Memorial
Midshipman J B H Whitshed
Current Location
St Peters Church, Thorney Lane North, Iver, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire, SL0 9JY, England
OS Grid Reference
TQ 03969 81099
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 56794
- Inscription
- THE WILL OF THE LORD BE DONE/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY (FOR NO STONE TELLS WHERE HE LIES)/ OF JAMES BENTINCK HAWKINS WHITSHED/ LATE MIDSHIPMAN ON BOARD HMS BERWICK/ WHO WAS KILLED IN THE PORT OF NEGAYS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN ON 11 DECb 1813/ THE LAST ACT OF HIS LIFE WAS SAVING THAT OF HIS ENEMY/ WHOSE SWORD HE RECEIVED ON BOARD L'AIR/ AND SHORTLY AFTER FELL IN ATTEMPTING TO CARRY L'ESTAFETTE,/ ANOTHER FRENCH NATIONAL VESSEL/ WHAT THO' BUT EIGHTEEN FLEETING YEARS ON EARTH/ HAD NURS'D INGENEOUS WHITSHED'S GROWING WORTH./ BUT HAD HE LIV'D TO BE BELOV'D BY ALL/ WHO LOVE THE GOOD AND CAN LAMENT THEIR FALL/ HIS HEART WAS OPEN AS A SUMMER'S DAY/ WHEN NOT A CLOUD OBSCURES THE RISING RAY/ KIND AS THE SPRING THAT O'ER VERDANT FIELDS/ ITS BEAUTIOUS BLOSSOMS IN ABUNDANCE YIELDS/ AND SMILES IN PROMISE OF THE FRUIT IN STORE/ WHEN TIME EXTENDS TO MAKE THAT FRUIT MATURE./ HIS TIME WAS SHORT! AND YET HIS HONOUR'D NAME/ SHALL LIVE IN MEMORY AND BY DEAR TO FAME/ NELSON EXPIRING COULD HAVE SAID NO MORE,/ THAN HE WHOSE EARLY DEATH THESE LINES DEPLORE/ LEADING HIS BAND TO BOARD THE COUNTRY'S FOE/ TO TRUE ALAS! WAS AIMED THE FATAL BLOW!/ THE BALL HAD PIERCED THE YOUTHFUL HERO'S HEAD/ BUT ERE TO HEAVEN HIS GALLANT SPIRIT FLED/ HIS LOOK DISPLAYED A SOUL DESPISING DEATH!/ HE CHEER'D HIS MEN-AND WITH CONVULSIVE BREATH/ DYING EXCLAIM'D AMID THE BATTLE'S ROAR/ "CARRY HER IF YOU CAN MY LADS I AM NO MORE!"/ THE TABLET WHICH FAINTLY EXPRESSES THE/ TENDER AFFECTION WITH WHICH HIS MEMORY IS CHERISHED/ BY HIS BEREAVED BUT RESIGNED PARENTS/ IS PLACED IN THE CHURCH WHERE HE WAS WONT TO OFFER UP/ HIS PRAYERS TO THE GREAT DISPOSER OF ALL EVENTS/ AND NOT FAR FROM THE SCENE OF HIS EARLY EDUCATION WHERE/ UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF HIS GOOD PASTOR AND MASTER/ IT IS HUMBLY HOPED HE BECAME IMPRESSED WITH/ THE PRINCIPALS OF RELIGION WHICH MAKES EVEN IN DEATH/ MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH HIM THAT LOVED US/ IN WHOSE WORDS WE ARE ASSURED/ "BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL FOR THEY SHALL OBTAIN MERCY"
- War
- Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships,occupation,additional
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