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BEP(F.773.008
29 Mar 1773:31 (1957)
Tuesday last the remains of Charles Hay, Esq; late captain
of the Tamar Man of War, were honorably interred in a tomb
under King's Chapel:----The funeral procession was preceded
by a Company of Marines from his Majesty's ship the Captain,
with a band of musick playing the dead march:----His
excellency the Governor and the honorable Admiral Montagu,
with the officers of his Majesty's ships, and a number of
other gentlemen attended the funeral. Minute guns were fired
on board the Tamar during the procession, and three vollies
by the marines at the interment.------There was a vast
number of spectators to see the procession.
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