Trafalgar Captains | The 1805 Club

Location: St James’s Church, Shirley, Southampton (in the Cawte Chapel, at head of south aisle)

Type: Wall Plaque

Material: Marble, white

WALL PLAQUE, topped by a winged bull, with a ship’s stern, inscribed ‘Trafalgar’
Material: White marble, mounted on black slate.
Sculptor: Garrets of Southampton.
Dimensions: Plaque: 86 cm × 68.5cm Mounting: 101.5 cm × 86.5cm

Transcription

sacred to the memory of

ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES BULLEN

G.C.B.G.C.H.

who departed this life july 2nd 1853,

aged 86.

his life was devoted to the service

of his country,

and he received from his sovereign

many honors

for the active part taken in the

glorious actions of lords duncan,

howe, collingwood and nelson.

this last tribute of affection is

placed here by his nephew

richard bullen

Note: In addition, St James’s Church, Shirley holds on its north staircase a large diamond-shaped painted hatchment of Sir Charles Bullen, inscribed ‘Trafalgar’, ‘Tria juncta in uno’ and ‘A rege et Victoria’.

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