Memorial: M1432

Gravestone at St Bridget’s Kirk, Bride, Isle of Man commemorating John Cowell RN d. 1863, Trafalgar veteran

Location

St Bridget's Kirk, Bride, Isle of Man

Transcript

'IN / MEMORY / OF / JOHN COWELL / WHO DIED MAY 31ST 1863 / AGED 77 YEARS / HE FOUGHT AND WAS WOUNDED ON / BOARD OF H.M.S. TEMERAIRE IN / THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR. OCTOBER / 21ST 1805. / ALSO MARY COWELL, / BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE. / WHO DIED FEBRUARY 14TH 1865, / AGED 74 YEARS. / ALSO JAMES COWELL, / SON OF THE ABOVE, / WHO DIED FEBRUARY 25TH 1830, / AGED 3 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS.'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone
Vessel: HMS Temeraire

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Cowell, John
Age: 77
Date of Death: 31/5/1863
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Landsman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: See John Cawle. Lost arm at Trafalgar and was discharged from the service. He returned to the Isle of Man where he worked as a school teacher.
Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 57.
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters