Memorial: M1785

Statue on Gibraltar Hill, Railway Street, Chatham, Kent commemorating Lieutenant Thomas Waghorn, RN d. 1850

Location

Gibraltar Hill, Railway Street, Chatham, Kent, England

Transcript

'THE OVERLAND / ROVTE' [On map] 'LIEVTENANT . R.N. / PIONEER . AND . FOVNDER . OF. THE . OVERLAND . ROVTE / BORN . AT . CHATHAM . 1800 / DIED . JANY . 7TH . 1850'

Details

Description: A full-length figure holding a map in left hand and pointing with right hand
Type: Statue
Position: Gibraltar Hill
Materials: Bronze
Date Erected: 1888
Artists: H.H. 'Armstead'

People

Waghorn, Thomas
Age: 50
Date of Death: 7/1/1850
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Buried at Snodland, Kent. Waghorn pioneered an overland mail route between Cairo and Suez. Statue unveiled by the Earl of Northbrook. Figure points north instead east to India as intended.
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996), p. 35 (illustration).
Recorder: B. Tomlinson

JSON

{
  "post_id": "3282",
  "id": "M1785",
  "location": "Gibraltar Hill, Railway Street, Chatham, Kent, England",
  "transcript": "'THE OVERLAND / ROVTE' [On map] 'LIEVTENANT . R.N. / PIONEER . AND . FOVNDER . OF. THE . OVERLAND . ROVTE / BORN . AT . CHATHAM . 1800 / DIED . JANY . 7TH . 1850'",
  "content": "<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M1785Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6548\" width=\"270\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M1785Large.jpg 400w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M1785Large-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" /></figure>\n\n\n<p>Statue on Gibraltar Hill, Railway Street, Chatham, Kent commemorating Lieutenant Thomas Waghorn, RN d. 1850</p>",
  "images": ["/uploads/2014/05/M1785Large.jpg","/uploads/2014/05/M1785Large-227x300.jpg"],
  "categories": ["Communications"],
  "details": {
    "description": "A full-length figure holding a map in left hand and pointing with right hand",
    "type": "Statue",
    "position": "Gibraltar Hill",
    "materials": "Bronze",
    "dateErected": "1888",
    "artists": "H.H. 'Armstead'",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Waghorn, Thomas","age":"50","dateofdeath":"7/1/1850","causeofdeath":"Unknown","rankOccupation":"Lieutenant RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Buried at Snodland, Kent. Waghorn pioneered an overland mail route between Cairo and Suez. Statue unveiled by the Earl of Northbrook. Figure points north instead east to India as intended.",
    "bibliography": "David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996), p. 35 (illustration).",
    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters