Polar Exploration

Memorial: M1296

Memorial at Cenotaph, Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada, dedicated to H.H. Sainsbury, RN d. 1853

Location

Cenotaph, Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred / TO THE MEMORY OF / Mr. H.H. SAINSBURY, / Mate, / LATE OF H.M. SHIP INVESTIGATOR, / WHO DIED ON BOARD / H.M. SHIP RESOLUTE, / OFF CAPE COCKBURN, NOVEMBER 14TH, 1853, / AGED 26 YEARS. / Relieved from earthly sorrow, / Which on my heart hath press'd, / I thank the gentle hand Divine / Which lays this heart to rest'

Details

Description: Lead plate fixed to octagonal wooden memorial surmounted by a ball

Type: Plaque
Materials: Lead, wood
Date Erected: 1854
Vessel: HMS Investigator, HMS Resolute

People

Sainsbury, H. H.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 14/11/1853
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Mate
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Sir Edward Belcher 'The Last of the Arctic Voyages: being an narrative of the expedition in HMS Assistance under the command of Sir Edward Belcher, CB, in search of Sir John Franklin, during the years 1852-53-54' (London, 1855). 'Further papers relative to the recent Arctic expedition in search of Sir John Franklin and the crews of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror' (HMSO, 1855) p. 63.

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters