Memorial

Captain W H Brand

Keith Charmock 1999

Source: Copyright Keith Charmock

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Current Location

Lady Chapel, mounted into the South facing wall, St Clement's Church, The Broadway, Leigh On Sea, Southend On Sea, Essex, SS9 2DE, England

OS Grid Reference

TQ 84158 85839

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 22546
Description: Plain tablet with incised lettering.
Inscription: ON THE CENTENARY OF/ TRAFALGAR/ THE FOUR SURVIVING SONS OF CAPTAIN W H BRAND/ WHO IS BURIED HERE, HAVE PLACED THIS STONE TO/ RECORD THAT, AS MIDSHIPMAN OF H.M.S. REVENGE/ HE WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO, IN THE MOMENTOUS/ BATTLE OF 21ST OCTOBER 1805, SO AMPLY/ SATISFIED THEIR COUNTRY THAT THEY HAD DONE/ THEIR DUTY./ THROUGHOUT THE TEN YEARS OF ALMOST CEASELESS/ WARFARE FOLLOWING NELSON'S VICTORY, CAPTAIN/ BRAND BORE A GALLANT PART IN MANY DANGEROUS/ ENGAGEMENTS AND ENTERPRISES, DISTINGUISHING/ HIMSELF BY DEVOTION TO DUTY, DARING AND SEAMANSHIP/ WORTHY OF ENGLAND'S NAVAL TRADITIONS./ IN THE PERIOD OF HIS COUNTRY'S GREAT STRUGGLE/ CAPTAIN BRAND'S FATHER, HIMSELF FORMERLY IN/ THE NAVY, GAVE FOUR OTHER SONS TO HER SERVICE, ONE TO THE MILITARY AND THREE TO THE NAVAL/ FORCES. OF THE LATTER, LIEUTENANT GEORGE/ ROWLEY BRAND, LOST HIS LIFE IN ACTION IN 1806,/ UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES PUBLICLY RECOGNISED AS OF/ HEROIC GALLANTRY, GOING DOWN ON H.M.S. UNIQUE,/ WHICH HE COMMANDED WITH COLOURS FLYING AND/ HIMSELF COVERED WITH TWENTY SEVERE/ WOUNDS.

Commemoration

War: Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death, initials of forenames, manner of death,relationships,additional

History

Sponsor Type: private

Ceremonies

Dedicated

21 October 1905

UNKNOWN

Conservation

Components

Tablet

Height: 1240mm

Width: 750mm

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

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Captain W H Brand

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