Memorial: M2590

Memorial at Church of St Michael and All Angels, Heavitree, Devon commemorating Captain John Halsted, RN, d. 1830

Location

Church of St Michael and All Angels, Heavitree, Devon, England

Transcript

‘Sacred / to the memory of / Capt. JOHN HALSTED RN / third son of the late / Capt ANTHONY HALSTED RN / who died at Exeter / on the 2 day of November 1830 / Deeply and deservedly lamented by his afflicted family / Also to the memory of / Lieut LAWRENCE WILLIAM HALSTED / of the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, Eldest son of the above / who was accidentally killed by falling from a Window / in Chester Castle on the 14th of March 1829 / His remains are interred in the Cathedral of that city / where a Monument is erected by his Brother officers / to record their sorrow at his melancholy fate'

Details

Type: Tomb
Position: South side of churchyard

People

Halstead, John
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 2/11/1830
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters