Vessel Loss

Memorial: M5850

Wall tablet in SS Philip and James Church, Cheltenham commemorating  Charles Thomas Nicolay who perished in the sinking of the ‘Killarney’ in 1838

Location

SS Philip and James Church, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

Transcript

'Erected / by Mary, widow of the late / Lieut. General Sir William Nicolay, K., C.B., K.C.H. / to the memory of their beloved and only children / William Frederick Scott born June 11th 1813 / died at Dominica in the West Indies Sept. 7th 1826 / Edmund George, born March 8th 1815 / late Captain in the 29th Regiment of Foot / died at Mhow in the East Indies, June 25th 1844. / Charles Thomas born January 13th 1817 / late a Lieutenant in the 99th Regimant of Foot, / perished in the wreck of the Killarney steamer / during his passage from Cork to Bristol [January 20th 1838]'.

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Interior
Materials: Marble
Vessel: 'Killarney'

People

Nicolay, Charles Thomas
Age: 21
Date of Death: 20/1/1838
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Paddle steamer 'Killarney' wrecked in bad weather at Rennies Bay, County Cork 20 January 1838.
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