Location
On the south wall facing the main Baptistry pillars (see Cathedral Plan).
Memorial
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF
CAPTAIN BRIDGES WATKINSON TAYLOR
OF THE ROYAL NAVY
FIFTH SON OF THE REVEREND EDWARD TAYLOR OF BIFRONS IN THE COUNTY OF KENT AND LATE COMMANDER OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP APOLLO WHO WAS UNFORTUNATELY DROWNED IN THE 35TH YEAR OF HIS AGE TOGETHER WITH SEVEN OTHER PERSONS BY THE UPSETTING OF A BOAT OFF THE PORT OF BRINDISI, IN THE ADRIATIC ON THE 24TH OF FEBRUARY 1814 HE WAS AN OFFICER OF DISTINGUISHED MERIT, HIGHLY AND UNIVERSALLY RESPECTED IN THE PROFESSION TO WHICH HE HAD BELONGED FROM HIS EARLIEST YOUTH, AND TO THE ACTIVE DUTIES OF WHICH THE WHOLE OF HIS LIFE WAS, WITH LITTLE INTERMISSION DEVOTED IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY HE WAS EVER ZEALOUS, ENTERPRIZING AND PERSEVERING, OF UNSHAKEN COURAGE AND FIRMNESS BLENDED WITH MILDNESS AND MODESTY OF DISPOSITION; WHICH SECURED TO HIM THE AFFECTION OF ALL WHO APPROACHED HIM HIS BENEVOLENCE WAS ACTIVE YET UNASSUMING, AND HIS HUMANITY THE NATURAL ATTRIBUTE OF SUCH A CHARACTER, WAS PARTICULARLY EVINCED BY HIS HAVING AT DIFFERENT TIMES SAVED THREE OF HIS FELLOW CREATURES FROM DROWNING AT THE IMMINENT RISQUE OF HIS OWN LIFE, NOR WAS HIS UNREMITTING ATTENTION TO THE DUTIES OF RELIGION LESS EXEMPLARY TO HIS SHIP'S COMPANY HE BEHAVED WITH THE KINDNESS AND ATTENTION OF A FATHER AND FRIEND, AS SUCH HE WAS CONSTITUTED BY THEM, AND HIS SOLICITUDE FOR THEIR WELFARE AND COMFORT AND FOR THEIR CREDIT, WAS MET BY A CHEERFUL AND ATTENTIVE DISCHARGE OF EVERY DUTY. DESIROUS OF RECORDING THEIR HIGH SENSE OF HIS MERITS AND THEIR AFFECTIONATE REGARD FOR HIS CHARACTER THE OFFICERS OF THE APOLLO HAVE ERECTED THIS MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF THEIR LAMENTED COMMANDER
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THE BODY OF CAPTAIN TAYLOR
WAS FOUND SOME WEEKS AFTER THE FATAL ACCIDENT
AND WAS DEPOSITED IN A HANDSOME MONUMENT
ERECTED TO HIM AND HIS FELLOW SUFFERERS
IN THE GREAT SQUARE OF THE TOWN OF BRINDISI
BY THE INHABITANTS
WHO HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THE KINDNESS
WHICH THEY INVARIABLY EXPERIENCED FROM HIM
WHILE EMPLOYED IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY
OFF THEIR COAST
BY THIS WELL MERITED TRIBUTE TO HIS MEMORY
CAPTAIN BRIDGES WATKINSON TAYLOR
OF THE ROYAL NAVY
FIFTH SON OF THE REVEREND EDWARD TAYLOR OF BIFRONS IN THE COUNTY OF KENT AND LATE COMMANDER OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP APOLLO WHO WAS UNFORTUNATELY DROWNED IN THE 35TH YEAR OF HIS AGE TOGETHER WITH SEVEN OTHER PERSONS BY THE UPSETTING OF A BOAT OFF THE PORT OF BRINDISI, IN THE ADRIATIC ON THE 24TH OF FEBRUARY 1814 HE WAS AN OFFICER OF DISTINGUISHED MERIT, HIGHLY AND UNIVERSALLY RESPECTED IN THE PROFESSION TO WHICH HE HAD BELONGED FROM HIS EARLIEST YOUTH, AND TO THE ACTIVE DUTIES OF WHICH THE WHOLE OF HIS LIFE WAS, WITH LITTLE INTERMISSION DEVOTED IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY HE WAS EVER ZEALOUS, ENTERPRIZING AND PERSEVERING, OF UNSHAKEN COURAGE AND FIRMNESS BLENDED WITH MILDNESS AND MODESTY OF DISPOSITION; WHICH SECURED TO HIM THE AFFECTION OF ALL WHO APPROACHED HIM HIS BENEVOLENCE WAS ACTIVE YET UNASSUMING, AND HIS HUMANITY THE NATURAL ATTRIBUTE OF SUCH A CHARACTER, WAS PARTICULARLY EVINCED BY HIS HAVING AT DIFFERENT TIMES SAVED THREE OF HIS FELLOW CREATURES FROM DROWNING AT THE IMMINENT RISQUE OF HIS OWN LIFE, NOR WAS HIS UNREMITTING ATTENTION TO THE DUTIES OF RELIGION LESS EXEMPLARY TO HIS SHIP'S COMPANY HE BEHAVED WITH THE KINDNESS AND ATTENTION OF A FATHER AND FRIEND, AS SUCH HE WAS CONSTITUTED BY THEM, AND HIS SOLICITUDE FOR THEIR WELFARE AND COMFORT AND FOR THEIR CREDIT, WAS MET BY A CHEERFUL AND ATTENTIVE DISCHARGE OF EVERY DUTY. DESIROUS OF RECORDING THEIR HIGH SENSE OF HIS MERITS AND THEIR AFFECTIONATE REGARD FOR HIS CHARACTER THE OFFICERS OF THE APOLLO HAVE ERECTED THIS MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF THEIR LAMENTED COMMANDER
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THE BODY OF CAPTAIN TAYLOR
WAS FOUND SOME WEEKS AFTER THE FATAL ACCIDENT
AND WAS DEPOSITED IN A HANDSOME MONUMENT
ERECTED TO HIM AND HIS FELLOW SUFFERERS
IN THE GREAT SQUARE OF THE TOWN OF BRINDISI
BY THE INHABITANTS
WHO HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THE KINDNESS
WHICH THEY INVARIABLY EXPERIENCED FROM HIM
WHILE EMPLOYED IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY
OFF THEIR COAST
BY THIS WELL MERITED TRIBUTE TO HIS MEMORY
