Midshipman Frederick Robertson Fletcher

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Reference WMO/217344

Address:

St Hugh's Church

Quethiock

PL14 3SQ

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:
  • 19th Century Wars
About the memorial: Died 26th December 1851 during an attack on Lagos. An unusual memorial as the engagement was part of the suppression of the slave trade. White marble on black marble mount. Incised black writing\.
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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.

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