Wall tablet at All Saints Church, Ryther commemorating Robert Forster d. 1841 in loss of East Indiaman ‘Cycee’
Location
All Saints Church, Ryther, North Yorkshire, England
Transcript
'A TRIBUTE TO A DEAR SON / ROBERT FORSTER / SIXTH SON OF / THE REVD. I. FORSTER, RECTOR OF RYTHER, / AND ANNE HIS WIFE / WAS BORN AUGUST 1ST. 1815, / AND IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE PERISHED ON BOARD THE / CYCEE, EAST INDIMAN; / HAVING NEVER BEEN HEARD OF / SINCE FEBRUARY 11TH, 1841 / TO THE PRESENT TIME JUNE 28TH 1847. / SHE WAS ON HER VOYAGE HOME.'
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Vessel: Cycee
Materials: Marble
Vessel: Cycee
People
Forster, Robert
Age: 25
Date of Death: 1841
Cause of Death: vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: unknown
Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Age: 25
Date of Death: 1841
Cause of Death: vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: unknown
Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Extra
Recorder: Professor Norman Hammond & Dr J. L. Wilson
Photographer: Professor Norman Hammond
Photographer: Professor Norman Hammond