Memorial: M5757

Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery commemorating Harold Wingfield RN d. 1876

Location

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Transcript

'HAROLD WINGFIELD R.N. / DROWNED AT SEA / WHILST GALLANTLY TRYING TO SAVE SHIPMATE, 13TH DEC 1876 / AGED 17 / IN MY FATHERS HOUSE ARE / MANY MANSIONS. JOHN XIV'

Details

Description: Curbed grave, tall pedestal (ornate) with a cross and stone garland.
Type: Memorial
Position: Section 111
Materials: Stone

People

Wingfield, Harold
Age: 17
Date of Death: 13/12/1876
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Freemantle 'He was sent to the "Newcastle" at Madeira, and, poor boy, he was drowned in the China seas, having jumped overboard after a man, about which there was a court of enquiry. He was rather a wild young fellow, but a plucky lad.'
Bibliography: See Admiral The Hon. Sir Edmund Fremantle 'The Navy as I have Known it 1849-1899' (London, 1904) p.383.

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