Commander Edward Bayntum Yescombe

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Reference WMO/289769

Address:

St Mylor's Church

Mylor Churchtown

TR11 5UE

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Revolutionary/Napoleonic (1792-1815)
About the memorial: Square off White Marble Memorial surmounted by (it is presumed) the family crest, set on an oval shaped piece of light grey marble, itself set on a rectangular piece of dark grey marble. It is on the South Wall directly east of the entrance door.
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Sacred/to the Memory of/EDWARD BAYNTUM YESCOMBE Esq/late Commander of/the King George Lisbon Packet/who was alike distinguished for/His Manners as a Gentleman/His Conduct as an Officer/and/His Benevolence as a Christian/A Man of strict Integrity/worthy of Imitation/in his public Capacity/and in his domestic Life/honoured and beloved/He lost his Life/in bravely defending his Ship/against the Enemy/He died August 12 1803 Aged 35/His Widow erected this Marble/as a Testimony of Her Esteem/and affection

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