Wall tablet in St Clement’s Church, Sandwich, Kent commemorating Rear-Admiral George Sayer RN d. 1831
Location
St Clement's Church, Sandwich, Kent, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF REAR ADMIRAL GEORGE SAYER / COMPANION OF / THE MOST HONOURABLE MILITARY ORDER OF THE BATH, / HE WAS ACTIVELY EMPLOYED MOSTLY ON FOREIGN STATIONS / FROM 1788 UNTIL 1817 / AND DURING THE LATTER PERIOD OF HIS SERVICES / THE CHIEF NAVAL COMMAND / OF HIS MAJESTY'S NAVAL FORCES / IN THE EAST INDIES / TWICE DEVOLVED ON HIM AS COMMODORE. / BORN IN THIS PARISH ON THE 15TH NOVEMBER 1773 / DIED THE 29TH APRIL 1831 / AND INTERRED IN THE FAMILY VAULT IN THE ADJOINING CHURCHYARD / HE WAS THE ELDEST SON OF BENJAMIN SAYER ESQ / WHO WAS 30 YEARS COLLECTOR OF HIS MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS / AT THIS TOWN AND AT DEAL'
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South aisle, North wall
Materials: Marble
Artists: H. Spelt
People
Age: c. 58 years
Date of Death: 29/4/1831
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy