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Memorial: M6621

Wall tablet at St Swithin’s Church, Walcot, Bath commemorating Sir Edward Berry died 1831

Location

St Swithin's Church, Bath, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / SIR EDWARD BERRY, BARONET, / KNIGHT COMMANDER OF THE MOST HONORABLE AND MILITARY ORDER / OF THE BATH, / AND REAR ADMIRAL OF THE RED SQUADRON OF HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET. / HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE 13TH OF FEBRUARY 1831 / IN THE 63RD YEAR OF HIS AGE. / THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICES OF SIR EDWARD BERRY / ARE RECORDED IN THE ANNALS OF HIS COUNTRY. / HE WAS THE FRIEND AND COMPANION OF LORD NELSON, UNDER WHOSE COMMAND / HE FOUGHT AT THE BATTLES OF ST VINCENT, THE NILE AND TRAFALGAR; / HE COMMANDED H.M. SHIP AGAMEMNON AT THE BATTLE OF ST DOMINGO, AND WAS HONORED BY HIS SOVEREIGN WITH THREE [italics] MEDALS , / FOR GREAT NAVAL VICTORIES /"BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE, BE NOT AFRAID, NEITHER BE THOU DISMAYED, / FOR THE LORD THY GOD IS WITH THEE WHITHER THOU GOEST." JOSH. ., CHAP. 1 VER. 9. / ALSO / TO DAME LOUISA HENRIETTA BERRY / HIS WIDOW / BORN 10TH JULY 1779 / DIED MAY 1856.'

Details

Description: Marble wall tablet. Arms above inscription with three Naval Gold Medals and Order of the Bath. Motto: 'AD ALTIORA'.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble

People

Berry, Edward
Age: 63
Date of Death: 13/2/1831
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear-Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Peter Hore ‘Nelson’s Band of Brothers: Lives and Memorials’ p. 108 (Barnsley, 2015)
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