Memorial

Captain C Elphinstone

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 28294 82051

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 39794
Description: RECTANGULAR TABLET WITH A TRIANGULAR PEDIMENT.
Inscription: TO THE MEMORY OF/ CAPTAIN CHARLES ELPHINSTONE, R.N./ SON OF THE/ HONORABLE WILLIAM FULLERTON ELPHINSTONE/ IN RETURNING FROM INDIA, / WHERE HE HAD GREATLY DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF/ BY THE CAPTURE OF A FORCE OF THE ENERMY/ VERY SUPERIOR TO HIS OWN, / HE WAS LOST IN H.M.S. BLENHEIM 1807, / IN THE 27TH. YEAR OF HIS AGE. / ALSO OF/ ELIZABETH ELPHINSTONE, / HIS SISTER, / WHO DIED 30TH. OCTOBER 1802, / IN THE 19TH. YEAR OF HER AGE.

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

Tablet

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good