Wall tablet in All Saints’ Church, Wyke Regis, Dorset commemorating Commander Lewis Auldjo and other passengers and crew of the HEIC ‘Alexander’, wrecked in 1815

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All Saints' Church, Wyke Regis, Weymouth, Dorset Devon, England

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'To record the melancholy wreck of / THE SHIP ALEXANDER / This monument is erected by C Forbes Esqr, MP London, and the owners of the said ship which on her voyage from Bombay / to London was totally lost in the West Bay on the night of the 26th March 1815, when all the crew and passengers, consisting of more / than 140 souls, unhappily perished with the exception of five lascars. /
The following are the names of the persons whose bodies were found and buried immediately adjoining this spot. Lewis Auldjo Commander; Mr Brown Chief Officer; Major Jackson, Captain Campbell, Lieutenant Wade, Mrs Auldjo, Mrs Dunbar, Miss Toriano, two Misses Deverells, Miss Jackson, Master Russel, Master Jackson and Miss Elphinstone. The remains of Mr Dunbar were found subsequent to the interment of the above mentioned, and buried in Portland. The body of Mrs Jackson was taken up near Lyme in this county and there buried.
The undermentioned also perished on this melancholy occasion and their bodies have not been found:-
Major Ramsey, Lieutenants Bennet and Baker, Mrs Deverell, Miss Jackson, Master Deverell, Mr Bowman, 2d 3d and 4th mates: an European woman servant and an invalid of artillery. Lamented shades! twas yours, alas to drain/Misfortunes bitter chalice:- whilst in vain / Fond hope and joy regardless of contrl / Prompted each movement of the willing soul. / Sudden destruction reared his giant form / Black with the horrors of the midnight storm: / And all convulsed with elementary strife, / Dissolved the throbbing nerves of Hope and Life. / Death's triumphs past, may angels guide your way / To the blest regions of eternal day! / Where no rude blasts provoke the billowing roar / Where Virtue's kindred meet to part no more'

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