Memorial: M3811

Wall tablet in Salisbury Cathedral commemorating Captain Willoughby Bertie RN d. 1810.

Location

Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

Transcript

'Here are deposited the Remains of / WILLOUGHBY VERE BERTIE / HE was born 20th April 1811; and died 26th July 1812 / His Father, the Honorable WILLOUGHBY BERTIE; Capt. R.N. / had perished in the SATELLITE, which he commanded, / off Cherbourg; 19th December 1810; aged 23 Years / CATHERINE, his disconsolate Mother / incribed this Marble to the memory of / her, beloved Husband, and only child.'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: North transept
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Satellite

People

Bertie, Willoughby
Age: 23
Date of Death: 19/12/1810
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Sarcophagus in relief, with lions feet, anthemion acroteria. On the pediment is a relief of a rose cut down by a scythe.
Bibliography: P. Clissold 'Ships and Monuments in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 58, p. 212 (Greenwich, 1972). 'Satellite' foundered in the Channel.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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