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HMS Royal George Chair, date of photo estimated as not given by IWM - Taken by © Colin Murray (WMR-87312) 02 Jul 2018
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HMS Royal George Chair, date of photo estimated as not given by IWM - Taken by © Colin Murray (WMR-87312) 02 Jul 2018
Reference WMO/290866
Edit memorial name, location & address- Timber Oak
- American Revolution (1775-1783)
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Brass plaque on chair:TOLL FOR THE BRAVE/ THIS CHAIR IS MADE FROM TIMBER FROM H.M.S. ROYAL GEORGE,/ LOST WITH ALL HANDS AT SPITHEAD, 29TH. AUG 1782. SIR JOHN/ RICHARDSON WAS GIVEN SOME OF THE TIMBER AND CAUSED/ THIS CHAIR TO BE MADE THEREFROM. IT WAS PRESENTED/ TO THE SPILSBY R.D.C. BY HIS GRANDSON, CAPTAIN JOHN/ FRANKLIN RICHARDSON, LATE XTH ROYAL LINCOLNSHIRE REGT. 1953. Framed information: This chair was made from the timbers of H.M.S. ROYAL GEORGE which was lost/ with all hands at SPITHEAD in the year 1782./ The chair was owned by the Richardson family for 170 years who were connected/ with the family of the ARCTIC EXPLORER SIR JOHN FRANKLIN who was born in/ this town in the year 1786. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN made three expeditions to the/ Arctic and surveyed many thousand of miles of the NORTH AMERICAN coast line./ In the year 1845 at the age of 59 years he again set sail from the Thames in search of/ the NORTH WEST PASSAGE from which Sir John and the crew never returned./ However, in the year 1848 a cairn was discovered by another expedition with proof/ that SIR JOHN FRANKLIN had discovered the NORTH WEST PASSAGE./ In 1953 this chair was presented to the SPILSBY RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL by/ Captain John Richardson, grandson of the late Sir John Richardson./ When the SPILSBY RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL was taken over by the EAST/ LINDSEY DISTRICT COUNCIL 1973 they presented the Chair to the TOWN of/ SPILSBY to be placed in St. Jame's Church Spilsby so that it's historical and family/ connection with the family of SIR JOHN FRANKLIN may not be lost in antiquity./ It is also interesting to note the famous English Poet Lord Tennyson who was born in/ the village of Somersby, only eight miles from the this church, wrote a poem on the/ tragic loss of the H.M.S. ROYAL GEORGE./ "TOLL FOR THE BRAVE"
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