Memorial: M4213

Monument at Castle Cornet, St Peter Port, Guernsey commemorating Admiral James Saumarez d. 1836

Location

Castle Cornet, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'JAMES FIRST BARON DE SAUMAREZ / OF GUERNSEY / G.C.B., K.B., S.C.L., / ADMIRAL OF THE RED / GENERAL OF MARINES / B. 1757- D. 1836 / THIS MEMORIAL / IS ERECTED BY HIS FELLOW COUNTRYMEN / AS A TRIBUTE OF ADMIRATION / TO HIS HEROISM AND CHRISTIAN CHARACTER / . 1878 ,', 'The list of Lord de Saumarez's victories Sullivan Island 1778, L'Orient 1795 Dogger Bank 1781, Cape St Vincent 1797 West Indies 1782, Nile 1798 Crescent capturing Fr ship Reunion 1793 Algeciras 1801'

Details

Description: Two inscribed plaques, another with bust of de Saumarez, the last with a relief of a naval action.
Type: Four wall plaques
Materials: Metal
Date Erected: 1876
Vessel: HMS Crescent

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Saumarez, James
Age: 80
Date of Death: 9/10/1836
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Red
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: The remains of a 99ft blue granite obelisk erected on Delancy Hill in 1876. Demolished by German Forces in 1943. The naval action shown was between HMS 'Crescent' and a French force off Guernsey.
Recorder: David Tull, 1987
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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