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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Shrewsbury And Atcham
Town
Shrewsbury
County
Shropshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Spanish Succession (1701-1714)
Maker
JOHN EVAN THOMAS FSA JP (Sculptor)
Ceremony
  • Unknown
    Date: C1844
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
14076

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Current location

IN ST CATHERINES CHAPEL ABOVE VESTRY DOOR
EAST WALL
ST MARYS CHURCH
St Mary's St
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury And Atcham
Shropshire
SY1
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 493 125
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
TABLET WITH RELIEF CARVED PORTRAIT BUST OF VICE ADMIRAL JOHN BENBOW WITH DRAPES AND A CANNON BARREL AND CANNON BALLS BEHIND. BELOW IS A CARVED RELIEF OF A FULLY-RIGGED TWO-DECKER WARSHIP. THE CARVED FEATURES SURMOUNT A TABLET WITH THE INSCRIPTION.
Inscription
ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION TO COMMEMORATE THE SERVICES/ OF JOHN BENBOW ESQRE/ VICE ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE,/ A SKILFUL AND DARING SEAMAN/ WHOSE HEROIC EXPLOITS LONG RENDERED HIM THE BOAST OF THE BRITISH NAVY,/ AND STILL POINT HIM OUT AS THE NELSON OF HIS TIMES./ HE WAS BORN AT COTON HILL IN THIS PARISH, AND DIED AT KINGSTON IN JAMAICA,/ NOVEMBER 4TH 1702, AGED 51 YEARS,/ OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN HIS MEMORABLE ACTION/ WITH A FRENCH SQUADRON OFF CARTHAGENA IN THE WEST INDIES,/ FOUGHT ON THE 19TH AND FIVE FOLLOWING DAYS OF AUGUST IN THAT YEAR.
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Spanish Succession (1701-1714)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of birth,manner of death,age of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Reference
  • Public Monuments and Sculpture Association SAshSRg1015
  • Published:Oxford University Press 2004
  • BRITAIN'S MARITIME MEMORIALS & MEMENTOES by SAUNDERS, DAVID 110 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:PATRICK STEPHENS LIMITED 1996 SPARKFORD

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