Location
On the East wall of the nave, North of the chancel.
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Inscription
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF REAR ADMIRAL WILLIAM ARTHUR C.B. SON OF THE LATE REVD. JAMES ARTHUR RECTOR OF ATHERINGTON, NORTH DEVON DIED NOVEMBER 15TH 1886 AGED 56 YEARS ENTERED THE ROYAL NAVY 1845 SERVED IN THE MAORI WAR 1845-47, MEDAL SERVED IN THE KAFFIR WAR 1851-52, MEDAL SERVED IN THE BALTIC EXPEDITION 1854, MEDAL SERVED IN THE CRIMEAN CAMPAIGN 1855, MEDAL CLASP AND TURKISH MEDAL SERVED IN THE CHINA WAR OF 1857-60, MEDAL AND TWO CLASPS DURING THIS WAR HE WAS TWICE WOUNDED HE SUBSEQUENTLY RECEIVED THE GOLD MEDAL FROM THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IN RECOGNITION OF ACTIVE SERVICES RENDERED BY HIM IN 1873 WAS NAVAL ATTACHE AT WASHINGTON USA 1879-82 ERECTED BY HIS DEVOTED, SORROWING WIFE MARY J. ARTHUR, NEE LE MESURIER 2 SAM XII 23 COMMANDED HMS'S
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