Memorial: M5760

Gravestone in Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating Captain John Forbes RN d. 1868 and other naval members of his family

Location

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Transcript

[East side] 'IN MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN JOHN FORBES R.N. D:L. / FORMERLY OF WINKFIELD PLACE Co BERKSHIRE / BORN 15TH MARCH 1780. DIED 16TH JANUARY 1868 / 'NILE', 'ST DOMINGO', 'EGYPT'. [South side] 'ALSO / OF / JAMES WILLIAM / FORBES, / LIEUTENANT ... INFANTRY / HIS ELDEST SON / WHO DIED 28TH JANUARY 1839 / AGED 24 YEARS / AND WAS BURIED AT SEA' [West side] 'ALSO OF LETITIA FORBES, / WIFE OF THE ABOVE / CAPTAIN JOHN FORBES R.N. / BORN 14TH MAY 1790 DIED 25TH JULY 1869.' [North side] 'ALSO / OF / FREDERICK EDWYN / FORBES. / COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY. / HIS THIRD SON / WHO DIED...APRIL 1842 AGED 23 YEARS. / AND WAS BURIED AT SEA /...'

Details

Type: Coped stone

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Forbes, John
Age: 88
Date of Death: 16/1/1868
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Also of Lieutenant James William Forbes his eldest son. d. 1839 His wife Letita Forbes. d. 1869. Additionally, his third son Commander Frederick Edwyn Forbes. d. 1842.
Photographer: Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh ©RMG

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