Cenotaph on Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada commemorating John Coombs, RN, d. 1853 and Thomas Hood, RM, d. 1854
Location
Cenotaph, Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada, Rest of the World
Transcript
‘Sacred /TO THE MEMORY OF / JOHN COOMBS, / STOKER, / H.M.S. TENDER INTREPID, / WHO DIED SUDDENLY / WHILE TRAVELLING NEAR POINT NIAS / MELVILLE ISLAND, / MAY 12TH 1853, / AGED 34 YEARS; / ALSO / TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS HOOD / PRIVATE ROYAL MARINE, / WHO DIED ON BOARD / H.M.S. TENDER INTREPID, / OFF CAPE COCKBURN, / JANUARY 2ND, 1854 / AGED 36 YEARS /'
Details
Description: Lead plate fixed to octagonal memorial surmounted by a ball.
Vessel: HMS Intrepid
Vessel: HMS Intrepid
People
Coombs, John
Age: 34
Date of Death: 12/5/1853
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hood, Thomas
Age: 36
Date of Death: 2/1/1854
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Age: 34
Date of Death: 12/5/1853
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hood, Thomas
Age: 36
Date of Death: 2/1/1854
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Extra
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.