Memorial: M1058

Memorial at Highland Road Cemetery, Portsmouth commemorating William Johnson d. 1897

Location

Highland Road cemetery, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'Beneath this stone / LIE THE MORTAL REMAINS OF/WILLIAM JOHNSON / WHO AS A POWDER MONKEY / FOUGHT AT NAVARINO OCTOBER 20TH 1827 / ON BOARD H.M.S. GENOA / HE AFTERWARDS SERVED ON THE COAST OF SYRIA / AT ST JEAN D'ACRE AND IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD / BEING CAST ASHORE WHEN IN HMS WOLVERINE / HE DIED AT THE PORTSMOUTH WORKHOUSE / JULY 12TH 1897 AGED 86 YEARS / HE WAS DRAWN TO HIS GRAVE BY BRITISH SAILORS / ON A GUN CARRIAGE COVERED WITH THE UNION JACK / THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY / PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION TO HONOUR ONE WHO IF IN A / HUMBLE CAPACITY HELPED TO BUILD UP OUR GREAT EMPIRE'

Details

Description: Foul anchor and rock.
Type: Gravestone

Event

St Jean D'Acre

Event Date

1840

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Johnson, William
Age: 86
Date of Death: 12/7/1897
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters