Vessel Loss

Memorial: M4743

Wall memorial at St Peter’s Church, West Firle, East Sussex commemorating Allan Cornelius Thorold Mann RN d. 1870 in the loss of HMS ‘Captain’

Location

St Peter's Church, West Firle, East Sussex, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / ALLAN CORNELIUS THOROLD MANN / MIDSHIPMAN R.N. AGED 19 YEARS SECOND / SON OF COLONEL J.R. MANN, ROYAL ENGINEERS. / HE WAS LOST IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY / WITH UPWARDS OF FIVE HUNDRED OF THE CREW, / IN H.M. TURRET SHIP 'CAPTAIN', WHICH FOUNDERED / OFF CAPE FINISTERRE, ON THE 7th OF SEPTR 1870'

Details

Description: Carved with a relief of a cross on a stepped plinth.
Type: Wall memorial
Materials: White marble on grey marble.
Artists: Lewes Parsons
Vessel: HMS Captain

People

Mann, Allan Cornelius Thorold
Age: 19
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Sketch.
Recorder: M.T. Morton 1995

JSON

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Maritime Memorials