Cenotaph, Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada commemorating Thomas Mobley, RM, d. 1852 George Drover, RN, d. 1852
Location
Cenotaph, Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada, Rest of the World
Transcript
‘Sacred / TO THE MEMORY OF / THOMAS MOBLEY / PRIVATE ROYAL MARINE / WHO DIED SUDDENLY ON BOARD / H.M.S. RESOLUTE, AT DEALY ISLAND, / OCTOBER 19TH, 1852, AGED 40 YEARS; / ALSO / TO THE MEMORY OF / GEORGE DROVER / CAPTAIN OF THE FORECASTLE / WHO DIED ON BOARD / H.M.S. TENDER INTREPID / AT DEALY ISLAND / DECEMBER 12TH, 1852, / AGED 28 YEARS'
Details
Description: Lead plate fixed to an actagonal wooden memorial surmounted by a ball.
Type: Memorial
Materials: Wood, lead
Vessel: HMS Intrepid, Resolute
Type: Memorial
Materials: Wood, lead
Vessel: HMS Intrepid, Resolute
People
Drover, George
Age: 28
Date of Death: 12/12/1852
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Forecastle
Organisation: Royal Navy
Mobley, Thomas
Age: 40
Date of Death: 19/10/1852
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age: 28
Date of Death: 12/12/1852
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Forecastle
Organisation: Royal Navy
Mobley, Thomas
Age: 40
Date of Death: 19/10/1852
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Transcript in account of Belcher expedition 1852-4. 'Inscriptions on the Cenotaph in Beechey Island.'
Bibliography: Sir Edward Belcher 'The Last of the Arctic Voyages: being an narrative of the expedition in HMS Assistance under the command of Sir Edward Belcher, CB, in search of Sir John Franklin, during the years 1852-53-54' (London, 1855). 'Further papers relative to the recent Arctic expedition in search of Sir John Franklin and the crews of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror' (HMSO, 1855) p. 63.
Bibliography: Sir Edward Belcher 'The Last of the Arctic Voyages: being an narrative of the expedition in HMS Assistance under the command of Sir Edward Belcher, CB, in search of Sir John Franklin, during the years 1852-53-54' (London, 1855). 'Further papers relative to the recent Arctic expedition in search of Sir John Franklin and the crews of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror' (HMSO, 1855) p. 63.