Memorial at Highland Road Cemetery, Portsmouth commemorating Vice-Admiral Nathan Wright Hewett VC d. 1888
Location
Highland Road Cemetery, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF / WILLIAM NATHAN WRIGHT HEWETT / VICE ADMIRAL VC KCB KCSI / BORN AUGUST 12TH 1834 DIED MAY 13TH 1888 / "NOT GONE FROM MEMORY, NOT GONE FROM LOVE / BUT GONE TO HIS FATHER'S HOME ABOVE"'
Details
Description: Cross with anchor and chain on rocks.
Type: Memorial
Position: Plot N, 2 plot, 2 row, grave 33
Type: Memorial
Position: Plot N, 2 plot, 2 row, grave 33
Event
Crimea War
Event Date
1854-1856
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
People
Hewett, William Nathan
Age:
Date of Death: 13/5/1888
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age:
Date of Death: 13/5/1888
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Victoria Cross winner. Also commemorates his wife Emily Jane, Lady Hewett d. 21/9/1910 and two sons Captain William Hewett d. 27/11/1903 Lieutenant Edward Matson Hewett d. 31/5/1904.