Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating engineer officers in the Royal Navy who lost their lives whilst serving on the China station 1857-1868
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'In Memory / of the / Engineer Officers R.N. / who have died / on the China Station / Erected by their / Brother Officers / Wm. POWELL 12 December 1857 Aged 26 / Geo. RUTHERFORD 9th January 1858 27 / J.P. WINHALL 14th January 1858 24 / C. KING 2nd July 1858 41 / W.H. RICE 14th. August 1858 27 / Thos. MACKEY 28 September 1858 29 / Thos. R. PURCHASE 8th. October 1858 34 / W. SAGE 27th October 1858 26 / W. DUNKIN 18th. November 1858 26 / D. MASON 28th. April 1859 28 / T.E. BATTING 30th. May 1859 22 / H.O. PASSAW 15th. June 1859 22 / Jos. KENWORTHY 11th. July 1859 28 / Robt. J. SERGEANT 16th. August 1860 / J. EVERS [EYERS?] 8th October 1860 40 / W. MURPHIN 9th. March 1861 28 / ... MALLEY ...March 1861 22 / James CHARTERS 7th. April 1861 30 / John RODGERS 29th. August 1861 29 / J. HILLINGWORTH 2nd. October 1861 27 / Andrew TEMPLETON 8th October 1861 29 / J. PEACH 15th. May 1862 28 / T.G. SAUNDERS 7th. June 1862 23 / J. MATTHEWS 6th. July 1862 31 / J. WOTHERLAY 4th. September 1862 22 / Jos. DERBYSHIRE 25th. October 1862 30 / W. HOLLAND 13th. November 1862 30 / W.B. MEIKLEJOHN 24th November 1862 20 / JAMES ANKERS 9th. September 1863 30 / T. HODGSON 18th. September 1863 31 / J. SLACK 15th. September 1863 22 / Jas. RADFORD 6th. February 1864 24 / Wm. BIRKS 23rd February 1864 32 / Fred J. TAPLIN 21st. March 1864 34 / Geo. M. DOOLEY 4th. November 1864 30 / Wm. H. PHILLIPS 4th. November 1864 24 / Edwd. TOPPING 4th November 1864 27 / Thos. W.E. TICKLE 4th. November 1864 24 / Wm. YOUNG 15th. June 1865 39 / Walter BROCK 10th. July 1866 39 / Michael HARRIS 30th. November 1866 30 / Fred. HOLDEN 2nd. February 1867 29 / Wm. A. HOUGHTON 26th. February 1867 31 / Jas. McGARAHAN 3rd. October 1867 27 / Julean P. TAPLIN 8th. October 1867 32 / John GREEN 24th. November 1867 28 / Wm. B. COTTAM 12th. Sept. 1868 34'
Details
Type: Obelisk
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
People
Age: 30
Date of Death: 9/9/1863
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Batting, T. E.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 30/5/1859
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Birks, William
Age: 32
Date of Death: 23/2/1864
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Brock, Walter
Age: 39
Date of Death: 10/7/1866
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Charters, James
Age: 30
Date of Death: 7/4/1861
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Cottam, Wiliam B.
Age: 34
Date of Death: 12/9/1868
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Derbyshire, J.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 25/10/1862
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Dooley, George M.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 4/11/1864
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Dunkin, W.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 18/11/1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Evers, J
Age: 40
Date of Death: 8/10/1859
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Green, John
Age: 28
Date of Death: 24/11/1867
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Harris, Michael
Age: 30
Date of Death: 30/11/1866
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hillingworth, J.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 2/10/1861
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hodgson, T.
Age: 31
Date of Death: 18/9/1863
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Holden, Frederick
Age: 29
Date of Death: 2/2/1867
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Holland, W.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 13/11/1862
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Houghton, William A.
Age: 31
Date of Death: 26/2/1867
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Kenworthy, J.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 11/7/1859
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
King, C.
Age: 41
Date of Death: 2/7/1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Mackey, Thomas
Age: 29
Date of Death: 28/9/1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Malley, Malley
Age: 22
Date of Death: 3/1861
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Mason, D.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 28/4/1859
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Matthews, J.
Age: 31
Date of Death: 6/7/1862
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
McGarahan, James
Age: 27
Date of Death: 3/10/1867
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Meiklejohn, W. B.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 24/11/1862
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Murphin, W.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 9/3/1861
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Passaw, H. O.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 15/6/1859
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Peach, J.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 15/5/1862
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Phillips, William H.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 4/11/1864
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Powell, William
Age: 26
Date of Death: 12/12/1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Purchase, Thomas R.
Age: 34
Date of Death: 8/10/1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Radford, James
Age: 24
Date of Death: 6/2/1864
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Rice, W. H.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 14/8/1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Rogers, John
Age: 29
Date of Death: 29/8/1861
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Rutherford, George
Age: 27
Date of Death: 9/1/1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Sage, W.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 27/10/1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Saunders, T. G.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 7/6/1862
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Sergeant, Robert J.
Age:
Date of Death: 16/8/1859 16/8/1860
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Slack, J.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 15/9/1863
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Taplin, Frederick J.
Age: 34
Date of Death: 21/3/1864
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Taplin, J. P.
Age: 32
Date of Death: 8/10/1867
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Templeton, Andrew
Age: 29
Date of Death: 8/10/1861
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Tickle, Thomas W. E.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 4/11/1864
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Topping, Edward
Age: 27
Date of Death: 4/11/1864
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Winhall, J. P.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 14/1/1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Wotherlay, J.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 4/9/1862
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Young, William
Age: 39
Date of Death: 15/6/1865
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy