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Memorial: M6355

Wall tablet in St Ann’s Church, Portsmouth Dockyard, commemorating casualties from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines sustained during the  Bombardment of Lagos in 1851

Location

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

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF THE / OFFICERS, SEAMEN AND ROYAL MARINES, / WHO WERE KILLED / OR MORTALLY WOUNDED, / IN THE ENGAGEMENTS AT LAGOS, / ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA. / A.D. 1851. / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THEIR / SHIPMATES AND COMPANIONS IN ARMS / JOHN G.F. DYER AND HENRY H. HALL MATES OF H.M.S. NIGER KILLED 25TH NOVR. 1851 / FREDK. R. FLETCHER. MID; JNO. MCDONALD, W. LAWS, FREDK. HUNN, THOS. SUTTON, / JAMES WEBB. THOS. DAVIS, SAML. PITT, BENJ. TRACEY AND RICH. PEACOCK, SEAMEN / FRANCIS BONE, THOS. NONELEY AND WM. WILSON, ROYAL MAR. ART. AND KING GEORGE / KROOMAN, OF H.M.S. PENELOPE KILLED 26TH DECEMBER 1851, HY. M. GILHAM / MASTER'S ASSISTANT; GEORGE E. HOWELL, GUNNER, AND W. BOTTERS, R.M.A. H.M.S. / PENELOPE MORTALLY WOUNDED, THOMAS RICHARDS, MID; H.M.S. SAMPSON / KILLED 26TH DECEMBER 1851'

Details

Description: Inscription tablet flanked by pillasters carved with palm trees, carved brackets. Above, a trophy of flags, a sword, gun, anchor and oval union flag shield.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Niger, HMS Penelope; HMS Sampson

Event

Lagos

Event Date

1851

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Africa

People

Bone, Francis
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery
Botters, W.
Age:
Date of Death: 1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery
Davis, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Dyer, John G. F.
Age:
Date of Death: 25/11/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
Fletcher, Frederick R.
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
George, King
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Krooman
Organisation:
Gilham, Henry M.
Age:
Date of Death: 1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Master's Assistant
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hall, Henry H.
Age:
Date of Death: 25/11/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
Howell, George F.
Age:
Date of Death: 1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Gunner
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hunn, Frederick
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Laws, W.
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
McDonald, J.
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Noneley, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery
Peacock, Richard
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Pitt, Samuel
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Richards, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Tracey, Benjamin
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Webb, James
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Wilson, William
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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