Memorial: M2203

Memorial in Stranger’s Cemetery, Fortuneswell, Dorset, commemorating Stephen August d. 1867

Location

Stranger's Cemetery, Fortuneswell, Dorset, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the memory of / STEPHEN AUGUST / late of H.M.S. Minotaur who met / his death by falling from aloft / August 6 1867 aged 18 years 7 months' [Three lines of illegible verse follow]

Details

Position: 115
Vessel: HMS Minotaur

People

August, Stephen
Age: 18
Date of Death: 6/8/1867
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R & JH Perry. 1986

JSON

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Maritime Memorials