Memorial in the Church of St Andrew with St Luke, Stoke Damerel, Devon commemorating Charles Rook. d. 1850
Location
Church of St Andrew with St Luke, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / CHARLES DEVONPORT ROOK / SON OF JOHN SYMONS, OF DEVONPORT / LATE AN ASSISTANT SURGEON ON HER MAJESTY'S SHIP KINGFISHER / WHO DIED ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S SHIP CENTAUR / WHILE LYING IN WEST BAY, PRINCE'S ISLAND, COAST OF AFRICA / ON THE 27TH DAY OF JULY 1850, AGED 26 YEARS / AFTER FOUR DAYS ILLNESS AND WAS BURIED IN THE GARDEN / BELONGING TO MADAM FERRARO IN THAT ISLAND / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY CAPTAIN HARVEY, / AND THE OFFICERS OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP KINGFISHER / IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR HEARTFELT SORROW FOR HIS LOSS / AND A MEMORIAL OF THEIR JUST APPRECIATION / OF HIS PROFESSIONAL ABILITIES; / OF THEIR ESTEEM AND REGARD FOR ONE WHO WAS / ENDEARED TO THEM AND TO ALL WHO KNEW HIM / BY HIS DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL VIRTUES'
Details
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Centaur, HMS Kingfisher
People
Age: 26
Date of Death: 27/7/1850
Cause of Death: Tropical illness
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Surgeon
Organisation: Royal Navy