Memorial: M3269

Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia commemorating Louis Birks d. 1878

Location

Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘SACRED / to the Memory of / LOUIS BIRKS / aged 26 years / Who died at sea on board / the S.S. Menelaus / On the 4th Nov 1878. / Erected by shipmates ? / ... Nov. 1878.

Details

Type: Headstone
Materials: Stone
Vessel: SS Menelaus

People

Birks, Louis
Age: 26
Date of Death: 4/11/1878
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: The headstone is very worn and the inscription is hard to decipher.

Bibliography: John B. Hattendorf 'Some British and American Sailor's Tombstones in Penang, Malaysia', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 68, p. 325 (Greenwich, 1982).

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