Memorial at Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating officers and crew of HMS ‘Winchester’ who died 1852-1857

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

Erected by Officers and crew of / H.M.S. 'WINCHESTER' / to the memory of their deceased / shipmates' [West face] '1852 / Wm SHEPPARD P.R.M. Killed / [Jas] BA[IL]EY P.R.M. Drowned / Jno [TATFORD] AB Drowned / Jas PAGE Quar. Master Died / [Jas. WAKEFIELD] Ships Carpenter Died / Robt. [HARVEY] AB Died / Jas. [GLADMAN] AB Died / [Geo. ROBINSON] AB Died / Jas. TAYLOR AB Died / Wm WALLACE AB Died / Wm. ROSEVEAR AB Died / Jas. BURNETT AB Died / Thos. LOWE AB Died / Wm TRIGGS AB Died / Wm ITHELL C. Crew Died / Thos EMERY P.R.M. Died / John KIBLER P.R.M. Died / Jas. GILBERT P.R.M. Died / Jno. COLES P.R.M. Died / Hy. LAWSHAM P.R.M. Died / Jas. HALE P.R.M. Died / Jno. BROWN Bandsman Died / Patk. FOWLER Ord 2d C Died' [East Face] '1853 / Capt. G. G. LOCH G.B. Killed in action / Bernard CONNELL P.R.M. Killed in action / George STANTON P.R.M. Killed in action / Thos. HOCKEY Ord Killed in action / Lieut H.A. HINDE Died of wounds / Jos. LILLICRAP Capt Maintop Died of Wounds / Hy. HOLLAND Sergeant R.M. Died of wounds / Jno. MEW P.R.M. Died of wounds / Geo. MORRIS Ordinary Drowned / Capt. Hy. ERSKINE R.M. Died / Mr. E.S. DOUGLAS Mate Died / Mr Hy FRENCH Assist. Surgeon Died / Edwin BLAKE A.B. Died / Jos. ROUSE A.B. Died', '1853 / Wm. THOMPSON A.B. Died / Wm. DOWNING A.B. Died / Jno. ROBINSON A.B. Died / Peter HENDERSON A.B. DIED / Chas. RICHARDSON A.B. Died / Rd. HANCOCK A.B. Died / Charles FIRTH P.R.M. Died / Thos. JENNINGS P.R.M. Died / Saml. HARRIS P.R.M. Died / Jas. MURRANT Ordinary Died / Wm. JARMAN Ordinary Died / Jas. THOMAS Bandsman Died / Geo. BLYTHE Ord. Q.C. Died / Jno. MAY Boy Died' [South face] '1854 / Robt. HAMILTON Quarter Master Died / Wm ELLIS A.B. Died / Wm. THOMAS A.B. Died / Tim. COURTNAGE P.R.M. Died / Hy. AYLING P.R.M. Died / Edwd. GRAINGER P.R.M. Died / Wm. VICKERY P.R.M. Died / Geo. CHAPMAN P.R.M. Died / Jno. READ Mid. COOK Died / Saml. PIGEON Ordinary Died / Gwynne REES Ordinary Died / Geo. KETCHER Ordinary Died / 1855 / Dan COURTNAYE A.B. Drowned / Thos. DUNNAWAY Boy Drowned / Ben. PERRICK A.B. Died / Thos. ROACH A.B. Died / Wm. ARBON P.R.M. Died / Fred. WINCHESTER Painter Died / Jno. MADDEN Ordinary Died / Wm. COE Ord. 2nd.C. Died' [North face] '1856 / Geo. WELLS Ordinary Died / Wm. FUGGLE Ord. 2nd.Cl. Died / John WILLIAMS Leading Seaman Died / Jas. MATHEWS A.B. Died / Geo. D. HARVEY Carpenters Mate Died / Jas. MICKLEJOHN Ordinary Drowned / Saml. SHORT A.B. Died / Thos. GARFORD A.B. Died / Wm. WEAVER P.R.M. Died / Henry WEST P.R.M. Killed / T.H. LATHAM P.R.M. Killed / J. NICHOLSON P.R.M. Died of wounds / C. BURGESS P.R.M. Died / Jno. GOWER Capt. M. Top Died / John BURGESS Qr. Master Died / David MOFFAT P.R.M. Killed / Joseph BROOKS A.B. Died / George WOODWARD A.B. Died / Wm. TURNER A.B. Died /J as. HARRINGTON Capt. of the mast Died / John RIDLEY A.B. Died /1857 / Fred. KNOWLES Ord. / Geo. LOCKE P.R.M. Died / Benj. EVANS A.B. / M.E. HARRINGTON Master's Asst Died / Jno. WILKINSON Q. Crew / Morris CROINEN Ord. Died / Geo. GOODYEAR P.R.M. / Jno. FUGE A.B. Died / Jno. MIALL Ships Stew / Geo. MARTIN A.B. Drowned / Jno. BENNET A.B. / Morris PIGOTT Bandsman Died / Jno. PRINCE A.B. / Thomas HALL P.R.M. Died / Thos. ATTRIDGE A.B. / C.F. HOCKINS Clerk Died'

Details

Event

Second Anglo-Burma War

Event Date

1852-1853

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

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