Memorial: M3175

Memorial tablet at St Martin’s Church, Nacton, Suffolk, commemorating Captain Philip Broke, RN d. 1855

Location

St Martin's Church, Nacton, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / SIR PHILIP BROKE BART / OF BROKE HALL NACTON, / IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, / AND CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY / BORN 15TH JANUARY 1804 / DIED 24 FEBRUARY 1855 / IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR UNCEASING GRATITUDE AND LOVE, / HIS BEREAVED BROTHER AND SISTER HAVE ERECTED THIS TABLET / TO HIS MEMORY / "THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY; BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD". ISA 1. 21'

Details

Type: Tablet
Materials: Marble

Event

War of 1812

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Broke, Philip
Age: 51
Date of Death: 24/2/1855
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: P J Rushbrooke, Knights Templar House, High Street, Kelvedon, Essex, CO5 9AG

JSON

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