Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
South Wight
Town
Gatcombe
County
Isle Of Wight
Country
England
Commemoration
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
40769

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Current location

St Olave's Church
Gatcombe Road
Gatcombe
South Wight
Isle Of Wight
PO30 3HL
England

OS Grid Ref: SZ 49245 85094
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Marble Tablet
Inscription
TO THE MEMORY/ OF/ THE REVD JAMES WORLEY, M.A./ RECTOR OF GATCOMBE,/ WHO DIED OCTR 3RD 1798, AGED 49/ OF/ ANNE, HIS WIFE,/ WHO DIED OCTR. 27TH 1824, AGED 75,/ AND OF/ SEVEN OF THEIR CHILDREN/ MARY DIED AUGT 31ST 1790/ HARRIET DIED AUGT 8TH 1797/ ANNE, WIFE OF CAPT. HENRY HILL, R,.N./ DIED SEPT 23RD 1805/ JAMES, CAPT: ROYAL ARTILLERY, DIED OF FEVER,/ AT JAMAICA, MAY 5TH 1806/ FREDERICK LIEUT R.N. OF H.M. SHIP/ UNDAUNTED, DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED/ IN A GALLANT ATTACK ON THE ENEMY/ IN THE BAY OF MARSEILLES, MARCH 24TH 1813./ WILLIAM, LIEUT. R.N. DIED OF FEVER/ OFF THE MALABAR COAST, APRIL 6TH 1813./ HENRY, BREVT LEIT. COL. C.B. H.M. 34TH REGT/ AFTER A COURSE OF ARDUOUS SERVICE/ PARTICULARLY AT WALCHEREN & IN THE PENINSULAR/ WAR/ FOR HIS GALLANT CONDUCT IN WHICH HE WAS/ REWARED BY HIS SOVEREIGN WITH MANY MEDALS/ DIED OF CONSUMPTION, MAY 13TH 1820/ THE REVD JAMES WORSLEY M.A. WAS THE SECOND SON OF/ SIR EDWARD WORSLEY OF GATCOMBE HOUSE BY DAME ELIZABETH/ DAUGHTER OF SIR JOHN MILLER, BART, AND GRANDDAUGHTER OF/ SIR WILLIAM MEUX OF KINGSTON, BART, AND GREAT GRAND-DAUGHTER/ OF SIR JOHN MEUX, BART, BY DAME ELIZABETH, DAUGHTER OF/ SIR RICHARD WORSLEY, BART./ SIR EDWARD WORSLEY WAS DESCENDED FROM JOHN WORSLEY, A/ YOUNGER BRANCH OF THE APPULDURCOMBE FAMILY AND BROTHER/ OF SIR RICHARD WORSLEY CREASTED A BARONET, JUNE 11TH 1511./ ERECTED BY/ THEIR AFFECTIONATE DAUGHTER AND SISTER/ ELIZABETH DIXON/ 1836
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Worsley, Frederick
Worsley, James
Worsley, William
See details for all 3 names
Commemorations
  • Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
    Total names on memorial: 3
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 3
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, regiment, place of death, forename,place of birth,manner of death,relationships,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private

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