Memorial

Midshipman J S Johnson and Lieutenant A Johnson

Johnson family tablet Little Baddow Essex

Source: Copyright John Wheeldon

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Current Location

St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Rd, Little Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 7BE, England

TL 70570 10602

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 55962
Description: Rectangular white marble tablet mounted on polished black marble. Wording etched in roman capitals in black. Rolled moulding ovolo with shelf over situated 9cm. below top of white marble. Lower edge to depth 2.05cm for 2/3rd of length excised with double line 5cm apart. Etched in roman capitals, with names enlarged filled in with black. Donor's dedication in sloped roman. 1st quarter 19th century. Black marble h 84 x w 102 x d. 100cm. White marble h 66 x w 84 x d 3.08cm.
Inscription: ...ALSO IN MEMORY OF JOHN STRUTT JOHNSON,/ WHO WAS SLAIN IN BATTLE WHILE SERVING AS MIDSHIPMAN/ ON BOARD H.M. SHIP L'AIMABLE, ON THE 16TH MAY 1804/ AND OF ARTHUR JOHNSON/ LIEUT OF H.M. 85TH REGT/ WHO WAS LIKEWISE KILLED IN ACTION/ ON THE 10TH OF NOVR 1815./ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY CAPTAIN W.W.P. JOHNSON, R.N./ THE ONLY SURVIVING SON AND BROTHER OF THE ABOVE./ AS A SMALL TRIBUTE OF AFFECTION

War: Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,forename,manner of death,relationships
Order of names: year died

Tablet

Height: 660mm

Width: 840mm

Depth: 30mm

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good

Backboard

Height: 840mm

Width: 1020mm

Depth: 10mm

Made from: Marble - Black

Condition: Good