Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
South Kesteven
Town
Fulbeck
County
Lincolnshire
Country
England
Commemoration
19th Century Wars (1800-1899)
Maker
Crake London (Makers)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
63741

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Current location

On the wall of the north aisle
St Nicholas Church
Rectory Lane
Fulbeck
South Kesteven
Lincolnshire
NG32 3JJ
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 94761 50430
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Stone tablet with dedictory inscription. Decorative scroll work at top to left and right. At centre an engraved anchor.
Inscription
TO THE MEMORY OF/ VERE FANE,/ SECOND SON OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL/ SIR HENRY FANE OF FULBECK,/ KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE BATH./ HE LOST HIS LIFE IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY,/ HAVING PERISHED WITH EVERY ONE OF HIS BROTHER SEAMEN./ THE CREW OF HIS MAJESTY'S BRIG OF WAR OF WAR, ALGERINE;/ OFF HYDRA./ IN THE GRECIAN ARCHIPELAGO,/ ON THE 8TH DAY OF JANUARY 1826,/ IN THE 19TH YEAR OF HIS AGE./ HIS PROPER SENSE OF ALL HIS MORAL OBLIGATIONS/ THE EXCELLENCE OF HIS DISPOSITION/ AND HIS HIGH PROFESSIONAL QUALITIES AND CHARACTER/ FITTED HIM AS IT SEEMED FOR A PROSPEROUS COURSE/ OF WORLDLY FELICITY AND HONOUR./ BUT, THE ALMIGHTY HAS DEALT YET MORE GRACIOUSLY WITH HIM,/ BY REMOVING HIM TO IMMORTALITY,/ BEFORE HIS FAIR PROSPECTS HAD BEEN CLOUDED BY MISFORTUNE,/ OR HIS INNOCENCE ENDANGERED BY TEMPTATION.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Fane, Vere
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Commemorations
  • 19th Century Wars (1800-1899)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, year died, place of death, forename, relationships, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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