Memorial: M1928

Gravestone at St Nicholas’s Church, Compton commemorating William Julian Shrine RN d. 1847 in the loss of HMS ‘Avenger’

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Compton, Surrey, England

Transcript

'William Julian Shrine / Son of/George and Anne Spurstow / More Moloneux / he died in the wreck / of H.M.S. Avenger / December 20th 1847 / aged 14 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Graveyard close to E wall of church.
Vessel: HMS Avenger

People

Moloneux, William Julian Shrine
Age: 14
Date of Death: 20/12/1847
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Avenger', wrecked on north coast of Africa 20/12/1847.
Bibliography: William O.S. Gilly 'Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy between 1793 and 1849, compiled principally from official documents in the Admiralty', (London, 1850) pp. 326-340.
Recorder: David Saunders 1983
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