Memorial: M1249

Wall tablet in Holy Trinity Church, Barkingside, London commemorating Lieutenant Harold Charrington RN d. 1882

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Barkingside, London, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / LIEUT HAROLD CHARRINGTON R.N. / AGED 26 YEARS/OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP EURYALUS / AND FLAG LIEUTENANT TO / REAR ADMIRAL SIR W.N. HEWETT, VICTORIA CROSS K.C.B. / COMMANDER IN CHIEF IN THE EAST INDIES, / WHO IN COMPANY WITH / PROFESSOR E.H. PALMER, OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE / AND CAPTAIN W.J. GILL ROYAL ENGINEERS / WHILE ENGAGED IN AN IMPORTANT AND/CONFIDENTIAL MISSION IN CONNECTION WITH / THE WAR IN EGYPT, / WERE ALL KILLED BY THE BEDOUIN ARABS / IN THE DESERT OF MOUNT SINAI, / ABOUT THE 11TH AUGUST 1882 / THEIR REMAINS ARE INTERRED / IN THE CRYPT OF ST PAULS CATHEDRAL / HE WAS THE SECOND SON OF / SPENCER CHARRINGTON, ESQR / FORMERLY OF GREAT GEARIES, IN THIS PARISH / A TABLET HAS BEEN ERECTED IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF HUNSDON, HERTS. / BY ADMIRAL W.N. HEWETT, AND THE OFFICERS / OF HIS FLAG SHIP EURYALUS, / IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF / ONE WHO HAD ENDEARED HIMSELF TO THEM ALL. / ALSO / ALETHE CHARLOTTE PAULINE, / WIFE OF SPENCER CHARRINGTON ESQR. / AND MOTHER OF THE ABOVE, / DIED AT HUNSDON HOUSE 20TH FEBRUARY 1883/AGED 52 YEARS. / ALSO SPENCER CHARRINGTON, M.P. / OF HUNSDON HERTS. BORN 1813, DIED 1904. / FOR MANY YEARS CHURCHWARDEN OF THIS PARISH'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Interior
Vessel: HMS ‘Euryalus'

Event

Egypt Campaign

Event Date

1882-1889

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Charrington, Harold
Age: 26
Date of Death: 11/8/1882
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Also a wall plaque in St Dunston's Church, Hunsdon, Hertfordshire noted by Mr James Lewis Young.

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