Memorial: M5773

Memorial in St Nicholas’s Church, New Romney, Kent commemorating Lieutenant Charles Cobb RN d. 1811

Location

St Nicholas's Church, New Romney, Kent, England

Transcript

'HERE lies the Body of / ANNE COBB / youngest Daughter of / Benjamin and Catherine Cobb / She died May the 18th / 1794 aged 43 Years. / CHARLES third son of BENJAMIN / COBB Esq., and JANE his Wife / He was FIRST LIEUTENANT of H.M.S. CASTILIAN, / and killed by a Cannon Shot in action with / the French Flotilla off Boulogne, 21st September 1811 / Aged 25 Years.'

Details

Type: Ledger
Position: Nave
Materials: Stone
Vessel: HMS Castilian

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Cobb, Charles
Age: 25
Date of Death: 21/9/1811
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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