Memorial

Commodore W Bathurst

Memorial Tablet

Source: Copyright Mark Littler

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Current Location

ST MARYLEBONE CHURCH, Marylebone Road, Marylebone, City Of Westminster, Greater London, NW1 5LT, England

TQ 28275 82057

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 39779
Description: ARCHED SHAPED STONE TABLET, LETTERING INCISED ON DARK COLOURED BACKBOARD.
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF/ COMMODORE WALTER BATHURST, R.N./ OF YORK PLACE, IN THIS PARISH./ WHO TO THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR 1814,/ HAD BEEN ACTIVELY AND CONSTANTLY EMPLOYED/ FOR THIRTY FOUR YEARS/ IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY./ HE DIED 21ST. OCT. 1827,/ FROM THE EFFECT OF A MORTAL WOUND/ RECEIVED ON THE DAY PREVIOUS,/ WHILE IN COMMAND OF H.M.S. GENOA,/ IN THE ACTION IN THE HARBOUR OF NAVARINO,/ IN THE 68TH YEAR OF HIS AGE./ ALSO OF MARIANNE BATHURST. HIS WIDOW, / FOR FIFTY YEARS A MOST RESPECTED INHABITANT/ OF THIS PARISH, / WHO, HOLDING FAST FAITHFUL WORD/ AS SHE HAD BEEN TAUGHT. / DIED IN GREAT PEACE, FEBRUARY 27TH. 1838, / AGED 75.

War: 19th Century Conflict (1800-1899)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,decorations

Tablet

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good