Memorial: M4959

Obelisk at New Road Garden, Chatham, Kent commemorating 21 Royal Navy officers and crew of HMS ‘Barfleur’, who died in China during the Boxer Rebellion 1900

Location

New Road Garden, Chatham, Kent, England

Transcript

IN / MEMORY OF THE / OFFICERS AND MEN / HMS BARFLEUR / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN CHINA DURING / THE BOXER REBELLION OF 1900 / A.P. DONALDSON. / F.S. ESDAILE. / W. BATH. / W. BING. / T. BROWN. / I. BROOKS. / J.H. CONNOLLY. / J.J. FLEETWOOD. / E.V. GROVER. / F.A. GREAVES. / W.J. HORNE. / W. HORNING. / J.KING. / T.McCARTHY. / J. NICHOLAS. / J.O’BRIEN. / C. RODWELL. / J. SPENCER. / H. SNELL. / W.O. VIDLER. / F. WALLACE.

Details

Type: Obelisk
Date Erected: 1902
Vessel: HMS ‘Barfleur'

Event

Boxer Rebellion 1900

Event Date

1900

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

Extra

Notes: Erected circa 1902. The HMS ‘Barfleur' Memorial is on the junction of New Road and Gibraltar Hill, Chatham, close to the statue of Lieutenant Thomas Waghorn.

Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 35.
Recorder: Ian Davidson 1996

JSON

{
  "post_id": "4345",
  "id": "M4959",
  "location": "New Road Garden, Chatham, Kent, England",
  "transcript": "IN / MEMORY OF THE / OFFICERS AND MEN / HMS BARFLEUR / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN CHINA DURING / THE BOXER REBELLION OF 1900 / A.P. DONALDSON. / F.S. ESDAILE. / W. BATH. / W. BING. / T. BROWN. / I. BROOKS. / J.H. CONNOLLY. / J.J. FLEETWOOD. / E.V. GROVER. / F.A. GREAVES. / W.J. HORNE. / W. HORNING. / J.KING. / T.McCARTHY. / J. NICHOLAS. / J.O’BRIEN. / C. RODWELL. / J. SPENCER. / H. SNELL. / W.O. VIDLER. / F. WALLACE.",
  "content": "<p>Obelisk at New Road Garden, Chatham, Kent commemorating 21 Royal Navy officers and crew of HMS ‘Barfleur’, who died in China during the Boxer Rebellion 1900</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Obelisk",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "1902",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS ‘Barfleur'"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"Boxer Rebellion 1900",
    "date": "1900",
    "category": "19th century conflicts in Asia"  },
  "people": "",
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Erected circa 1902.  The HMS ‘Barfleur' Memorial is on the junction of New Road and Gibraltar Hill, Chatham, close to the statue of Lieutenant Thomas Waghorn.<br />",
    "bibliography": "David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 35.",
    "recorder": "Ian Davidson 1996",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters