Memorial: M1295

Cenotaph on Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada commemorating William Cutbush, RM, d. 1853

Location

Cenotaph, Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘Sacred / TO THE MEMORY OF / WILLIAM CUTBUSH / PRIVATE ROYAL MARINE, / H.M.S. ASSISTANCE, / A NATIVE OF NORTHIAM, SUSSEX / WHO DIED ON BOARD / ON THE 27TH FEBRUARY, 1853, / AFTER A PROTRACTED ILLNESS FROM / DISEASE OF THE LUNGS, / AGED 34 YEARS. / He served with credit in his corps for / upwards of 16 years and 4 months, gain / ing by his good conduct two badges of / merit in addition to the Syrian medal / During twelve months of the above pe- / riod he served in H.M.S. Assistance, gain-/ ing the respect of Captain and Officers, / and beloved by all who knew him, and / died deeply lamented by his shipmates. / Happy are they that die in the Lord. / He lies interred in Northumberland Sound'

Details

Description: Lead plate fixed to an octagonal wooden memorial surmounted by a ball.
Type: Memorial
Materials: Lead, wood
Vessel: HMS Assistance

People

Cutbush, William
Age: 34
Date of Death: 27/2/1853
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines

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.

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters