Memorial: M1799

Memorial at Royal Hospital Chelsea, commemorating the officers and crew lost in the wreck of the ‘Birkenhead’ 1852

Location

Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London, England

Transcript

'This Monument / is erected by command of / HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA / to record the heroic constancy and unbroken / discipline shewn by Lieutenant Colonel Seton / 74th Highlanders and the Troops embarked under his / command on board the Birkenhead when that Vessel was wrecked off the CAPE OF GOOD HOPE on the 26th Feb 1852 / and to preserve the memory of the Officers / Non Commissioned Officers & Men who perished on that occasion...'

Details

Description: Architectural surround in the Egyptian style.
Type: Memorial
Vessel: Birkenhead

People

Seton, Alexander
Age:
Date of Death: 26/2/1852
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Colonel
Organisation: British Army

Extra

Notes: Born 4/10/1814.
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 72; A.C. Addison and W.H. Matthews 'A deathless story: or the Birkenhead and its Heroes' (London, 1906), 66 (illustration). Includes list of casualties.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters