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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Dover
Town
Eastry
County
Kent
Country
England
Commemoration
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
Maker
MR JOHN BACON, JNR (Sculptor)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
41259

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Current location

St Mary the Virgin Church
Church Street
Eastry
Dover
Kent
CT13 0HL
England

OS Grid Ref: TR 31110 54780
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Elaborate mural tablet with inscription on black obelisk above a circular relief of a naval battle over which floats an Angel holding scale and a victor’s palm. The relief of the battle was originally on the memorial to Captain John Harvey and Captain John Hutt in Westminster Abbey. WMR #18276
Inscription
IN A VAULT/ IN THE MIDDLE AISLE OF THIS CHURCH/ ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS/ OF/ CAPTAIN JOHN HARVEY,/ LATE COMMANDER/ OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP BRUNSWICK/ WHO/ AFTER GLORIOUSLY SUPPORTING THE HONOUR/ OF THE BRITISH NAVY,/ ON THE MEMORABLE FIRST OF JUNE/ MDCCXCIV, UNDER EARL HOWE/ DIED AT PORTSMOUTH ON THE THIRTIETH OF THE SAME MONTH/ IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE WOUNDS HE RECEIVED/ IN THE ENGAGEMENT, AGED FIFTY THREE YEARS./ THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,/ TO PERPETUATE HIS MOST GALLANT CONDUCT ON THAT DAY OF VICTORY,/ UNANIMOUSLY VOTED A MONUMENT TO HIS MEMORY/ IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY:/ HIS UNTIMELY DEATH ONLY,/ PREVENTED HIS BEING HONOURED IN THE FLAG PROMOTIONS/ WHICH TOOK PLACE ON THAT OCCASION./ IN HIM HIS AFFLICTED FAMILY, AND NUMEROUS FRIENDS,/ HAVE SUSTAINED AN IRREPERABLE LOSS,/ HIS PUBLIC CHARACTER BEING ONLY EQUALLED/ BY HIS PRIVATE VENTURES
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,relationships,occupation,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
Reference
  • BRITAIN'S MARITIME MEMORIALS & MEMENTOES by SAUNDERS, DAVID 45 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:PATRICK STEPHENS LIMITED 1996 SPARKFORD
  • www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/179351
  • North East and East Kent by Newman, J 304

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