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Memorial: M1410

Memorial formerly at the Church of St Mary and St Blaise, Boxgrove, West Sussex commemorating William Burnett d. 1861, Surgeon RN, a veteran of Trafalgar

Location

Church of St Mary and St Blaise, Boxgrove, West Sussex, England

Details

Type: Window
Vessel: HMS Defiance

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Burnett, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1861
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Destroyed by a bomb in 1940. Burnett was a surgeon on HMS 'Defiance' at Trafalgar.
Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 40.

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