Memorial: M2115

Memorial at Edrom church commemorating Samuel Robert Archibald Swinton HEIC d. 1806 in the wreck of the ‘Lady Burgess’

Location

Church, Edrom, Scottish Borders, Scotland

Transcript

'Samuel Robert Archibald SWINTON Midshipman H.E.I.C.S. Perished in the wreck of the Lady Burgess, East Indiaman, 20 April 1806, aged 14 years'

Details

Vessel: HEIC Lady Burgess

People

Swinton, Samuel Robert Archibald
Age: 14
Date of Death: 20/4/1806
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Recorder: M.H. Faulknall 1980

JSON

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Maritime Memorials