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Memorial: M4741

Memorial in Western Iceland commemorating Lieutenant Wyndham Hamilton Sandford, RN d. 1899

Location

Churchyard, near Reykjavik, Iceland, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Wyndham Hamilton Sandford. Born 23 July 1870. Died 18 July 1899. HMS BLONDE'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Materials: Black marble
Vessel: HMS Blonde

People

Sandford, Wyndham Hamilton
Age: 28
Date of Death: 18/7/1899
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Blonde' cruiser 3rd class on fishery duties. ADM 196/137/47 - Suicide, Sandford 'shot himself in head with service revolver'. HMS 'Blonde' in Reykjavik at that date prior to her return to Plymouth. DOSSIER gives a description of Sandford's military funeral.
Recorder: Brian D. Holt 1979

JSON

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