Memorial: M113

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Isaac Upjohn RN d. 1891

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'IN MEMORY / OF / ISAAC UPJOHN / SEAMAN, / H.M.S. TWEED, / WHO LOST HIS LIFE ON JULY 19TH 1891, / DURING A TYPHOON / AGED 21 YEARS / REST IN PEACE'

Details

Description: Headstone, foul anchor carved above the inscription.
Vessel: HMS Tweed

People

Upjohn, Isaac
Age: 21
Date of Death: 19/7/1891
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: 'a typhoon passed over Kowloon on July 19th, and H.M. gunboat Tweed
broke from her moorings and grounded near the naval dockyard at Kowloon, when a blue jacket was drowned' 'The Northern Mining Register' 29 Aug 1891.
Recorder: Christine Thomas 1985; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com

JSON

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