Memorial: M5594

Gravestone at St Nicholas Church, Wickham, Hampshire commemorating Admiral Richard Grindall d. 1820

Location

St Nicholas Church, Wickham, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'HERE LIES DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF MR EDMUND GRINDALL, MIDSHIPMAN RN, YOUNGEST SON OF VICE ADMIRAL GRINDALL AND KATHERINE HIS WIFE, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 21 SEPTEMBER 1811 AGE 20', 'HERE LIES THE BODY OF LT FESTING HORATIO GRINDALL, RN, 3RD SON OF VICE ADMIRAL GRINDALL AND KATHERINE HIS WIFE, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 23 MAY 1812, AGE 25', 'ALSO THE REMAINS OF SIR RICHARD GRINDALL ADMIRAL, RN, WHO DIED 23 MAY 1820 AGE 69, ALSO KATHERINE HIS WIFE WHO DIED 6 FEBRUARY 1831 AGE 72'

Details

Description: Family grave with flat gravestone, two head and two footstones. Traces of railings (now missing).
Type: Gravestones
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Stone

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Grindall, Edmund
Age: 20
Date of Death: 21/9/1811
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Grindall, Festing Horatio
Age: 25
Date of Death: 23/5/1812
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Grindall, Richard
Age: 72
Date of Death: 23/5/1820
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Inscription illegible, transcript taken from church registers.
Bibliography: Colin White and 1805 Club 'The Trafalgar Captains: Their lives and memorials' p. 68. (London, 2005)

JSON

{
  "post_id": "1249",
  "id": "M5594",
  "location": "St Nicholas Church, Wickham, Hampshire, England",
  "transcript": "'HERE LIES DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF MR EDMUND GRINDALL, MIDSHIPMAN RN, YOUNGEST SON OF VICE ADMIRAL GRINDALL AND KATHERINE HIS WIFE, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 21 SEPTEMBER 1811 AGE 20', 'HERE LIES THE BODY OF LT FESTING HORATIO GRINDALL, RN, 3RD SON OF VICE ADMIRAL GRINDALL AND KATHERINE HIS WIFE, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 23 MAY 1812, AGE 25', 'ALSO THE REMAINS OF SIR RICHARD GRINDALL ADMIRAL, RN, WHO DIED 23 MAY 1820 AGE 69, ALSO KATHERINE HIS WIFE WHO DIED 6 FEBRUARY 1831 AGE 72'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at St Nicholas Church, Wickham, Hampshire commemorating Admiral Richard Grindall d. 1820</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Family grave with flat gravestone, two head and two footstones. Traces of railings (now missing).",
    "type": "Gravestones",
    "position": "Churchyard",
    "materials": "Stone",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"Battle of Trafalgar",
    "date": "1805",
    "category": "1803-1815 Napoleonic War"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Grindall, Edmund","age":"20","dateofdeath":"21/9/1811","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Midshipman","organisation":"Royal Navy"},{"name":"Grindall, Festing Horatio","age":"25","dateofdeath":"23/5/1812","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Lieutenant RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"},{"name":"Grindall, Richard","age":"72","dateofdeath":"23/5/1820","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Admiral","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Inscription illegible, transcript taken from church registers.",
    "bibliography": "Colin White and 1805 Club 'The Trafalgar Captains: Their lives and memorials' p. 68. (London, 2005)",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters