Memorial: M2563

Memorial in the Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, commemorating James Muirhead d.1853

Location

Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'In memory of / James Muirhead / Assistant Surgeon / only son of the late / Mr James Muirhead / Dunbar, Scotland / who was drowned in attempting to / reach H.M.S. Edinburgh on the / night of the Sabbath / 26th June 1853 / returning from the house of God / aged 28 / erected by his cousin RB'

Details

Vessel: HMS Edinburgh

People

Muirhead, James
Age: 228
Date of Death: 26/6/1853
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Burial Register - drowned from a boat with others, buried July 1853.

JSON

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Maritime Memorials