Memorial
Lieutenant W Way
Current Location
On the east wall of the south chapel., St Andrew's Church, Church Road, Great Yeldham, Braintree, Essex, CO9 4PQ, England
OS Grid Reference
TL 75778 38667
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 99174
- Description
- Rectangular white marble tablet, mounted on a grey marble backboard with triangular top. The white tablet has a plinth and a mantle top that is surmounted by an urn. The inscription is in incised black lettering.
- Inscription
- TO THE MEMORY OF / GREGORY LEWIS WAY/ OF SPENCER FARM, ESQRE/ WHO MARRIED 9TH DECEMBER 1779, ANN FRANCIS/ DAUGHTER OF THE REV'D. WM. PAXTON, RECTOR OF TAPLOW, BUCKS/ AND DIED 26TH APRIL 1799 AET 43./ HIS NATURAL DISPOSITION AND EARLY HABITS HAVING LED HIM TO SEEK THE/ PLEASURES OF RETIREMENT, HE FOUND IN THE DISCHARGE OF HIS RELIGIOUS AND/ SOCIAL DUTIES, IN THE AFFECTION OF HIS FAMILY, AND IN LITERARY AMUSEMENTS/ A GREATER SHARE OF HAPPINESS THAN USUALLY FALLS TO THE LOT OF MAN ON EARTH;/ WHILST UNDER THE SURE PROMISES OF THE GOSPEL, HE CHERISHED A LIVELY/ HOPE OF ETERNAL HAPPINESS HEREAFTER./ ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF/ TWO INFANT CHILDREN OF THE ABOVE NAMED G.L. WAY/ AND OF HIS SON LIEUTENANT WILLIAM WAY R.N.,/ WHO DIED ON BOARD H.M.S. SAPPHIRE/ 14TH AUGUST 1814, AET 22.
- War
- Military Service
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- Rank, forename, surname, location and date of death in service, age, relationships
- Maker(s)
J. Bacon of London, Manufacturer
- Sponsor Type
- private
- Maintenance History
- St Andrew's Church was Grade I listed on 21/6/1962 (List entry number 1123010); the memorial is mentioned in that listing.
- Custodian
- Church of England
Components
- Tablet
Made from: Marble - White
Condition: Good
Historic England
Grade: I
List Entry: 1123010
- Backboard
Made from: Marble - Grey
Condition: Good
Historic England
Grade: I
List Entry: 1123010
- Historic England's Grade I listing details re St Andrew's Church includes mention of the memorial: 'In the S chapel there are monuments on the E wall (1) to Richard Fitzsymonds, 1680, tablet with carved drapery, cherub-heads and cartouche of arms (2) to Susanna (Bastwick), wife of Dr. Burgoyne, 1685, black and white marble tablet with entabulature broken pediment and cartouche of arms (3) to Gregory Lewis Way, 1799, white marble tablet with urn on grey marble ground;...' https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1123010
- https://www.essexchurches.info/churchpic.aspx?p=Great Yeldham&no=0299&ty=i&maximg=006&imgno=006
- The Naval Chronicle Volume 32, July-December 1814, page 440: 'On the 14th of August , of the yellow fever , on his passage from the West Indies , Lieutenant William Way , of H.M.S. Sapphire'. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NAldAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA440&lpg=PA440&dq="william+way"+HMS+sapphire+1814&source=bl&ots=UHlsZg8zS7&sig=ACfU3U1nXG7CCcHUpovjUduYWP_rdX4z2w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKpfbi0cr0AhURfMAKHR2HBnIQ6AF6BAgUEAM#v=onepage&q="william way" HMS sapphire 1814&f=false