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Admiral Sir William Cornwallis Memorial St Ann’s Church, HM Naval Base Portsmouth
Admiral Sir William Cornwallis was Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet between 1803 and 1806.
His exemplary conduct in prosecuting his part of the Trafalgar Campaign in keeping the blockade of the French fleet in its Channel ports, was central to setting up the conditions for Nelson to win at Trafalgar.
It was fitting therefore to erect the first national memorial in his name at a church where he would have worshipped and in whose city he was the MP.
The 1805 Club, together with its partner in this project, the Milford on Sea Historical Records Society, designed and commissioned a memorial stone to be produced and erected within consecrated ground at the entrance to the church.
Full details of this project and images of the event are available here.
