Memorial at Beechey Island, Qikiqtaaluck Region, Nunavut, Canada commemorating John Torrington, RN, d. 1846
Location
Beechey Island, Qikiqtaaluck Region, Nunavut, Canada, Rest of the World
Transcript
'SACRED TO / THE MEMORY OF / JOHN TORRINGTON / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / JANUARY 1ST, AD 1846 / ON BOARD OF / H.M. SHIP TERROR / AGED 20 YEARS’
‘This marker is a replica / the original is housed at the / Prince of Wales / Northern Heritage Centre / Yellowknife, N.W.T. / 1997'
Details
Type: Headboard (replica)
Materials: Wood and brass
Vessel: HMS Terror
Materials: Wood and brass
Vessel: HMS Terror
People
Torrington, John
Age: 20
Date of Death: 1/1/1846
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age: 20
Date of Death: 1/1/1846
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: See W Braine, d. 1846. Torrington’s grave is alongside Thomas Morgan, John Hartnell and William Braine. Anthropologist, Owen Beattie lead a team to exhumed the bodies in 1984 and they determined the deceased had signs of lead poisoning and TB. He probably died of pneumonia.
Bibliography: Peter C. Sutherland 'Journal of a voyage in Baffin's Bay and Barrow Straits, in the years 1850-1851...' (London, 1852) p. 305.
Bibliography: Peter C. Sutherland 'Journal of a voyage in Baffin's Bay and Barrow Straits, in the years 1850-1851...' (London, 1852) p. 305.