Memorial
Master's Mate P White
Current Location
North wall to left of Altar, St. Helen's Church, Off Main Street, Abbotsham, Torridge, Devon, EX39 5AR, England
OS Grid Reference
SS 42454 26418
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 25805
- Description
- White marble tablet bearing incised inscription verses, attached to a wall mounted black marble backboard.
- Inscription
- SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE REVND JOHN WALTER LATE VICAR OF / THIS PARISH WHO DIED APRIL 2ND 1807 AND OF ELIZABETH / HIS WIFE WHO DIED JULY 6TH 1787 AGED 40. THEIR REMAINS ARE / INTERRED UNDER THE VICARS SEAT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THIS / CHANCEL. SACRED ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF PETER WHITE THEIR / ELDEST SON, LATE MASTER'S MATE ON BOARD H.M.S. MINOTAUR / SEVENTY FOUR GUNS WHERE HE WAS SLAIN IN THE EVER MEMORABLE / BATTLE OF THE NILE AUGUST 1ST 1798 AGED 28 / AND TO THE MEMORY OF THEIR YOUNGEST SON PHILIP / LATE STAFF SURGEON IN THE BRITISH ARMY HAVING SERVED / HIS MAJESTY IN THE LATE WARS OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL / AND IN THE EAST AND WEST INDIES HE DIED SEPTR 14TH 1823 AGED 44 AND HIS REMAINS LIE UNDERNEATH / THIS TABLET PLACED HERE BY HIS AND THEIR / AFFECTIONATE RELATIVES.
- War
- French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- Forename, surname, rank, ship, manner of death, place of death, date of birth, age at death, relationships
- Order of names
- Forename, surname, rank, ship, manner of death, place of death, date of birth, age at death, relationships
- Sponsor Type
- private
Components
- Backboard
Made from: Marble - Black
Condition: Good
- Tablet
Made from: Marble - White
Condition: Good