Memorial: M4921

Memorial at Funzi Island, Mombasa, Kenya commemorating Benjamin Stone, RN, d. 1887

Location

Funzi Island, Mombasa, Kenya, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘Sacred / to / the Memory of / Benjamin Stone, A.B. / H.M.S. Turquoise / Who died from the effects of / wounds received during an / engagement with a slave dhow / off Fundo Gap 11 June 1887 / Age 20 years / O Comrades stay as you pass / by as you are now so once was I / As I am now you must be prepared for death to follow me'

Details

Description: Cross on stepped plinth.
Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Turquoise

People

Stone, Benjamin E.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 11/6/1887
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Wounded in an action with a slave dhow, while attempting an inspection. Five burials on Funzi Island are Royal Navy and Royal Marine personnel. Stone and Irwin’s wooden headstones are now in the old Peace Museum stores, Stone Town, Zanzibar. They are not on display as they are too damaged.

A bronze plaque was erected by his officers in St George’s Church, Isle of Poole, Dorset, England, commemorating Able Seaman Stone. The plaque notes the date of death as 10th June 1887, and his age as 19 years.


Bibliography: Kevin Patience 'Zanzibar Revisited', 'The Review: Journal of the Naval Historical Collectors Research Association' (Winter 1999), pp. 6-7.

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