Uncategorised

Memorial: M1405

Memorial in St Peter’s Church, Boughton Monchelsea, Kent commemorating Edward Greaves Bird RN, d. 1857, at Woosung, China

Location

St Peter's Church, Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England

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People

Bird, Edward Greaves
Age: 22
Date of Death: 25/7/1857
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Accidentally drowned in the Yangtse River, China. Buried on the bank of the River in a piece of ground bought for the purpose and a tombstone erected by the officers of the ships stationed at Woosung.
Recorder: J. Millar. 1997

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Maritime Memorials

Memorial: M1405

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters