Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- Bassetlaw
- Town
- Babworth
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26968
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Current location
All Saints Church
Church Lane
Babworth
Bassetlaw
Nottinghamshire
DN22 8ES
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 68633 80851
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- WHITE STONE INSCRIPTION TABLET IN THE SHAPE OF A FUNERAL CASKET. IT IS SUPPORTED BY TWO FEET OF A BEAST AND A TWO-STEPPED SHELF. WHOLE IS MOUNTED ONTO A SQUARE BLACK MARBLE BACKBOARD WITH THE CORNERS REMOVED. INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING
- Inscription
- SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ ARTHUR BRIDGEMAN SIMPSON, MIDSHIPMAN/ ON BOARD HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP, TWEED,/ WHO DIED AT THE AGE OF FIFTEEN OF/ A FEVER CAUGHT AT THE/ CAPE DE VERD ISLANDS,/ ON THE 6TH OF NOVBR. 1827
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Simpson, Arthur Bridgeman
See details - Commemorations
- Non-Combat Deaths
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, date of death, service, place of death, manner of death, age at death
Order of information: Undefined
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: height c1000mm, width c1000mm
Materials: Marble - Black - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Backboard
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS
- Grade I
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Church authorities / Parochial Church Council (PCC)
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