Memorial: M4707

Wall tablet in Church of St Thomas A Beckett, Warblington, Hampshire, dedicated to John Walker d. 1824

Location

Church of St Thomas A Beckett, Warblington, Hampshire, England

Transcript

[On urn] 'ANNO AET 30' [Below] 'IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH [On tablet] 'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / JOHN WALKER, / COMMANDER OF THE NIGER, WEST INDIAMAN, / WHO, IN HIS PASSAGE FROM SHIELDS TO GRENADA, / WAS WRECKED ON HASBRO' SAND, / IN THE EVENING OF JANUARY 2ND. 1824 / AND, WITH HIS PILOT, / AND THE GREATER PART OF HIS CREW, PERISHED. / HE WAS A KIND AND AFFECTIONATE RELATIVE, / A GENEROUS AND SINCERE FRIEND'

Details

Description: Tablet with anthemion half acroteria, a draped flaming urn above.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Chancel north wall top
Materials: Black and white marble
Artists: Emsworth Holder
Vessel: Niger

People

Walker, John
Age: 30
Date of Death: 2/1/1824
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters