Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Rugby
- Town
- Willoughby
- County
- Warwickshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- 17th Century Wars (1600-1699)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 19446
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Current location
St. Nicholas' Church
Brooks Close
Willoughby
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV23 8BY
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 51592 67447
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wall mounted, portrait orientated incised stone tablet.
- Inscription
- Inscription as spelt : IN THE COAST OF GVINEY; \ / GEORGE WATSON, SON OF THO / MAS WATSON OF WILLOVGHBY / (AND ONE OF HIS MAIEESTES \ / CAPTAINS AT SEA) DEPARTED / THIS LIFE. JVLY Y 15 ANNO D 1674 / "DEATH HATH CONTROUD A CAPTANE BOLD (...)"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Watson, George
See details - Commemorations
- 17th Century Wars (1600-1699)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- 17th Century Wars (1600-1699)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- History
- Re-incised 1967
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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