Memorial Wall tablet Fort Canning Green Cemetery, Singapore, commemorating Christopher Airey. RN d. 1847 and Lieutenant Edward Matthews RN d. 1846
Location
Fort Canning Green Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred / to the memory / of I. C. RAIVEY [sic] EQR / Master of HMS IRIS / who departed this / life at / Singapore 22nd Janry 1847 / Aged 55 years / Also, / Lieutenant [sic] MATTHEWS / of the same ship / who departed this / life on the coast of BORNEO / Oct 18th 1846'
Details
Type: Tablet
Position: South east wall SE29
Vessel: HMS Iris (1840)
Position: South east wall SE29
Vessel: HMS Iris (1840)
People
Airey, Christopher R.
Age: 55
Date of Death: 22/1/1847
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster
Organisation: Royal Navy
Matthews, Edward M.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 18/10/1846
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age: 55
Date of Death: 22/1/1847
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster
Organisation: Royal Navy
Matthews, Edward M.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 18/10/1846
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Also in memory of Lieutenant Matthew of HMS Iris. d. 1846
Bibliography: 'Navy list' 1846; Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney 1988) p. 236.
Bibliography: 'Navy list' 1846; Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney 1988) p. 236.