Wall tablet in St Martin’s Church, Nacton, Suffolk, commemorating Rear-Admiral Philip Bowes Vere Broke, RN d. 1841
Location
St Martin's Church, Nacton, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY OF / SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE BROKE BART. & K.C.B / REAR ADMIRAL OF THE RED / WHO DIED ON 2D. JANY. 1841 IN THE 65th YEAR OF HIS AGE. / HE WAS AN ATTACHED HUSBAND AND AN AFFECTIONATE PARENT / IN HIS PROFESSION WHICH WAS HIS CHOICE FROM INFANCY, / HE WAS ARDENT AND PERSEVERING. / AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF SERVICE AT SEA / HIS PROFESSIONAL SKILL WAS SIGNALLY EXHIBITED, / ON THE 1ST OF JUNE 1813, / WHEN, COMMANDING H.M.S. SHANNON, / HE ENGAGED AND CAPTURED THE UNITED STATES FRIGATE CHESAPEAKE. / THE WOUNDS HE RECEIVED IN ACTION / DISABLED HIM FROM FURTHER SERVICE / AND OCCASIONED HIM MUCH SUFFERING / WHICH HE BORE WITH CHRISTIAN RESIGNATION. / EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE ADMIRALTY / DATED 9TH JULY 1813 / TO ADMIRAL SIR J. WARREN K.B., / COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE N. AMERICAN STATION. / "MY LORDS HAVE BEFORE HAD OCCASION TO OBSERVE THE ZEAL / JUDGEMENT, AND ACTIVITY, WHICH HAVE CHARACTERIZED CAPTAIN / BROKE'S PROCEEDINGS SINCE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WAR, / AND THEY NOW RECEIVE WITH THE HIGHEST SATISFACTION A / PROOF OF PROFESSIONAL SKILL AND GALLANTRY IN BATTLE, WHICH / HAS SELDOM BEEN EQUALLED AND CERTAINLY NEVER SURPASSED." / ALSO OF / SARAH LOUISA HIS WIFE; / DAUR. OF SIR WILLM. MIDDLETON, BT. / OF SHRUBLAND HALL IN THIS COUNTY, / WHO DIED ON THE 20TH OF JULY 1843, / IN THE 65TH YEAR OF HER AGE'
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Broke Chapel
Vessel: HMS Shannon
Event
War of 1812
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Age: 64
Date of Death: 2/1/1841
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy