Memorial: M3690

Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Rickmansworth commemorating Rear-Admiral William Bladwell RN d. 1783

Location

St Mary's Church, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England

Transcript

'Near this place / are deposited the Remains of / WILLIAM BLADWELL / late of this parish Esq / Rear Admiral in his Majesty's fleet / who departed this Life / on the 25th Day / March 1783 in the 80th year of his age / and also of MARGARET his wife / who departed this life on the 24th Day / of April 1777 in the 68th year of her age'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: North wall
Materials: Marble

People

Bladwell, William
Age: 79
Date of Death: 25/3/1783
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Commissioned Sea Officers' List gives date of death as 1789.

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