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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- City Of Westminster
- Town
- Westminster
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 27 February 1945
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 36171
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Current location
Located in South Aisle of Choir
Westminster Abbey
Deans Yard
Westminster
City Of Westminster
Greater London
SW1P 3PA
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 29973 79401
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- TABLET HAS CARVED AND PAINTED ARMS OF ADM BLAKE ABOVE INSCRIPTION AND A TALL SHIP CARVED IN RELIEF INSIDE A WREATH UNDERNEATH. INSCRIPTION IS IN BLACK AND RED.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ ROBERT BLAKE/ ADMIRAL AND GENERAL/ OF THE FLEET - WHO/ TRUSTING IN GOD AND/ IN THE VALOUR OF HIS COUNTRYMEN WROUGHT/ GREAT VICTORIES FOR/ ENGLAND AT SEA AND/ WORTHILY MAINTAINED/ THE HONOUR OF THE NATION/ HE WAS BORN IN 1598/ AT BRIDGWATER & DIED DURING HIS LAST VOYAGE/ HOME ON AUGUST 7TH 1657./ "ONE WHO DESIRED NO GREATER HAPPINESS THAN TO/ BE ACCOUNTED HONEST AND/ FAITHFUL IN HIS EMPLOYMENT"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Blake, Robert
See details - Commemorations
- Non-Combat Deaths
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, year of birth, date of death, forename, place of birth
Order of information: Undefined
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 760MM, width 1830MM
Materials: Stone - Hopton Wood
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- BOOK: C. MORIARTY, THE SCULPTURE OF GILBERT LEDWARD (2003) pages 118 to 119
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