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Memorial: M2130

Wall tablet in St James’s Church, Emsworth commemorating Captain Henry James Matson RN and other officers and crew of HMS ‘Highflyer’ who died of yellow fever in 1852

Location

St James's Church, Emsworth, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / HENRY JAMES MATSON, ESQUIRE, / CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY, / ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S JUSTICES OF THE PEACE / FOR THE COUNTIES OF HANTS AND SUSSEX, / WHO WAS PREMATURELY CUT OFF / IN THE MIDST OF AN HONOURABLE CAREER, / BY THE YELLOW FEVER, WHILST IN COMMAND OF H.M. STEAMSHIP 'HIGHFLYER' AT TRINIDAD / DECEMBER 14TH 1852, IN THE 44TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. / HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY WITH ZEAL AND ABILITY, / BOTH IN A CIVIL AND MILITARY CAPACITY, / AND WAS EQUALLY BELOVED AND RESPECTED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM. / ALSO OF HIS FELLOW VICTIMS AND SHIPMATES: / WILLIAM D. HAYE... ASSISTANT SURGEON / SAMUEL. R.H. MCKERR...CLERK / ABRAHAM R. MILLS... GUNNER / JOSEPH BEARDMORE...SEAMAN / WILLIAM FALLON...STEWARD / WILLIAM WELLS...GUNNER, R.M.A. / ALL OF WHOM DIED IN THE SAME MONTH. / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED / AS A LAST TOKEN OF REMEMBRANCE AND RESPECT / BY THEIR SURVIVING SHIPMATES'

Details

Description: The tablet has a triangular pediment with naval trophies and foul anchor.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South aisle, south wall
Materials: Black and white marble
Artists: Thomas Gaffin
Vessel: HMS Highflyer

People

Beardmore, Joseph
Age:
Date of Death: 12/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Fallon, William
Age:
Date of Death: 12/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Steward RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Haye, William D.
Age:
Date of Death: 12/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Surgeon
Organisation: Royal Navy
Matson, Henry James
Age: 43
Date of Death: 14/12/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
McKerr, Samuel R. H.
Age:
Date of Death: 12/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Clerk
Organisation: Royal Navy
Mills, Abraham R.
Age:
Date of Death: 12/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Wells, William
Age:
Date of Death: 12/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RMA
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
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