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Captain Edward Rotheram

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Location: St Mary Magdalene Church, Bildeston, Suffolk

Type: Grave

Material: Marble

Date of death: 6 November 1830
Place of death: Bildeston House, Bildeston, Suffolk

Description: The grave is on the lawn on the south side of the Church about 183 cm from the boundary wall. Made of pink-brown marble, all four sides slope upwards to a flat cross at the top. There are inscriptions on the north, south and east sloping sides.

Dimensions: 193 cm × 71 cm × 36 cm high.

Transcription

(South side)

in memoriam

CAPTAIN E. ROTHERAM, C.B.

who commanded

Admiral Collingwood’s flag ship

r. sovereign

at trafalgar 1805,

was also first lieut of culloden

in lord howe’s victory of june 1st 1794


(North side)

died at bildestone house

6 nov 1830   aged 77

thou hast covered my head

in the day of battle


(East side)

erected by brother officers and friends

1891

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