Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating men of HMS ‘Audacious’ who died 1875-1878
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'H.M.S. AUDACIOUS. FLAGSHIP CHINA STATION / 1875 1876 1877 1878 / ERECTED IN MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO HAVE DEPARTED / BY US WHO REMAIN / IN TOKEN OF CONTINUED GOOD FELLOWSHIP / Frederick GOWD Ship's Carpenter, Drowned / at sea January 1st. 1875 Aged 28 / William SMITH Captain Foretop Mast Died at Saigon / February 21st. 1875 Aged 37 / John SMITH Stoker invalided died on / passage home Aged 45 / James HUCKLEBY Sergeant R.M.L.I. died at / sea August 1st. 1875 Aged 31 / Edward James GREEN A.B. died at sea / August 14th. 1875 Aged 24 / John ROGERS O.S. died at Chefoo / October 6th. 1875 Aged 21 / Thomas TURNER A.B. Invalided died on / passage home Age 24 / Charles HARRISON A.B. died from a fall / from aloft February 27th. 1876 Aged 24 / James ASHWORTH Private R.M.L.I. died at / Hong Kong Hospital March 9th. 1877 Aged 32 / Joseph SYMONS Stoker Died at Nagasaki / April 8th. 1877 Aged 21 / John Edwin BEATLY Carpenter Killed by an / accident at Yokohama June 11th. 1877 Aged 53 / William Richardson BAIRD Carpenter's Crew / Died at sea September 11th. 1877 Aged 40 / Charles Thomas HALL O.S. died at Nagasaki / September 25th. 1877 Aged 19 / Charles William ROWE Ord 2nd. Class died at / Yokohama Hospital October 30th. 1877 Aged 19 / Francis Daniel O'KEEFE Captain's Cox died at Hong Kong Hospital Nov. 25th. 1877 Aged 20'
Details
Type: Cross
Vessel: HMS Audacious
People
Age: 32
Date of Death: 9/3/1877
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RMLI
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Baird, William Richardson
Age: 40
Date of Death: 11/9/1877
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Carpenter's crew
Organisation: Royal Navy
Beatly, John Edwin
Age: 53
Date of Death: 11/6/1877
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Carpenter
Organisation: Royal Navy
Gowd, Frederick
Age: 28
Date of Death: 1/1/1875
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ship's carpenter
Organisation: Royal Navy
Green, Edward James
Age: 24
Date of Death: 14/8/1875
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hall, Charles Thomas
Age: 19
Date of Death: 25/9/1877
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Harrison, Charles
Age: 24
Date of Death: 27/1/1876
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Huckleby, James
Age: 45
Date of Death: 1/8/1875
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Sergeant RMLI
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
O' Keefe, Francis Daniel
Age: 20
Date of Death: 25/11/1877
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain's coxswain
Organisation: Royal Navy
Rogers, John
Age: 21
Date of Death: 6/10/1875
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Rowe, Charles William
Age: 19
Date of Death: 30/10/1877
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman 2nd class
Organisation: Royal Navy
Smith, John
Age: 45
Date of Death: 1875
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Smith, William
Age: 37
Date of Death: 21/2/1875
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Foretop
Organisation: Royal Navy
Symons, Joseph
Age: 21
Date of Death: 8/4/1877
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Turner, Thomas
Age: 24
Date of Death: circa 1875
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy