Memorial: M1346

Memorial in St Andrew’s Church, Bingham’s Melcombe, Dorset, commemorating Lieutenant Alan Bosworth-Smith RN d. 1901

Location

St Andrew's Church, Bingham's Melcombe, Dorset, England

Transcript

'Alan Wyldlove Bosworth-Smith, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, who on September 18th, 1901, while H.M.S. Cobra, of which he was in command, was breaking up in a storm, remained standing on the bridge with his arms folded to the last, and went down with his vessel'

Details

Type: Brass
Position: North wall of nave
Vessel: HMS Cobra

People

Bosworth-Smith, Alan Wyldlove
Age:
Date of Death: 18/9/1901
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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