Memorial: M1750

Tomb at St Mary’s Church, Cardigan commemorating Rowland Rowlands RN d. 1796

Location

St Mary's Church, Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales

Details

Type: Chest-tomb
Vessel: HMS Swiftsure

People

Rowlands, Rowland
Age: 20
Date of Death: 25/4/1796
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Midshipman, HM sloop 'Swiftsure' died of yellow fever in the West Indies.
Recorder: David Saunders 1993

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Maritime Memorials

Memorial: M1750

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters