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Memorial: M1788

Gravestone at Maidstone Road Cemetery, Chatham, Kent commemorating Joseph Kellaway VC RN, Chief Boatswain at Chatham Dockyard, d.1880

Location

Maidstone Road Cemetery, Chatham, Kent, England

Transcript

Joseph Kellaway / 1824 - 1880 / V.C. presented by / Queen Victoria / Hyde Park 26.6.1857 / Chief Boatswain / Chatham Dockyard / 1870 - 1878

Details

Position: Section N. 579
Vessel: HMS 'Wrangler'

Event

Crimea War

Event Date

1853 - 1856

People

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Extra

Notes: One of the first recipients of the Naval Victoria Cross (blue ribbon), awarded for action during the Crimea War
Bibliography: John Winton 'The Victoria Cross at Sea' (London, 1978) p. 53.

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