Memorial: M1299

Memorial at Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada commemorating William Braine, RM d. 1846

Location

Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred / to the memory of / W. Braine R.M. / H.M.S. Erebus / Died April 3d 1846 / Aged 32 years / Choose ye this day whom ye will serve / Joshua C.24 part of 15V'

Details

Type: Headboard
Vessel: HMS Erebus

People

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Extra

Notes: See John Torrington, d. 1846. Braine showed symptoms of tuberculosis and lead poisoning.

Bibliography: Peter C. Sutherland 'Journal of a voyage in Baffin's Bay and Barrow Straits, in the years 1850-1851...' (London, 1852) p. 304.

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