Memorial at St Nicholas’s Church, Harwich, commemorating six men of HMS ‘Sheerwater’, drowned in a boat capsize 1842
Location
St Nicholas's Church, Harwich, Essex, England
Transcript
'Mr Thomas Corrall, surgeon, Tho. Sparrow, David Edgar, William Marshall, Henry Kemp, Stephen Bond. Seamen of Her Majesty's ship Sheerwater who were unfortunately drowned by the upsetting of a boat on the River Medway on 25 July 1842 and are buried Mr Corrall at Eastchurch, Sheppey and the seamen at Melville hospital Chatham. This tablet is erected by the officers and crew of Her Majesty's Ship Sheerwater as a token of respect for their lamented shipmates'
Details
Vessel: HMS Shearwater
People
Bond, Stephen
Age:
Date of Death: 25/7/1842
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Corrall, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 25/7/1842
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Edgar, David
Age:
Date of Death: 25/7/1842
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Kemp, Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 25/7/1842
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Marshall, William
Age:
Date of Death: 25/7/1842
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Sparrow, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 25/7/1842
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age:
Date of Death: 25/7/1842
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Corrall, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 25/7/1842
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Edgar, David
Age:
Date of Death: 25/7/1842
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Kemp, Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 25/7/1842
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Marshall, William
Age:
Date of Death: 25/7/1842
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Sparrow, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 25/7/1842
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan, 1969