Memorial

Captain Sir H M Blackwood (Baronet)

View from ground level

Source: Copyright Amy Savage by kind permission of the Naval Base Commander HMNB Portsmouth

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Current Location

Contact the Chaplaincy in advance in order to make arrangements to access the Dockyard. Located in the south east corner, St Ann's Church, Anchor Lane, HMNB Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

OS Grid Reference

SU 63171 00566

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 49804
Description: Rectangular stone tablet surmounted by cornice and triangular pediment. Tablet is mounted onto a stone backboard. Inscription in black lettering. Wreath carved in relief at the top centre of the pediment.
Inscription: SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ CAPTAIN SIR HENRY MARTIN BLACKWOOD BART/ WHO DIED IN COMMAND OF H.M.S. VENGEANCE,/ AT PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY 7TH 1851;/ AGED 49./ HIS REMAINS WERE INTERRED IN THE CEMETERY/ OF HASLAR HOSPITAL, WITH ALL THE HONOURS/ OF A PUBLIC FUNERAL./ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED/ BY THE OFFICERS AND SHIP'S COMPANY,/ TO COMMEMORATE THEIR DEEP-FELT SORROW/ FOR THE LOSS OF ONE,_WHO, THOUGH HE HELD/ THE COMMAND BUT A FEW MONTHS ONLY,/ YET IN THAT SHORT TIME_BY A BEARING/ OF EQUAL DIGNITY AND AFFABILITY,_/ WON FOR HIMSELF THE ESTEEM AND/ ATTACHMENT OF ALL.

Commemoration

War: Military Service
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank, forenames, surname, title, service, place of death, date of death, age, place of burial
Order of names: rank, forenames, surname, title, service, place of death, date of death, age, place of burial

History

Sponsor Type: private
Sponsored By: Erected by the Officers and Ship's Company of HMS Vengeance

Conservation

Components

Backboard

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Tablet

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good