Polar Exploration

Memorial: M1052

Memorial in Fort Brockhurst, Gosport, Hampshire commemorating Commander Wyatt Rawson RN d. 1882

Location

Fort Brockhurst, Gosport, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF [Gothic script] / WYATT RAWSON / COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY AND NAVAL A.D.C. TO / GENERAL SIR G. WOLSELEY, G.C.B. / HE FELL WHILE ACTING AS GUIDE / TO THE / SECOND DIVISION AT THE BATTLE OF TEL-EL-KEBIR, EGYPT, / 13 SEPTEMBER, 1882 / AGED 29. / HE SERVED IN THE ASHANTEE WAR, 1873-4, / AND IN THE / ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-6 / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED AS A TOKEN OF AFFECTION AND ESTEEM / BY LORD WOLSELEY AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PERSONAL STAFF'

Details

Position: English Heritage Store
Vessel: HMS Carthage

Event

The Anglo-Egyptian War

Event Date

1882 - 1889

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Africa

People

Rawson, Wyatt
Age:
Date of Death: 13/9/1882
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Born 27/8/1853. Died on board HMS 'Carthage' in Malta Harbour and buried at Bighi cemetery. DOSSIER. The memorial damaged in January 1941 and removed from its original location in the Garrison Church, Portsmouth. Sighted at Fort Brockhurst January 2004 by Tim Backhouse.
Bibliography: Geoffrey Rawson 'Life of Admiral Sir Harry Rawson' (London, 1914) p. 277; Frederic Boase 'Modern English Biography' (London, 1965).

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters