Memorial in St Peter’s Church, Thurston, Suffolk commemorating Robert Stedman, HEIC, d. 1809 in the loss of the ‘True Briton’
Location
St Peter's Church, Thurston, Suffolk, England
Transcript
‘Sacred / To the memory / of / Robert Stedman Gent. / Formerly of Packenham in this County / & late Second Officer of the / H.C.S. True Briton / in which unfortunate ship on or aboutt / the 20th October 1809 / He & his comrades / were wrecked in a dreadful gale, / and every Person perished / He was truly a British sailor'
Details
Description: Oval
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Chancel, north wall over vestry door
Materials: White marble
Vessel: HEIC True Briton
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Chancel, north wall over vestry door
Materials: White marble
Vessel: HEIC True Briton
People
Stedman, Robert
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 20/10/1809
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Second Officer
Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 20/10/1809
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Second Officer
Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Extra
Notes: Baptised 1/7/1782 at Packenham, son of John & Sarah Stedman whose monuments are in the same church. Ad. 19109 f.241 British Library. Davy's Suffolk Collections Vol. 33.
Recorder: Mrs F. Keymer 1988
Recorder: Mrs F. Keymer 1988