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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’.