Memorial at Royal Navy Burying Ground, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada commemorating the officers and crew of the USS ‘Chesapeake’, who died at HM Naval Hospital, Halifax, from wounds sustained in action with HMS ‘Shannon’ on 1st June 1813
Location
Royal Navy Burying Ground, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Rest of the World
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF THE / FOLLOWING OFFICERS / AND MEN OF THE U.S.S. ’CHESAPEAKE’ / WHO DIED IN H.M. NAVAL / HOSPITAL, HALIFAX, OF WOUNDS / RECEIVED IN ACTION WITH / H.M.S. SHANNON ON THE FIRST / OF JUNE 1813 / MR PETER ADAMS BOATSWAIN / FORBES DELA QUARTER GUNNER / FRANCIS SYNODS SEAMAN / JOHN HODGKIN SEAMAN / DARBY LEE SEAMAN / JOHN DEVO SEAMAN / MARCUS MANSEL SEAMAN / JOHN MACNEIL SEAMAN / JOHN JOHNSON ORDINARY SEAMAN / JOHN HUNT ORDINARY SEAMAN / LOUIS HANSCOM ORDINARY SEAMAN / WILLIAM DIXON CORPORAL / U.S. MARINES'
Details
Type: Memorial
Vessel: USS Chesapeake
Event
War of 1812
Event Date
1st June 1813
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Boatswain
Organisation: United States Navy
Dela, Forbes
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Quarter gunner
Organisation: United States Navy
Devo, John
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: United States Navy
Dixon, William
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Corporal US Marines
Organisation: US Marines
Hanscom, Louis
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: United States Navy
Hodgman, John
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: United States Navy
Hunt, John
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: United States Navy
Johnson, John
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: United States Navy
Lee, Darby
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: United States Navy
MacNeil, John
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: United States Navy
Mansel, Marcus
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: United States Navy
Symonds, Francis
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: United States Navy