Memorial: M4589

Gravestone at Stranger’s Cemetery, Upland Road, Guernsey commemorating Alexander Fordyce RN d. 1808

Location

Stranger's Cemetery, Upland Road, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory of / Alexander Fordyce / Seaman on board His Majesty's / Sloop. Sheldrake, who died of / his wounds received whilst / boarding an enemy's vessel upon / the French coast on the / 13th day of June 1808'

Details

Vessel: HMS Sheldrake

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Fordyce, Alexander
Age:
Date of Death: 13/6/1808
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Recorded in 1933. Cemetery no longer exists. ADM 27/16/338

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