TH. 1823 AGED 87 / AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE, OBIT MARCH 13TH / 1795 AGED 42 / AND FOUR SONS / WILLIAM LANGDON WHO DIED ON THE COAST OF CHINA / AND WAS BURIED AT CANTON 1789 AGED 19 / MAJOR GILBERT LANGDON R.M. WHO WAS / AT THE BATTLE OF CAMPERDOWN IN HMS RUSSELL / AND IN HMS LEYDEN AT THE ATTACK OF / THE FRENCH FLOTILLA OFF BOLOGNE BY LORD NELSON / IN 1801. OBIT JUNE 20TH, 1838, AGED 83 / LIEUT. CHARLES LANGDON 21ST. REG. BENGAL N.I. / WHO AFTER SERVING IN A CAMPAIGN UNDER LORD LAKE / DIED AT AGRA NOV. 8TH, 1805 AGED 25 / LIEUT. JOHN TOBIAS LANGDON RN. / WHO WAS WRECKED IN HM SHIP ST GEORGE 98 GUNS / ON THE COAST OF JUTLAND DECR. 24TH. 1811 AGED 23 / WHEN ONLY SIX MEN WERE SAVED FROM A CREW OF 730 / GO STRANGER TRACK THE DEEP / FREE FROM THE WHITE SAIL SPREAD / WAVE MAY NOT FOAM NOR WILD WIND SWEEP / WHEN REST NOT ENGLAND'S DEAD / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY CAPT. WM. LANGDON R.N. M.L.C. / OF MONTACUTE TASMANIA'

Details

Vessel: HMS St George

Event

Battle of Camperdown 1797; Attack on Bologne 1801

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Langdon, Gilbert
Age: 83
Date of Death: 20/6/1838
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Major RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Langdon, John Tobias
Age: 23
Date of Death: 24/12/1811
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Colin Harris 1992

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters