Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- North Cornwall
- Town
- Quethiock
- County
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- 19th Century Wars (1800-1899)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 83379
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Current location
St Hugh's Church
Quethiock
North Cornwall
Cornwall
PL14 3QS
England
OS Grid Ref: SX 31297 64744
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- WHITE MARBLE TABLET SET ON A BLACK MARBLE MOUNT. RECTANGULAR IN SHAPE WITH A TRIANGULAR HEADING. INCISED BLACK BLOCK LETTERING.
- Inscription
- SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF FREDERICK ROBERTSON FLETCHER/ A MIDSHIPMAN IN THE ROYAL NAVY/ SON OF THE REVD JOHN R FLETCHER D, D, VICAR OF THIS PARISH./ HE FELL IN THE 21ST YEAR OF HIS AGE, IN THE ATTACK ON LAGOS,/ IN THE HOLY CAUSE OF THE SUPPRESION OF THE SLAVE TRADE,/ ON THE 26TH DAY OF DECEMBER A, D, 1851./ BRAVELY DEFENDING THE POST ENTRUSTED TO HIS COMMAND:/ AN OFFICER FULL OF PROMISE;/ A KIND BROTHER AND FRIEND,/ A SON MOST DUTIFUL AND AFFECTIONATE,/ A HUMBLE FOLLOWER OF HIS LORD./ "BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD/ FROM HENCEFORTH: YEA, SAITH THE SPIRIT, THAT THEY MAY REST/ FROM THEIR LABOURS; AND THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM."/REV: C, xiv, v:13./THIS MARBLE IS SET UP BY HIS SORROWING PARENTS,/ BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Fletcher, Frederick Robertson
See details - Commemorations
- 19th Century Wars (1800-1899)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, Forename, Surname, Details of death,
Order of information: Undefined
- 19th Century Wars (1800-1899)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- 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
- Midshipman Frederick Robertson Fletcher
- WMO ID: 217344
- Condition: Good [last updated on 05-03-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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