Memorial: M2206

Memorial in Stranger’s Cemetery, Fortuneswell, Dorset, commemorating John Elliot d. 1864

Location

Stranger's Cemetery, Fortuneswell, Dorset, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the memory of / John ELLIOT / gunner R.M.A. of H.M. ship Edgar / who died at Portland / on the 23rd April 1864 / aged 31 years [three lines of illegible verse]'

Details

Position: 126
Vessel: HMS Edgar

People

Elliot, John
Age: 31
Date of Death: 23/4/1864
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RMA
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1986

JSON

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Maritime Memorials