Memorial at Sandy, Bedfordshire to Captain Sir William Peel RN d. 1858.
Location
St Swithun's Church, Sandy, Bedfordshire, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN SIR WILLIAM PEEL, R.N., K.B., V.C., / THIRD SON OF THE HONBLE. SIR ROBERT PEEL BART. / THE ILLUSTRIOUS STATESMAN / HE WAS BORN NOVEMBER 2ND 1824 / ENTERED THE NAVY AT THE AGE OF 13 / AND GAVE EARLY PROMISE OF FUTURE EMINENCE / WHICH, THOUGH HE DIED AT THE EARLY AGE OF 33, / LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO ACHIEVE. / AFTER SERVICNG WITH DISTINCTION IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD, / HE COMMANDED A BATTERY AT THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL, / RENDERING HIMSELF CONSPICUOUS AMONGST BRAVE MEN, / BY ACTS OF DARING AND CHIVALROUS COURAGE. / IN COMMAND OF H.M.S. SHANNON, / ON THE OUTBREAK OF THE GREAT INDIAN REBELLION, / HE ORGANISED AND LED THE FAMOUS NAVAL BRIGADE / WHICH DRAGGED THE 68 POUNDERS OF THE SHIPS / AND CO-OPERATING WITH THE ARMY, / CONTRIBUTED IN A MOST SIGNAL MANNER / TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR ARMS. / THE SERVICES WHICH HE RENDERED DURING THAT GREAT CRISIS / WERE REGARDED WITH ADMIRATION BY HIS COUNTRY; / AND HIS DEATH IN THE MIDST OF SUCCESS AND HONOURS, / WAS LAMENTED AS A NATIONAL LOSS. / HE DIED AT CAWNPORE, APRIL 27TH 1858.'
Details
Type: Statue
Position: Nave, South Bay
Materials: Marble
Date Erected: 1861
Artists: William Theed
Event
Crimea War; Indian Mutiny
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
People
Age: 33
Date of Death: 27/4/1858
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy