Memorial: M4347

Wall tablet at St Mary’s Church, Tenby commemorating Captain Bird Allen RN d. 1841

Location

St Mary's Church, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Transcript

‘SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN BIRD ALLEN R.N. / WHO IN THE 38TH YEAR OF HIS AGE / DIED AT FERNANDO PO THE 25TH OCTR. 1841 / WHILE IN COMMAND OF H.M.S. SOUDAN / ON AN EXPEDITION INTO THE INTERIOR OF / AFRICA. / DESIGNED TO PROMOTE THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY AND CIVILISATION / INTO THAT COUNTRY; HIS FRIENDS HAVE ERECTED THIS TABLET / TO RECORD THEIR STRONG SENSE OF HIS CHRISTIAN EXCELLENCE AND / PROFESSIONAL TALENTS, AND TO TESTIFY THEIR DEEP REGRET FOR HIS LOSS / AND THAT OF HIS BRAVE COMPANIONS WHO WITH HIM / FELL VICTIMS TO THE CLIMATE OF THE RIVER NIGER. / MARK THE PERFECT MAN, AND BEHOLD THE UPRIGHT: / FOR THE END OF THAT MAN IS PEACE. PSALM. 37 V. 37'

Details

Description: Seated classical male figure, head on hand in dejected attitude, facing left. He holds a flagpole and flag on his right shoulder. The figure within an neoclassical architectural surround with a pediment.
Type: Wall tablet
Vessel: HMS Soudan

Event

Niger expedition 1841

Event Date

1841

People

Allen, Bird
Age: 38
Date of Death: 25/10/1841
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: One of the three ships of the Niger expedition under the command of Captain H.D. Trotter. Allen 'Fell victim to climate'.
Bibliography: E.O.C. Goddard 'Captain Bird Allen R.N.', 'Mariner's Mirror', vol. 69, p. 94, (Greenwich, 1983); Lawrence Phillips 'Captain Bird Allen', 'Mariner's Mirror', vol. 69, pp.197-8, (Greenwich, 1983); David Saunders 'Captain Bird Allen', 'Mariner's Mirror', vol. 69, pp. 316-7, (Greenwich, 1983).
Recorder: William Donnan. 1978

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters