Memorial: M6539

Wall tablet at All Saints Church, Ryther commemorating Robert Forster d. 1841 in loss of East Indiaman ‘Cycee’

Location

All Saints Church, Ryther, North Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'A TRIBUTE TO A DEAR SON / ROBERT FORSTER / SIXTH SON OF / THE REVD. I. FORSTER, RECTOR OF RYTHER, / AND ANNE HIS WIFE / WAS BORN AUGUST 1ST. 1815, / AND IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE PERISHED ON BOARD THE / CYCEE, EAST INDIMAN; / HAVING NEVER BEEN HEARD OF / SINCE FEBRUARY 11TH, 1841 / TO THE PRESENT TIME JUNE 28TH 1847. / SHE WAS ON HER VOYAGE HOME.'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Vessel: Cycee

People

Forster, Robert
Age: 25
Date of Death: 1841
Cause of Death: vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: unknown
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Recorder: Professor Norman Hammond & Dr J. L. Wilson
Photographer: Professor Norman Hammond

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