Epitaphs of interest. James Fownes Somerville.

Admiral Sir James Fownes Somerville lies at rest, with his wife, at the Church of St. Michael in the village of Dinder which lies in the shadow of the southern foothills of the Mendips.

His modest epitaph reads "Admiral of the Fleet and Squire of Dinder".

The headstone of James Fownes Somerville and his wife in the Somerset village of Dinder.

The commemoration to James Fownes Somerville "Admiral of The Fleet and Squire of Dinder" in the churchyard of St. Michael's in the village of Dinder, Somerset. 

I wrote of Sir James' highly distinguished career in a previous post. Below is a link.

Views from Somerset: Admiral Sir James Somerville, commander of Force H, the squadron which crippled the Bismarck, at rest in a Somerset churchyard in the village of Dinder. (viewfromsomerset.blogspot.com)