Wall memorial at St Mary’s Church, Chigwell, Essex, commemorating Captain William Brabazon Urmston RN d. 1869
Location
St Mary's Church, Chigwell, Essex, England
Transcript
'IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / WILLIAM BRABAZON URMSTON / CAPTAIN ROYAL NAVY, / KNIGHT OF THE LEGION OF HONOR &c. / SECOND SON OF SIR JAMES BRABAZON URMSTON, KT. / FORMERLY OF THIS PARISH, / WHO, AFTER SERVING HIS GOD AND HIS COUNTRY / WITH TRUE DEVOTION, / DIED ON THE 18TH DECEMBER 1869, / AGED 41 YEARS / ON BOARD H.M.S. AKBAR, AT ROCKFERRY, CHESHIRE. / HIS REMAINS / ARE INTERRRED IN THE FAMILY BURIAL GROUND / OF HIS FATHER-IN-LAW, / JOHN BURN MURDOCH, ESQRE / AT GARTINCABER, PERTHSHIRE, / "NOT SLOTHFUL IN BUSINESS, / FERVENT IN SPIRIT, / SERVING THE LORD.'
Details
Description: Inscription tablet in the shape of a scroll. Behind it is carved an anchor and a chain in high relief.
Type: Wall memorial
Position: Nave south wall
Materials: Marble, stone
Vessel: HMS Akbar
Type: Wall memorial
Position: Nave south wall
Materials: Marble, stone
Vessel: HMS Akbar
People
Urmston, William Brabazon
Age: 41
Date of Death: 18/12/1869
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age: 41
Date of Death: 18/12/1869
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: DOSSIER
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)