Memorial: M2641

Memorial at All Saints Church, Hollingbourne, Kent commemorating Robert Salmon, Midshipman RN, d.1782 off Sri Lanka

Location

All Saints Church, Hollingbourne, Kent, England

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF / ROBERT SALMON / A MIDSHIPMAN IN THE ROYAL NAVY / WHO DIED NEAR THE ISLAND OF CEYLON / FEBRIARY 1782 / AGED 18 YEARS. / ALSO OF / THOMAS / HIS YOUNGEST BROTHER / CAPTAIN IN THE 7TH REGT OF ROYAL FUSILIERS / WHO DIED AT BELEM NEAR LISBON / 1ST FEBRUARY 1811 / AGED 41 YEARS'

Details

Type: Tablet

People

Salmon, Robert
Age: 18
Date of Death: 2/1782
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: J. Miller 1997

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