Memorial: M5785

Wall tablet in St John’s Cathedral, Hong Kong commemorating Captain William Thornton Bate RN d. 1857

Location

St John's Cathedral, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN WILLIAM THORNTON BATE R.N. / WHO WAS KILLED UNDER THE WALLS OF CANTON / AT THE STORMING OF THE CITY, ON DECEMBER 29TH 1857 / IN THE 37TH YEAR OF HIS AGE: / HIS DISTINGUISHED CAREER OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE / THE ARDUOUS DUTIES PERFORMED IN HIS SURVEY OF THE ADJOINING SEAS / THE CHRISTIAN VIRTUES AND CONSISTENT PIETY / WHICH ADORNED HIS PRIVATE CHARACTER / AND THE AMIABLE QUALITIES OF DISPOSITION WHICH ENDEARED HIM / TO A LARGE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS / COMBINED IN RENDERING HIS UNTIMELY DEATH AN OCCASION / OF UNIVERSAL MOURNING AMONG THE FOREIGN COMMUNITY IN CHINA . / THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / IN TESTIMONY OF RESPECT AND AFFECTION FOR HIS MEMORY / TO ME TO LIVE IS CHRIST TO DIE IS GAIN / PHILIPPIANS CH. I VER VI'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: granite

Event

Second China War

Event Date

1857

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Bate, William Thornton
Age: 37
Date of Death: 29/12/1857
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Remains of a larger memorial? Opium Wars.

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters