Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating crew members of HMS ‘Flying Fish’ who died 1880-1883
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Erected by the officers and crew of H.M.S. FLYING FISH / in remembrance of their departed shipmates / December 1883 / Edwin HOLTON / Captain... Cox... / 28 years / Thomas LAME / Ship's Corporal / aged 25 years / Albert SMITH / Ship's Cook / died suddenly on board / 29th March 1883 / aged 37 years / Frank GILLIATT / Boy... / Fell from aloft / and was killed 5th June 1880 / aged 17 years / Frederick NOYCE, Ord / Drowned at sea / 26 November 1880 / aged 20 years / Jno DAVIES / Engine Room Artificer / died at Yokohama Hospital / 25th September 1882 / aged 37 years'
Details
Description: Obelisk on plinth.
Type: Obelisk
Vessel: HMS Flying Fish
Type: Obelisk
Vessel: HMS Flying Fish
People
Davies, J.
Age: 37
Date of Death: 26/9/1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engine Room Artificer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Gilliatt, Frank
Age: 17
Date of Death: 5/6/1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy
Holton, Edwin
Age: 28
Date of Death: circa 1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain's coxswain
Organisation: Royal Navy
Lame, Thomas
Age: 25
Date of Death: circa 1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ship's Corporal
Organisation: Royal Navy
Noyce, Frederick
Age: 20
Date of Death: 26/9/1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Smith, Albert
Age: 37
Date of Death: 29/3/1883
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Cook
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age: 37
Date of Death: 26/9/1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engine Room Artificer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Gilliatt, Frank
Age: 17
Date of Death: 5/6/1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy
Holton, Edwin
Age: 28
Date of Death: circa 1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain's coxswain
Organisation: Royal Navy
Lame, Thomas
Age: 25
Date of Death: circa 1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ship's Corporal
Organisation: Royal Navy
Noyce, Frederick
Age: 20
Date of Death: 26/9/1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Smith, Albert
Age: 37
Date of Death: 29/3/1883
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Cook
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: Christine Thomas 1985