Memorial
HMS Ruby
16455.jpg
Source: Copyright Orpham work
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Current Location
In museum, Chatham Historic Dockyard, Main Gate Road, Chatham, Rochester Upon Medway, Kent, ME4 4TY, England
OS Grid Reference
TQ 75790 68990
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 16455
- Description
- BRASS PLAQUE MOUNTED ONTO A WOODEN BACKBOARD. INCISED INSCRIPTION IN BALCK LETTERING TRIANGLE AND DOT DESIGN AROUND THE EDGE OF THE PLAQUE. CROSS IN THE UPPER CENTR EOF THE PLAQUE
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY / OF / (NAMES) / H.M.S. "RUBY" / DIED AT SEA OF YELLOW FEVER / OFF THE WEST INDIES / JANUARY / 1895.
- War
- Military Service
- Number Commemorated
- 3
- Died
- 3
- Information shown
- surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death
- Order of names
- surname,forename,rank,regiment,manner of death,place of death,year died
Components
- Backboard
Height: 610MM
Width: 470MM
Made from: Wood
Condition: Good
- Plaque
Depth: 4MM
Made from: Brass
Condition: Good