The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

mhomac · Joined: 15 May 2010 Posts: 779 Location: South Lanarkshire

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Irvine Old Parish Church
47 Kirkgate
Irvine,
KA12 0DG

A memorial was erected by the people of Irvine to the memory of Bryce Gulliland. He was a native of Irvine and had been press ganged into the navy, where he rose to be 1st lieutenant on HMS Royal Sovereign. He died, aged 36, on 21st October 1805 at the Battle of Trafalgar. As the memorial states, “He fell at his post, in his Country’s cause, and with Nelson.”

Apologies for the poor quality of the picture.

Adam Brown · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 1:07 pm Post subject:

HMS Royal Sovereign was a 100-gun first rate ship of the line which served as the flagship of Admiral Collingwood at the Battle of Trafalgar and was the first ship of the fleet in action that day.

From Wikipedia:

Royal Sovereign lost one lieutenant, her master, one lieutenant of marines, two midshipman, 29 seamen and 13 marines killed, and two lieutenants, one lieutenant of marines, one master's mate, four midshipman, her boatswain, 69 seamen and 16 marines wounded.

stuartn · Joined: 13 Dec 2016 Posts: 2551

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