Memorial: M5711

Headstone in Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating John Arthur d. 1857

Location

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / MR JOHN ARTHUR / OF NOTTINGHAM STREET MARYLEBONE, / WHO DIED 10TH JANUARY 1857 / AGED 69 YEARS / ALSO OF / ARABELLA SARAH / DAUGHTER OF HENRY ROBERT AND / MARIA ELIZABETH ARTHUR / WHO DIED 3RD JANUARY 1858 AGED 13 MONTHS / ALSO OF / ARABELLA WIDOW OF THE ABOVE MR JOHN ARTHUR WHO DIED 20 JULY 1868 AGED 80 YEARS / ALSO OF / ELIZA FRANCIS / DAUGHTER OF ABOVE / JOHN AND ARABELLA ARTHUR / WHO DIED...JULY 187... AGED 30 YEARS / ALSO OF / HENRY ROBERT ARTHUR / WHO DIED 28 JULY 1898.'

Details

Description: Headstone with a rounded top, concave shoulders an oval relief above the inscription carved in relief with a foul anchor with the inscription 'TRAFALGAR' above it.

Type: Ledger
Position: On path of central avenue
Materials: Pink granite

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Arthur, John
Age: 69
Date of Death: 10/1/1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: There were four men named John Arthur serving at Trafalgar. Two of these individuals are on the Naval General Service Medal Roll indicating that they survived to at least 1850. One from Cornwall was a landsman in 'Ajax' aged 21 at the time of the battle. The other was a 22 year old Londoner serving in 'Victory' again as a landsman.
Photographer: Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh ©RMG

JSON

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