Memorial: M4942

Memorial at Victoria Park, Portsmouth to officers and men of HMS’Centurion’ who died during the Boxer Rebellion 1900

Location

Victoria Park, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

[Front] 'H.M.S. CENTURION / NAVAL BRIGADE / NORTH CHINA 1900 / PEIT SANG / HSIKU PEIYANG / TIENTSIN / ERECTED BY / ADMIRAL SIR E.H. SEYMOUR G.C.B. / THE CAPTAIN OFFICERS AND SHIPS COMPANY / OF / H.M.S CENTURION' [left] 'IN MEMORY OF / THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THAT SHIP / WHO WERE KILLED OR DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED / WHILST GALLANTLY DOING THEIR DUTY IN THE NAVAL BRIGADE / NORTH CHINA 1900 / ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE OFFICERS / AND MEN WHO DIED DURING THE COMMISSION / 1897-1901'

Details

Description: Pink granite column with bronze globe on top. A bronze palm branch is applied to the side and a centurion's head to the base of the column.
Type: Column
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Granite, bronze
Vessel: HMS Centurion

Event

Boxer Rebellion

Event Date

1900

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters