Memorial: M5895

Memorial in St-Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating Vice Admiral Benjamin Page, Admiral of the Blue d.1843

Location

St-Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY / OF / ELIZA HERBERT / 38 YEARS THE BELOVED WIFE OF / VICE ADMIRAL B.W. PAGE / SHE DIED AT IPSWICH / NOV. 30, 1834 / ALSO OF / BENJAMIN WILLIAM PAGE / ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE / WHO DIED IN THIS HIS NATIVE PARISH / OCT: 3RD 1843 AGED 80 / DURING A LONG PUBLIC LIFE, HE / HONORABLY & SUCCESSFULLY ACCOMPLISHED / EVERY APPOINTED SERVICE / TWICE RECEIVED THE THANKS OF / BRITISH MERCHANTS IN THE EAST INDIES / AND BY GOD'S BLESSING / IN THE ZEALOUS DISCHARGE OF HIS DUTIES / REACHED THE SUMMIT OF HIS PROFESSION & ACQUIRED THE CHARACTER OF A GOOD SAILOR / A KIND FRIEND, A BOUNTEOUS MASTER / & A MUNIFICENT RELATION.'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South side of the Nave
Materials: Stone

People

Page, Benjamin William
Age: 80
Date of Death: 3/10/1843
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: The memorial was reinstated after the rebuilding of the church in 1850 but placed low down in a corner. Barbara Tomlinson ‘Commemorating the seafarer: monuments, memorials and memory’ (London, 2015) pp. 67.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters