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Chatham Historical Society Museum, Chatham, Kent, England

Wall plaque at Chatham Historical Society Museum, Chatham, Kent commemorating those officers and men of the Royal Marines who lost their lives in the Egypt Campaign 1882 – 1889

Location

Chatham Historical Society Museum, Chatham, Kent, England

Transcript

'FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH / TO THE MEMORY / of the / OFFICERS AND MEN / of the / ROYAL MARINES / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES BEFORE THE ENEMY OR DIED OF WOUNDS / DURING THE CAMPAIGNS IN EGYPT / THE SOUDAN / AND / THE NILE MARCH FOR THE RELIEF OF KHARTOUM / 1882+1885' [Approx] 'MAJOR H.H. STRONG / CAPTAIN J.C. WARDELL / SERGEANT E.A. JARVIS / J. MITCHELL / CORPORAL M. CAREY / DRUMMER W. SHIRE / GUNNER S. MCCLARNE / J. BROAD / J. WANN / F. HALL / F. LOVATT / R. CRADDOCK / C. BAKER / J. LEICESTER / F. COX / E. NEWTON / J. ADAMS / T. COLSTON / J. JENKINS / T. TUSTIN / PRIVATE J. OWEN / J. SPIERS / T. JONES/ C.W. CRAWFORD / W. BUNN / A. CASTLE / H. ELLIS / W. WALTERS / R. LUCKING / E.W. ARNOLD / W. MITCHELL / E. MEADE / W. BUTCHER / A. SMITH/ E. HOCKEY / E. EASTELL / C. HUTCHINGS / W. WILLCOCKS / W. STANTON / W. WILLOX / W. WILSON / R. MURRAY / E.F. BATHE / H. BELDHAM / J.O. HALL / A.F. BAXTER / H. RUTTER / G. DAY / W. JENKINS / J. WARREN / W. MACANN / J. ANDERSON / W. HOLDER / A.G. GILES / E. LOCK / A. HOLLAND'

Details

Description: Columns flanking inscription


Type: Wall plaque
Materials: Brass

Event

Egypt Campaign

Event Date

1882-9

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Africa

People

Adams, J.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Anderson, J.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Arnold, E. W.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Baker, C.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Bathe, E. F.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 13/9/1882
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Baxter, A. F.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Beldham, H.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 13/9/1882
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Broad, J.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Bunn, W.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Butcher, W.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 22/3/1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Carey, M.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 19/1/1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Corporal RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Castle, A.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 13/9/1882
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Colston, T.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Cox, F.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Craddock, R.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Crawford, C. W.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Day, G.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Eastell, E.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 22/3/1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Ellis, H.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 13/9/1882
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Giles, A. G.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 13/3/1884
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Hall, J. O.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Hall, F.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Hockey, E.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 22/3/1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Holder, W.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Holland, A.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 19/1/1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Hutchings, C.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 22/3/1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Jarvis, E. A.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Sergeant RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Jenkins, J.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Jenkins, W.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Jones, T.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Leicester, J.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Lock, E.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 13/3/1884
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Lovatt, F.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Lucking, R.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
McCann, W.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
McClarne, S.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Meade, E.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Mitchell, W.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Murray, R.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 13/9/1882
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Newton, E.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Owen, J.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Rutter, H.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Shire, W.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1885
Cause of Death: War casualty wounded at Abu Kru
Rank / Occupation: Drummer RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Smith, A.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 22/3/1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Spiers, J.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Stanton, W.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 22/3/1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Strong, H. H.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Major RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Tustin, T.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 13/3/1884
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Walters, W.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Wann, J.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Wardell, J. C.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 13/9/1882
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Warren, J.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Willcocks, W.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Willox, W.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 22/3/1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Wilson, W.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 22/31885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines

Extra

Notes: Formerly in the Naval Chapel at Sheerness.

Bibliography: Mark A. Reid 'Royal Navy and Royal Marine Casualties 1882-1885', 'Orders and Medals Research Society' vol. 35, p. 231 (Summer 1996) (illustration).
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Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Fred Cheeseman d. 1910

Location

Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'Fred Cheeseman / Ldg Stoker H.M.S. 'Natal' / died / 30 Jan 1910 aged 23'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 227
Vessel: HMS Natal

People

Cheeseman, Frederick
Age: 23
Date of Death: 30/1/1910
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Leading Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987
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St Oswald's Church, Filey, North Yorkshire, England

Memorial window in St Oswald’s Church, Filey dedicated to fishermen of Filey lost at sea 1879-1896

Location

St Oswald's Church, Filey, North Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'"And he said unto them Follow Me and I will make you fishers of men" / To the Glory of God / and in memory of Thomas Robert / Cammish churchwarden of this parish / and of the following fishermen of / Filey who have perished. / 1879 Frank Baxter / 1880 / Ross Jenkinson, John Crompton, James / Wyvill, Richard / Richardson Jr: Robert Edmond, Thomas / Cowling, John Shippy, William Mason, / George Cammish, Thomas Holmes, John / Watkinson, William Wiseman, John Bayes, / also / Francis Haxby (son of Frank), / and seven strangers / 1883 / Joseph Winship, George Scotter, Rickman Skelton / Horatio Wilkinson, Wrightson Pearson, Francis/Haxby (son of Matthew,) Wm: Sayers, Chas Hunter, / 1891 / Robert Watkinson / 1892 Edward Ross Jenkinson / George Bean, John Cammish, Richd Cammish /1893, Thomas Willis / 1895 / Thomas Johnson, Francis Johnson / William Johnson, Matthew Cappleman / Robert Edmond, Francis Cammish. / 1896 Thomas George Johnson, / Robert Skelton, George Jenkinson. / "And I saw the dead small and great / stand before God. And the sea gave up / the dead which were in it." Rev 12-13'

Details

Description: The window depicts the call of Simon, Peter and Andrew.
Type: Window
Position: South aisle of nave
Materials: Stained glass
Artists: H. Bryans

People

Baxter, Frank
Age:
Date of Death: 1879
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Bayes, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Bean, George
Age:
Date of Death: 1892
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Cammish, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1892
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Cammish, Richard
Age:
Date of Death: 1892
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Cammish, George
Age:
Date of Death: 1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Cammish, Francis
Age:
Date of Death: 1895
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Cappleman, Matthew
Age:
Date of Death: 1895
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Cowling, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Crompton, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Edmond, Robert
Age:
Date of Death: 1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Edmond, Robert
Age:
Date of Death: 1895
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Haxby, Francis
Age:
Date of Death: 1883
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Haxby, Francis
Age:
Date of Death: 1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Holmes, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Hunter, Charles
Age:
Date of Death: 1883
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Jenkinson, Edward Ross
Age:
Date of Death: 1892
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Jenkinson, Ross
Age:
Date of Death: 1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Jenkinson, George
Age:
Date of Death: 1896
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Johnson, Thomas George
Age:
Date of Death: 1896
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Johnson, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 1895
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Johnson, Francis
Age:
Date of Death: 1895
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Johnson, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1895
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Mason, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Pearson, Wrightson
Age:
Date of Death: 1883
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Richardson, Richard
Age:
Date of Death: 1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Sayers, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1883
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Scotter, George
Age:
Date of Death: 1883
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Shippy, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Skelton, Rickman
Age:
Date of Death: 1883
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Skelton, Robert
Age:
Date of Death: 1896
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Watkinson, Robert
Age:
Date of Death: 1891
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Watkinson, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Wilkinson, Horatio
Age:
Date of Death: 1883
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Willis, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 1893
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Winship, Joseph
Age:
Date of Death: 1883
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Wiseman, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Wyvill, James
Age:
Date of Death: 1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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St Cuthbert's Burial Ground, Edinburgh, Scotland

Memorial in St Cuthbert’s Burial Ground, Edinburgh commemorating Commander Nisbet Glen RN d. 1824 and Alexander Glen RN d. 1842

Location

St Cuthbert's Burial Ground, Edinburgh, Scotland

Transcript

'This stone was erected by the surviving members of the family in affectionate remembrance of Nisbet Glen, Commander Royal Navy (fourth son of the Reverend Alexander Glen of Dirleton East Lothian) who was born in 1780 and died in 1824; of his spouse Agnes Cunningham, second daughter of William Cunningham jeweller in Edinburgh, who was born in 1782, and died in 1855, and of their children. Alexander Glen, Mate Royal Navy who was born in 1817 and died at Malta in 1842 and is there interred...'

Details

People

Glen, Nisbet
Age:
Date of Death: 1824
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Glen, Alexander
Age:
Date of Death: 1842
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Mate RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Alex Chatwin
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Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China commemorating Captain William Havelock d. 1836

Location

Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Captain William HAVELOCK, late of the English ship 'Eleanor' who departed this life at Macao August 13th. 1836. Aged 41'

Details

Vessel: Eleanor

People

Havelock, William
Age: 41
Date of Death: 13/8/1836
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas
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St Cuthbert's Burial Ground, Edinburgh, Scotland

Memorial in St Cuthbert’s Burial Ground, Edinburgh commemorating John Weir Duncan d. 1850, Surgeon RN

Location

St Cuthbert's Burial Ground, Edinburgh, Scotland

Transcript

'John Weir Duncan Surgeon RN MRCS Edinburgh, died at sea in the West Indies 22 October 1850 aged 23'

Details

People

Duncan, John Weir
Age: 23
Date of Death: 22/10/1850
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Alex Chatwin, 1980
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Dutch Cemetery, Galle, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Dutch Cemetery, Galle, Sri Lanka commemorating George Burleigh d. 1826

Location

Dutch Cemetery, Galle, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of George BURLEIGH ESQ. Died April 8th 1826 Aged 55 years'

Details

Vessel: HMS Brunswick

Event

Battle of the Glorious First of June 1794

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Burleigh, George
Age: 55
Date of Death: 8/4/1826
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Served on HMS 'Brunswick', Battle of the Glorious First of June 1794.
Recorder: C. Flintham
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St Paul's Cathedral, London, England

Monument in St Paul’s Cathedral, London commemorating Admiral George Brydges Rodney d. 1792

Location

St Paul's Cathedral, London, England

Transcript

'ERECTED AT THE PUBLIC EXPENSE / TO THE MEMORY OF / GEORGE BRYDGES RODNEY, K.B. / LORD RODNEY VICE ADMIRAL OF ENGLAND, / AS A TESTIMONY OF THE GALLANT AND IMPORTANT SERVICES / WHICH HE RENDERED TO HIS COUNTRY / IN MANY MEMORABLE ENGAGEMENTS / AND SPECIALLY IN THAT OF 12 APRIL 1782 / WHEN A BRILLIANT AND DECISIVE VICTORY WAS OBTAINED/OVER THE FRENCH FLEET / AND EFFECTUAL PROTECTION WAS AFFORDED / TO THE WEST INDIAN ISLANDS, / AND TO THE COMMERCIAL INTERESTS OF THIS KINGDOM, / IN THE VERY CRISIS OF THE AMERICAN WAR. / LORD RODNEY WAS BORN IN 1718 / DIED 24 MAY 1792'

Details

Description: Full-length figure of Rodney in uniform leaning on a rudder, three flags behind, he is flanked by female figures representing History and Victory.
Type: Memorial
Position: Crypt
Materials: Marble
Date Erected: 1811
Artists: John Charles Felix Rossi

Event Category

1775-1783 American Revolutionary War

People

Rodney, George Brydges
Age: 74
Date of Death: 24/5/1792
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Date of contract Aug 1811, value £6, 300.
Bibliography: Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London 1964).
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating George Sackett RN d. 1869

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

[On reverse of tombstone] 'Sacred to the memory of George SACKETT, Gunner's Mate H.M.S. 'JUNO'. Died at Hong Kong August 27th. 1869'

Details

Type: Headstone
Vessel: HMS Juno

People

Sackett, George
Age:
Date of Death: 27/8/1869
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Gunner's mate
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas
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St Michael's Church, Caerhays, Cornwall, England

Statue in Caerhays, Cornwall depicting Captain George Bettesworth RN d. 1808

Location

St Michael's Church, Caerhays, Cornwall, England

Details

Description: Full-length statue of naval officer holding flag and sword, an anchor and gun beside him.
Type: Statue
Materials: Coade stone, sword metal
Date Erected: 1812
Artists: Coade & Seely

People

Bettesworth, George Edmund Byron
Age: 28
Date of Death: 16/5/1808
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Buried at Howick, Northumberland. Father was resident of Caerhays.
Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'; 'Biographical Memoir of the late Captain Bettesworth, R.N.', 'Naval Chronicle' vol. 39, pp. 425-431 (London, 1818).
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