Memorial: M6620

Wall tablet at St Leonard’s Church, Seaford, East Sussex commemorating Rear-Admiral James Walker d. 1831

Location

St Leonard's Church, Seaford, East Sussex

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / JAMES WALKER, ESQUIRE / REAR ADMIRAL OF THE RED, / AMOST BRAVE AND DISTINGUISHED OFFICER, / WHO SERVED, FOUGHT AND CONQUERED WITH, RODNEY, HOWE, DUNCAN, ST VINCENT, / AND THE IMMORTAL NELSON: / IN THE GLORIOUS VICTORY OF CAMPERDOWN HE COMMANDED / THE MONMOUTH , IN THAT OF COPENHAGEN THE ISIS; / AND AFTER SERVING HIS KING AND COUNTRY / FOR FIFTY FIVE YEARS / WITH CONSPICUOUS VALOUR, ZEAL, SKILL AND FIDELITY, / HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT BLATCHINGTON, JULY 13TH 1831 / IN THE 67TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. / IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF HIS MANY VIRTUES / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS WIDOW.,

Details

Description: Wall tablet in the form of a sarcophagus in relief.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Vessel: Monmouth, Isis

Event

Napoleonic Wars

People

Walker, James
Age: 67
Date of Death: 13/7/1831
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear-Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Walker also has a tomb in Seaford Churchyard carved with and anchor and trident in relief.
Bibliography: Peter Hore ‘Nelson’s Band of Brothers: Lives and Memorials’ p. 96 (Barnsley, 2015)

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