Memorial: M3579

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Henry Fieldhouse d. 1893

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the memory of / HENRY BENJAMIN FIELDHOUSE / aged 16 1/2 years / who was accidentally killed in the / execution of his duty on board / H.M.S. BOSCAWEN / May 3rd 1893 / This stone was erected by the boys / of the ship to mark their regret / at his untimely death and is / a token of sympathy with his sorrowing parents / in the midst of life we are in death'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 387
Artists: W. J. Miller, Portland
Vessel: HMS Boscawen

People

Fieldhouse, Henry Benjamin
Age: 16 1/2
Date of Death: 3/5/1893
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry

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Maritime Memorials