Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Captain William Burley Grant RN and the officers and men of HMS ‘Shannon’ who died in 1878
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'THIS STONE WAS ERECTED BY / CAPTAIN WILLIAM BURLEY GRANT R.N. AND OFFICERS OF / HER MAJESTY'S SHIP 'SHANNON / 1878 / IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS & MEN OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP 'SHANNON' / WHO DIED WHILE ON SERVICE IN THE EAST / William Henry Garrard GOODLAKE / Lieutenant R.N. / who died at Hongkong June 27 A.D. 1878 / aged 30 years and was buried here / William Moore CHAMBERS / Chief Engineer R.N. / who died at sea July 20 A.D. 1878 aged 47 years / Edward BURBRIDGE Ordinary Seaman / who was drowned at Nagasaki July 4 A.D. 1878 / Aged 18 years / Owen CONNOLLEY / Private R.M.L.I. Plymouth Division 23rd Company / died at Aden 2nd. May A.D. 1878 aged 20 years / John FITZGIBBON / Ord. Seaman died at Hongkong Sept.4 1878 aged [29] years'
Details
Type: Cross
Vessel: HMS Shannon
People
Age: 18
Date of Death: 4/7/1878
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Chambers, William Moore
Age: 47
Date of Death: 20/7/1878
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Connolley, Owen
Age: 20
Date of Death: 2/5/1878
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RMLI
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Fitzgibbon, John
Age: 29
Date of Death: 4/9/1878
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Goodlake, William Henry Garrard
Age: 30
Date of Death: 27/6/1878
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: Christine Thomas