Memorial: M4208

Monument in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, to Admiral Sir Charles Taylor RN, d. 1835

Location

St Nicholas's Church, St Nicholas, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF SIR CHARLES TYLER / OF COTTRELL IN THIS PARISH / ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE AND KNIGHT GRAND CROSS / OF THE MOST HONOURABLE AND MILITARY ORDER OF THE BATH / WHO DIED THE 28TH DAY OF SEPTR 1835 AGED 75 YEARS / HIS LIFE WAS DEVOTED TO THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY / DURING A PERIOD OF THE GREATEST DIFFICULTY AND DANGER / AND HE BORE A DISTINGUISHED PART IN THE EVER MEMORABLE / BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR / IN WHICH HE COMMANDED THE TONNANT 80 GUNS / HE WAS HONORED BY THE FRIENDSHIP OF THE HERO / UNDER WHOSE AUSPICES HE THEN FOUGHTAND IN WHOSE GLORIOUS END / IT WAS NEARLY HIS FATE TO PARTICIPATE / HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER WAS MARKED BY MANY ACTS / OF VALOR AND HONORABLE SERVICE / WHICH WON FOR HIM THOSE HIGH DISTINCTIONS / WHICH WERE CONFERRED ON HIM BY HIS SOVEREIGN / WITH THE GENERAL APPROBATION OF HIS COUTRYMEN / ALSO OF MARGARET WIFE OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED THE 21ST DAY OF JULY 1835 AGED 76 YEARS'

Details

Description: A draped urn above the inscription tablet, a coat of arms below.
Type: Wall tablet
Vessel: HMS Tonnant

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Tyler, Charles
Age: 75
Date of Death: 28/9/1835
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.

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