Memorial at St Peter’s Church, Port Royal, Jamaica commemorating the officers and seaman of HMS ‘Rainbow’ who died of fever in 1835
Location
St Peter's Church, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the World
Transcript
'To the officers and seamen of H.M.S. 'Rainbow' who died of fever at Port Royal between 31 July and 28 Octr. 1835. Edwd. GREY, Lieut., Wm. Hen. RUDLAND, Surgeon, Fras. W. MEREWHETHER, Mate, Hen. F. DAVIES, Midshipmen, Edwd. W. BENNETT, Robt. ELLIS Clerk, Wm. CLEMENTS, Jno. O'DONNELL, Wm. CROWTHER, Thos. COX, Seamen/ Hen. THOMPSON & Wm. PORCH, Marines. Jas. GOUBIN, Jas. HALSTEAD, Geo. SWELLING & Geo. PATIENCE, Boys. Erected by the Capt. & surviving officers'
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Nave
Vessel: HMS Rainbow
Position: Nave
Vessel: HMS Rainbow
People
Bennett, Edward W.
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Clements, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Cox, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Crowther, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Davies, Henry F.
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Ellis, Robert
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Clerk
Organisation: Royal Navy
Goubin, James
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy
Grey, Edward
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Halstead, James
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy
Merewhether, Francis W.
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
O'Donnell, J.
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Patience, George
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy
Porch, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Marines
Rudland, William Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Swelling, George
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy
Thompson, Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Marines
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Clements, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Cox, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Crowther, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Davies, Henry F.
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Ellis, Robert
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Clerk
Organisation: Royal Navy
Goubin, James
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy
Grey, Edward
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Halstead, James
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy
Merewhether, Francis W.
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
O'Donnell, J.
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Patience, George
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy
Porch, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Marines
Rudland, William Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Swelling, George
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy
Thompson, Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Marines
Extra
Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875).