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<blockquote data-quote="JohnEGreen" data-source="post: 2143587" data-attributes="member: 223921"><p><a href="https://www.britainexpress.com/counties/devon/churches/plymouth-minster.htm" target="_blank">https://www.britainexpress.com/counties/devon/churches/plymouth-minster.htm</a></p><p></p><p>The main entrance into Prysten House St Andrews Church Plymouth is known as the Door of Unity, in honour of the close connections between Plymouth and the United States. The most obvious connection, of course, comes from the fact that the first 'Pilgrim Fathers' sailed from Plymouth, but there is another, lesser known connection, symbolised by the simple white memorial set into the wall of Prysten House. The memorial is to Captain William Allen and midshipman Richard Delphey, American sailors killed in action during the closing stages of the War of 1812. The sailors were serving with an American ship that engaged with a British naval vessel outside Plymouth. Delphey died in the battle, while Allen survived for a brief time and was treated by a British surgeon named George Magrath. Both Magrath and the people of Plymouth treated the Americans kindly, and naval troops stationed in Plymouth buried the pair at St Andrews with full military honours. In 1930 a permanent memorial was set up by the American organisation, 'Daughters of 1812', with an inscription gving thanks for the 'humane and chivalrous action of the English people'.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately that kindness was not found in Dartmoor.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]35926[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JohnEGreen, post: 2143587, member: 223921"] [URL]https://www.britainexpress.com/counties/devon/churches/plymouth-minster.htm[/URL] The main entrance into Prysten House St Andrews Church Plymouth is known as the Door of Unity, in honour of the close connections between Plymouth and the United States. The most obvious connection, of course, comes from the fact that the first 'Pilgrim Fathers' sailed from Plymouth, but there is another, lesser known connection, symbolised by the simple white memorial set into the wall of Prysten House. The memorial is to Captain William Allen and midshipman Richard Delphey, American sailors killed in action during the closing stages of the War of 1812. The sailors were serving with an American ship that engaged with a British naval vessel outside Plymouth. Delphey died in the battle, while Allen survived for a brief time and was treated by a British surgeon named George Magrath. Both Magrath and the people of Plymouth treated the Americans kindly, and naval troops stationed in Plymouth buried the pair at St Andrews with full military honours. In 1930 a permanent memorial was set up by the American organisation, 'Daughters of 1812', with an inscription gving thanks for the 'humane and chivalrous action of the English people'. Unfortunately that kindness was not found in Dartmoor. [ATTACH=full]35926[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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