Memorial: M3180

Memorial at Nanaimo Pioneer Cemetery, Nanaimo, Canada commemorating Samuel Sargent, RN, d. 1854

Location

Nanaimo Pioneer Cemetery, Nanaimo, Canada, Rest of the World

Transcript

'FROM 1853, HERE IN THE FOREST OUTSKIRTS OF THE FIRST SETTLEMENT WERE BURIED MANY NANAIMO PIONEERS. FEW HEADSTONES REMAIN. THIS HONOURS THEM ALL. AN UNIQUE BURIAL OCCURED OCTOBER 10, 1854, OF SAMUEL SARGENT, STOKER, WHO DIED ABOARD H.M.S. VIRAGO IN NANAIMO OF WOUNDS RECEIVED FROM THE CRIMEAN WAR - PROBABLY THE ONLY SUCH CASUALTY BURIED ON CANADIAN SOIL'

Details

Type: Wall plaque
Position: Corner Comox Rd and Wallace St
Materials: Brass
Vessel: HMS Virago

Event

Crimea War

Event Date

1853-1856

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Sargent, Samuel
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 10/1854
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Plaque placed on wall of municipal park by Nanaimo Historical Society aand Nanaimo Community Foundation in 1985.
Recorder: Tom W. Parkin 1998

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters