Monument in Valetta, Malta, to Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle d. 1819
Location
Upper Barrakka Gardens, Valletta, Malta, Rest of the World
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY / OF / SIR THOMAS FRANCIS FREMANTLE / KNIGHT GRAND CROSS / OF THE / BATH, GUELPH, SAINT FERDINAND AND MERIT, / SAINT MICHAEL AND SAINT GEORGE, / KNIGHT COMMANDER OF MARIA TERESA, / BARON OF THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE / AND VICE ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE, / WHO DIED AT NAPLES IN THE CHIEF COMMAND / OF HIS MAJESTY'S NAVAL FORCES / IN THE MEDITERRANEAN / ON THE 19 DECR 1819 IN THE 54TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY CAPTAIN A P GREEN / AND THE OFFICERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP ROCHFORT / IN WHICH HE HAD HIS FLAG / AS A TESTIMONY OF RESPECT / FOR HIS CHARACTER AND TALENTS'
Details
Description: Urn on plinth.
Type: Memorial
Position: Upper Barraca Gardens arcade
Vessel: HMS Rochfort
Type: Memorial
Position: Upper Barraca Gardens arcade
Vessel: HMS Rochfort
People
Fremantle, Thomas Francis
Age: 53
Date of Death: 19/12/1819
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the Blue
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age: 53
Date of Death: 19/12/1819
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the Blue
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Hore, Peter 'Nelson's Band of Brothers : Lives and Memorials' (Barnsley, 2015) p. 69
Recorder: Timothy Wilson 1979
Recorder: Timothy Wilson 1979