Memorial: M5747

Wall tablet in St Mary’s Church, Essendon, Hertfordshire commemorating Lieutenant James Clitherow RN d. 1813

Location

St Mary's Church, Essendon, Hertfordshire, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / JAMES CLITHEROW, / THIRD SON OF CHRISTOPHER CLITHEROW, ESQRE LATE OF BIRDS PLACE IN THIS PARISH; / LIEUTENANT IN THE ROYAL NAVY; / WHO DIED AT SEA, ON BOARD H.M.S. ARGO, OFF THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA, / ON THE 29TH DAY OF MARCH 1813, IN THE 27TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. / ALSO OF HIS YOUNGER BROTHER / WILLIAM HENRY CLITHEROW, / LIEUTENANT AND CAPTAIN IN THE THIRD REGT OF FOOT-GUARDS; / WHO FELL GLORIOUSLY, AT THE HEAD OF MAJOR-GENERAL BYNG'S BRIGADE, / WITH WHOM HE WAS SERVING AS AN AIDE-DE CAMP, / IN A SUCCESSFUL ATTACK ON THE ENEMY'S STRONG POSITION NEAR ST PALAIS, IN FRANCE, / ON THE 15TH OF FEBRUARY, 1814, IN THE 26TH YEAR OF HIS AGE, / THEIR ZEAL, ACTIVITY, AND PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE, / PROCURED THEM THE ESTEEM AND ADMIRATION OF THEIR SUPERIORS; / THEIR UNSULLIED CHARACTER, AND AMIABLE MANNERS, / ENDEARED THEM TO THEIR FRIENDS AND COMRADES, / BY WHOM THEIR LOSS IN DEEPLY FELT AND LAMENTED.'

Details

Description: Small marble tablet set flush into wall.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South Baptistry, West Wall
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Argo

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Clitherow, James
Age: 27
Date of Death: 29/3/1813
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Resited in 1882, originally on the north wall of the chancel.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters