Memorial

Captain H Parker

Captain Hyde Parker

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Current Location

Holy Trinity Church, Church Walk, Long Melford, Babergh, Suffolk, CO10 9DL, England

TL 86505 46761

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 4461
Description: Marble tablet with round head. In the lunette there is a foul anchor surrounded by wreath of laurel and oak with crossed swords and flags behind, surrounded by inlaid laurel branches. At the side of the inscripted tablet, there are two doplhins with tridents. the architectural framing is carved with egg-and-dart mouldings and acanthus leaves.
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF/ CAPTAIN HYDE PARKER/ OF HER MAJESTY'S STEAM FRIGATE FIREBRAND/ (ELDEST SON OF VICE ADMIRAL HYDE PARKER CB)/ WHO FELL GLORIOUSLY WHILE LEADING ON HIS MEN/ TO THE STORM OF A RUSSIAN FORTIFICATION AT THE/ SULINA MOUTH OF THE DANUBE JULY 8TH 1854 AGED 29 YEARS./ THE BRITISH BURIAL GROUND OF PERA AT CONSTANTINOPLE/ HOLDS ALL OF HIM THAT COULD DIE, BUT SO LONG AS A GREAT/ INTELLECT, A HIGH AND SPOTLESS CHARACTER AND DEVOTION/ TO HIS COUNTRY, EVEN TO THE DEATH CAN COMMAND/ LOVE AND RESPECT, SO LONG WILL HIS NAME LIVE/ IN THE FOREMOST RANKS OF THOSE WHO DIED/ TOO EARLY FOR ALL SAVE THEIR OWN FAME. / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS, /SEAMEN AND MARINES OF HMS FIREBRAND,/ THE LAST SAD TRIBUTE OF THEIR HONOUR AND AFFECTION//

War: Crimean War (1853-1856)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, rank, date of death, service, place of death, forename, place of burial, manner of death, age of death, relationships

Plaque

Height: 1524 mm

Width: 1270 mm

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: I

List Entry: 1182550