Vessel Loss

Memorial: M1934

Wall tablet in St Helen’s Church, Cornhill-on-Tweed commemorating Thomas Haggerston Collingwood d. 1859 in the loss of HMS ‘Heron’

Location

St Helen's Church, Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / HENRY COLLINGWOOD / OF LILBURN TOWER / AND CORNHILL HOUSE ESQUIRE / WHO DIED JULY 26TH 1827 AGED 70 YEARS. / MARY ANNE WIDOW OF THE ABOVE / DIED 17TH FEBRUARY 1852 AGED 74 YEARS. / H.J.W. COLLINGWOOD ESQUIRE / HIS ELDEST SON DIED APRIL 14TH 1840 AGED 37 YEARS. / HENRY ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE H.J.W. COLLINGWOOD / DIED AT CORNHILL 22ND AUGUST 1836. / AGED 11 YEARS. / THOMAS HAGGERSTON / FOURTH SON OF H.J.W. COLLINGWOOD / LOST AT SEA MAY 9TH 1859 AGED 28 YEARS. / FREDERICK, SIXTH SON OF / H.J.W. COLLINGWOOD DIED AT TORQUAY FEBRUARY 10TH 1867 / AGED 29 YEARS. / FRANCES THE BELOVED WIFE OF / GEORGE CALDWELL DICKINS / LATE OF THE 21ST R.N.B. FUSILIERS AND 46TH REGIMENT / ELDEST DAUGHTER OF H.J.W. COLLINGWOOD, DIED AT PORTOBELLO N.B. SEPTEMBER 14TH 1867 / AGED 39 YEARS /

Details

Description: Gothic style inscription tablet with a cross in relief at the top and a black base.
Type: Wall Tablet
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Heron

People

Collingwood, Thomas Haggerston
Age: 28
Date of Death: 9/5/1859
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Lost in HMS 'Heron' which foundered in a tornado of the West Coast of Africa.
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 38.
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