Memorial in Tetbury, Gloucestershire commemorating Vice-Admiral James Richard Dacres d. 1853
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF JAMES RICHARD DACRES ESQRE. / VICE ADMIRAL OF THE RED SQUADRON / WHO DIED AT CATSFIELD LODGE, HANTS. / ON THE 4TH DECEMBER 1853 / AGED 64 YEARS, / ALSO HIS SON / JAMES RICHARD DACRES / COMMANDING H.M. SLOOP NIMROD, / WHO DIED AT MOZAMBIQUE ON THE 14TH FEBRUARY 1848 AGED 37 YEARS / AND OF HIS YOUNGEST SON / HEW DALRYMPLE DACRES, ESQRE. / LIEUT: IN H.M. 67TH REGT. / WHO DIED AT SEA ON HIS PASSAGE FROM BARBADOES 11TH JULY 1835 / AGED 21 YEARS.'
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South aisle
Materials: White marble
Vessel: HMS Nimrod
Position: South aisle
Materials: White marble
Vessel: HMS Nimrod
People
Dacres, James Richard
Age: 64
Date of Death: 4/12/1853
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the Red
Organisation: Royal Navy
Dacres, James Richard
Age: 37
Date of Death: 14/2/1848
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age: 64
Date of Death: 4/12/1853
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the Red
Organisation: Royal Navy
Dacres, James Richard
Age: 37
Date of Death: 14/2/1848
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: David Saunders