Chichester Cathedral: Lt George Pigot Alms

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Reference WMO/135011

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Chichester Cathedral

Chichester

PO19 1PX

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • American Revolution (1775-1783)
About the memorial: A wall monument. central panel depicts a naval battle, above which is a draped urn and below a panel carved to resemble drapery on which is the inscription.
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Sacred / to the memory of / Lieut GEORGE PlGOT ALMS, of the Royal Navy, / who was killed on board the 'Superbe', in an action with the French fleet / in the East Indies on the 12th of April, 1782, in the 16th year of his age. / He was the eldest son of Captn James Alms, who commanded the / 'Monmouth', with the most exemplary bravery, in the same engagement. / He lived the pride and hope of his parents; / the delight and admiration of his friends; the rising ornament of his / country; and fell gloriously in the discharge of the duties of his / profession honoured and lamented by all who knew him. / Impressed with the bitterest affiiction and at a time / that her husband was still fighting his country's battles in / India, / his fond, and disconsolate mother / caused this monument / to be erected.

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