Memorial: M466

Memorial at Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore commemorating Seth Crowell Jnr, d. 1861

Location

Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Transcript

Sacred / to / the memory of / SETH CROWELL Jnr / Late Commander / of American ship ROBIN WOOD [sic] / who departed this life / on the 19th July 1861 / Aged 36 years'

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: North wall N47 (A189)
Vessel: Robin Hood

People

Crowell, Seth
Age: 36
Date of Death: 19/7/1861
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Commander
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: 'The Straits Times' Saturday 20th July 1861 (vol. 17, no. 1044) gives the ship's name as 'Robin Hood’.

Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney, 1988) p. 140.

JSON

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