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Memorial: M5774

Memorial plaque in St Nicholas’ Church, New Romney, Kent commemorating Thurston Stringer, Staff Commander, RN d. 1886 in Bangkok, Thailand

Location

St Nicholas' Church, New Romney, Kent, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF THURSTON STRINGER, STAFF COMMANDER IN THE ROYAL NAVY, SECOND SON OF THE / LATE WILLIAM AND MARY STRINGER OF THIS TOWN, WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF HIS KING AND COUNTRY / ON 11 FEB. 1886, AGED 46 YEARS, AND WAS BURIED IN THE EUROPEAN CEMETERY AT BANKOK, SIAM, WHERE A / MEMORIAL HAS BEEN PLACED OVER HIS GRAVE BY HIS SHIPMATES THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF H.M.S. 'AGAMEMNON'.'

Details

Type: Plaque
Position: South wall of nave
Materials: Brass

People

Stringer, Thurston
Age: 46
Date of Death: 1886/2/11
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Staff Commander
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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