Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating the officers and crew of HMS ‘Calcutta’ who died in 1856
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'CALCUTTA', 'Deaths in 1856 / Frederick J. CAMPBELL Lt. R.N. / Thomas PARKER P.R.M / William MORRIS Sgt. R.M. / James MICKLEJOHN O.S. / John ERINSON P.R.M. / Henry WEST P.R.M. / James H. LULHAM R.M. / Lake MOORES P.R.M / William PROWSE O.Q.C. / James PROUT P.R.M. / William JOHNS B.I.C. / Deaths in 1856 / Robert MILES P.R.M. / William WEAVER P.R.M. / Hugh MASSEY Band / John RUFFY A.B. / James RICHARDS A.B. / James STRIMPSON A.B. / Fredk. CAUDLE O.Q.C. / Thomas TAYLOR P.R.M. / James COLE [or COLL] P.R.M. / John CURTIS P.R.M. / Deaths in 1857 / James LLOYD P.R.M. / Geo. HATCHARD Cox / John PAUL Ordinary / James OWEN S.M. / Michl. KEARNEY B. / Sinclair PEDDER S. / Chas. H. VINE A.B. / Robt. TALBOT Ordinary / Deaths in 1857 / Edward W. PEARN Masters Asst. / W.R. WATSON Clerk / Frank CLEMOW P.R.M. / Edwin ASHDOWN P.R.M. / William STINGNELL / Fredk. GATES Ordinary / Archd. DICKSON Ordinary / Nelson ORSON Ordinary / Deaths in 1858 / Vincent E. EYRE N. Cadet / George McDONNEL A.B. / George PHILIPS P.R.M. Thomas HALLORAN A.B. / William APPS Ordinary / George PHILIPS P.R.M. / John HOUGH A.B. / Deaths in 1859 / William JONES A.B. / Robert MOORE S.C.'
Details
Description: In the form of three sarcophagus-shaped wings with roofs and rusticated bases, a draped urn and cannon balls above the centre where they joint together. Panels are carved with a naval crown within a rope twist border, and a split cannon and broken swords.
Type: Memorial
Vessel: HMS Calcutta
Type: Memorial
Vessel: HMS Calcutta
Event
Second China War
Event Date
1856-1860
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
People
Apps, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Ashdown, Edwin
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Campbell, Frederick J.
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Caudle, Frederick
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster's clerk?
Organisation: Royal Navy
Clemow, Frank
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Cole [?], James
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Curtis, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Dickson, Archibald
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Erinson, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Eyre, Vincent Edward
Age:
Date of Death: 1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Naval cadet
Organisation: Royal Navy
Gates, Frederick
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Halloran, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hatchard, George
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Coxswain
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hough, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Johns, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Boy 1st Class
Organisation: Royal Navy
Jones, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1859
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Kearney, Michael
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Boy?
Organisation: Royal Navy
Lloyd, James
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Lulham, James H.
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Marines
Massey, Hugh
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Bandsman
Organisation: Royal Navy
McDonnel, George
Age:
Date of Death: 1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Micklejohn, James
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Miles, Robert
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Moore, Robert
Age:
Date of Death: 1859
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ship's cook
Organisation: Royal Navy
Moores, Lake
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Morris, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Sergeant RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Orson, Nelson
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Owen, James
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Sailmaker's mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
Parker, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Paul, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Pearn, Edward W
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master's assistant
Organisation: Royal Navy
Pedder, Sinclair
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Sailmaker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Philips, George
Age:
Date of Death: 1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Prout, James
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Prowse, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster's clerk?
Organisation: Royal Navy
Richards, James
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Ruffy, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Stingnell, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy
Strimpson, James
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Talbot, Robert
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seamen
Organisation: Royal Navy
Taylor, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Vine, Charles H.
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Watson, W. R.
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Clerk
Organisation: Royal Navy
Weaver, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
West, Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Age:
Date of Death: 1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Ashdown, Edwin
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Campbell, Frederick J.
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Caudle, Frederick
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster's clerk?
Organisation: Royal Navy
Clemow, Frank
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Cole [?], James
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Curtis, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Dickson, Archibald
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Erinson, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Eyre, Vincent Edward
Age:
Date of Death: 1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Naval cadet
Organisation: Royal Navy
Gates, Frederick
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Halloran, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hatchard, George
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Coxswain
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hough, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Johns, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Boy 1st Class
Organisation: Royal Navy
Jones, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1859
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Kearney, Michael
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Boy?
Organisation: Royal Navy
Lloyd, James
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Lulham, James H.
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Marines
Massey, Hugh
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Bandsman
Organisation: Royal Navy
McDonnel, George
Age:
Date of Death: 1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Micklejohn, James
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Miles, Robert
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Moore, Robert
Age:
Date of Death: 1859
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ship's cook
Organisation: Royal Navy
Moores, Lake
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Morris, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Sergeant RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Orson, Nelson
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Owen, James
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Sailmaker's mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
Parker, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Paul, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Pearn, Edward W
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master's assistant
Organisation: Royal Navy
Pedder, Sinclair
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Sailmaker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Philips, George
Age:
Date of Death: 1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Prout, James
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Prowse, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster's clerk?
Organisation: Royal Navy
Richards, James
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Ruffy, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Stingnell, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy
Strimpson, James
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Talbot, Robert
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seamen
Organisation: Royal Navy
Taylor, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Vine, Charles H.
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Watson, W. R.
Age:
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Clerk
Organisation: Royal Navy
Weaver, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
West, Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Extra
Notes: Photo by Philip Bruce (copyright).
Recorder: Christine Thomas
Recorder: Christine Thomas