Memorial: M6353

Wall tablet in St Ann’s Church, Portsmouth Dockyard commemorating Henry Dacres Brent d. 1887

Location

St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / HENRY DACRES MENZIES BRENT, / MIDSHIPMAN / H.M.S. "MONARCH" / WHO DIED AT THE NAVAL HOSPITAL, GIBRALTAR / 1ST MARCH 1887 / AGED FIFTEEN YEARS AND EIGHT MONTHS, / THE ONLY SON OF / CAPTAIN H.W. BRENT R.N. / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS ELDEST SISTER.'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Monarch

People

Brent, Henry Dacres Menzies
Age: 15
Date of Death: 1/3/1887
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson

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