Memorial: M1365

Wall tablet in St Peter’s Church, Bishop’s Waltham, Hampshire commemorating Commander Henry Colpoys RN d. 1833

Location

St Peter's Church, Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'Henry Maxwell Griffith Colpoys. Commander, R.N. youngest son of Admiral Sir Richard Colpoys who on 24th January 1833 in the 29th year of his age, sailed from Halifax in H.M. Packet Calypso which vessel is supposed to have foundered at sea. Never heard of again'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South wall
Vessel: Calypso

People

Colpoys, Henry Maxwell Griffith
Age: 28
Date of Death: 1/1833
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Peter Clissold 'More Memorials in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 67, p. 367 (Greenwich, 1981).
Recorder: P. Clissold 1981

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