Memorial at the Royal Navy Burying Ground, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada commemorating the seamen of HMS Shannon who died of their injuries received during the capture of the US Frigate ‘Chesapeake’ on 1st June 1813
Location
Royal Navy Burying Ground, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory / of the Brave Seaman who / died at the Hospital of the Wounds / they received / on board H.M.S. Shannon / in the Glorious Action / in which she Captured / the United States Frigate / Chesapeake / on the first of June 1813 / / SHANNON / Owen Callaghan / Peter Lawson / Francis Albert / Francis Dixon / John Anthony'
Details
Vessel: HMS Shannon
Event
War of 1812
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Albert, Francis
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 13/6/1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Anthony, John
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 19/6/1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Callaghan, Owen
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 19/6/1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Dixon, Francis
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 13/6/1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Lawson, Peter
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 26/6/1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 13/6/1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Anthony, John
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 19/6/1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Callaghan, Owen
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 19/6/1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Dixon, Francis
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 13/6/1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Lawson, Peter
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 26/6/1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: During the brief engagement 23 were killed and 56 injured on Shannon and on Chesapeake around 60 men were killed.
A memorial gravestone at St Paul’s Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia commemorating two officers: John Samwell, midshipman and William Stevens, boatswain who died of their wounds in June 1815.
The Royal Navy Burying Ground was formerly the Naval Hospital Cemetery and is now part of the Naval Museum of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
A memorial gravestone at St Paul’s Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia commemorating two officers: John Samwell, midshipman and William Stevens, boatswain who died of their wounds in June 1815.
The Royal Navy Burying Ground was formerly the Naval Hospital Cemetery and is now part of the Naval Museum of Halifax, Nova Scotia.