Memorial

Lieutenant G A Pidcock

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Current Location

St Mary's Church, Church Street, Watford, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0EG, England

TQ 11062 96305

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 67188
Description: Alabaster tablet surmounted by anchor.
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF/ LIEUT: ADOLPHUS PIDCOCK R.N./ YOUNGEST SON OF/ JOHN PIDCOCK, AND GEORGIANA, HIS WIFE. / THIS BRAVE AND ZEALOUS OFFICER WAS KILLED/ IN THE ACT OF BOARDING WITH THE CUTTERS CREW/ A HEAVILY ARMED JUNK WHICH ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE/ WHEN A FORMIDABLE FLEET OF PIRATES WAS CAPTURED OFF AMOY. / BY H.M.S. "RATTLER" MAY 11TH. 1853, AGED 27. / HIS LOSS IS DEEPLY DEPLORED BY HIS FAMILY, AND FRIENDS SINCERELY REGRETTED BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS, / WHO SORROWLY COMMITTED HIS BODY TO THE DEEP/ NAMQUAN AND THE INCOG ISLANDS. / FULL MANY A GEM OF PUREST RAY SERENE/ THE DARK UNFATHOMED CAVES OF OCEAN BEAR.

War: Military Service
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment relationships, manner of death, date of death, age of death.

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Made from: Alabaster

Condition: Good