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Memorial: M4365

Memorial at St Matthias Church, The Savannah of St Ann, Barbados commemorating the officers and crew of HMS ‘Dauntless’ who died of yellow fever in 1852

Location

St Matthias Church, The Savannah of St Ann, Barbados, Rest of the World

Transcript

[West panel] 'Around this tomb rest the remains of fifteen officers and the Captain's Steward of H.M. Screw Frigate 'Dauntless' who, together with thirty eight seamen, ten marines, and ten boys buried in this garrison; and one officer, three seamen, six marines and one boy committed to the deep; all perished by yellow fever which broke out at sea on leaving the harbour of St. Thomas on the 10th November 1852' 'Petty Officers / T. HEAD Ship's Cook / J. RICKETTS Seaman, Schoolmaster / J. PAYNE Caulker / J. LIGHTFOOT Blacksmith / C. KNIGHT Gunner's mate / J. CATOR Captain Foretop / J. PAGE Sailmaker's mate / J. BUIST Captain Mizen top / J. STRINGNELL Captain Main top' [South panel] 'At this island a generous refuge was at once afforded and by the unceasing care of its civil, military and medical authorities the ship with her surviving crew restored to health was enabled to sail homewards on the 21st. March, 1853. Col. Sir William M.G. Colebrooke C.B., K.H. Governor in Chief. Lieut-Gen William Wood, C.B., Commanding the Troops, the Thirty Fourth Regiment. The Sixty Ninth Regiment. William Munro Esqre., Inspector General of Hospitals, Revd. William W. Jackson M.A., Chaplain of the Forces. William Denny, Esqre, Surgeon 34th Regiment. Alexander B. Cleland, Esqre, M.D., Surgeon 69th Regiment' [East panel] 'This hallowed spot was purchased and enclosed and this monument inscribed in honoured memory to all, by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the Captain and surviving officers of the ship, and by the sorrowing relatives and Friends of those who rest below that their sacred and beloved remains should persist in undisturbed repose for the coming of that great day, when all graves shall be summoned to give up their dead' [North panel] 'Ross Moore FLOUD First Lieutenant Aet 37 Obiit 28th. Nov. 1852 / Charles KENT Second Lieutenant 28 2nd Dec. / Alfred NEALE Third Lieutenant 25 22nd Nov. / William SIMPSON Lieutenant 23 17 Nov. / Alexander LANGLANDS Chief Engineer 32 22nd Nov. / Arthur J. COUPER (buried off the port) Mate 21 17 Nov. / Henry I. NUTTALL Second Master 28 23 Nov. / Edwin DEATH Captain's Clerk 27 6th Dec. / George Gordon BUSHBY Midshipman 20 14th Dec. / Joseph CRISPIN Midshipman 15 1st. Dec. / Fleetwood Pellew HASWELL Masters Assistant 18 14th Dec. / Charles MARTIN Assistant Engineer 28 25th Dec./ St George G.S. DAVIS Assistant Engineer 25 2nd Dec. / James T. HENWOOD Assistant Engineer 21 18th Nov. / Walter W.H. RICHARDS Assistant Engineer 21 24th Nov. / William WELMAN Carpenter 40 15th Dec. / James VENABLES Captain's Steward 23 12th Dec. / Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord'

Details

Description: Curved top, a profile of the ship within a bronze rope border at the end.
Type: Tomb
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Dauntless

People

Bushby, George Gordon
Age: 20
Date of Death: 14/12/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Couper, Arthur C.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 17/11/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
Crispin, Joseph
Age: 15
Date of Death: 1/12/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Davis, George G. S.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 2/12/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Death, Edwin
Age: 27
Date of Death: 6/12/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Captain's clerk
Organisation: Royal Navy
Floud, Ross Moore
Age: 37
Date of Death: 28/11/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: 1st Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Haswell, Fleetwood Pellew
Age: 18
Date of Death: 14/12/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Master's assistant
Organisation: Royal Navy
Henwood, James T.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 18/11/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Kent, Charles
Age: 28
Date of Death: 2/12/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: 2nd Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Langlands, Alexander
Age: 32
Date of Death: 22/11/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Martin, Charles
Age: 28
Date of Death: 25/12/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Neale, Alfred
Age: 25
Date of Death: 22/11/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: 3rd Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Nuttall, Henry I.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 23/11/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: 2nd Master
Organisation: Royal Navy
Richards, Walter W. H.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 24/11/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Simpson, William
Age: 23
Date of Death: 17/11/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Venables, James
Age: 23
Date of Death: 12/12/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Captain's steward
Organisation: Royal Navy
Welman, William
Age: 40
Date of Death: 15/12/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Carpenter
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London 1875); 'Illustrated London News' (5 Feb 1853) p. 347.
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