Memorial: M480

Memorial at Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore commemorating George Green, RN, d. 1837

Location

Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘Sacred / to the memory of / GEORGE GREEN / seaman of H.M.S. RALEIGH / who met his death / on the 4th OCTR 1837 / by falling from aloft / whilst furling sails / His shipmates have erected / this tomb to his memory / as the last mark of their / esteem and regret.'

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: South east wall SE 17 A14
Artists: Just Gantz
Vessel: HMS Raleigh

People

Green, George
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 4/10/1837
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney, 1988) p. 227.

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