Memorial: M3259

Memorial sarcophagus at the Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia commemorating John Baird, HEIC d.1800

Location

Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia, Rest of the World

Transcript

[Not exact] ‘SACRED / To The Memory / of / John Baird, RN / Son Of / John Baird, Master Attendant And / Midshipman on / The 'Wellesley' East Indiaman who arrived at this island on 27 August 1800 and died 6th September following, / Aged 17 Years and 6 Months'

Details

Vessel: HEIC Wellesley

People

Baird, John
Age: 17
Date of Death: 6/9/1801
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman HEIC
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Bibliography: John B. Hattendorf 'Some British and American Sailor's Tombstones in Penang, Malaysia', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 68, p.325, (Greenwich, 1982).

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