Memorial: M4088

Statue at Southsea, Portsmouth by F. Brook Hitch depicting Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson d. 1805

Location

Southsea, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

[Naval Crown] 'HORATIO NELSON KB / DUKE OF BRONTE IN SICILY / VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE / HIS LAST HOURS IN ENGLAND / BEFORE LEAVING FOR THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR / WERE SPENT AT THE / GEORGE HOTEL HIGH STREET PORTSMOUTH / WHICH HOTEL WAS DESTROYED WITH / A GREAT PART OF PORTSMOUTH IN / A GERMAN AIR RAID ON THIS CITY / ON JANUARY 10TH-11TH 1941. / HIS REMAINS WERE BROUGHT TO / SPITHEAD DECEMBER 4TH 1805 ON / BOARD H.M.S. VICTORY WHICH SHIP / WAS BADLY DAMAGED IN THE FOREFOOT / BY A BOMB IN A RAID ON THE / 10TH MARCH 1941', 'PRESENTED / BY / HERBERT J. ALDOUS L.R.C.S. L.S.A. / FROM WHOSE DESIGNS / THE SCULPTOR WORKED / F. BROOK HITCH F.R.B.S.', [Naval crown] 'NELSON'S PRAYER / MAY THE GREAT GOD WHOM / I WORSHIP GRANT TO MY COUNTRY / AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF EUROPE / IN GENERAL, A GREAT AND GLORIOUS / VICTORY AND MAY NO MISCONDUCT / IN ANY ONE TARNISH IT AND MAY / HUMANITY AFTER VICTORY BE THE PREDOMINANT FEATURE IN THE / BRITISH FLEET FOR MYSELF INDIVIDUALLY / I COMMIT MY LIFE TO HIM THAT MADE / ME AND MAY HIS BLESSING ALIGHT / ON MY ENDEAVOURS FOR SERVING / MY COUNTRY FAITHFULLY. TO HIM / I RESIGN MYSELF AND THE JUST CAUSE / WHICH IS ENTRUSTED TO ME / TO DEFEND / AMEN . AMEN . AMEN .'

Details

Type: Statue
Materials: Bronze, granite
Date Erected: 1951
Artists: F. Brook Hitch

People

Nelson, Horatio
Age: 47
Date of Death: 21/10/1805
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Presented by Dr H. Aldous.
Bibliography: Colin White (editor) 'The Nelson Companion' (Portsmouth,1995) pp. 142-3.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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