Memorial

Lieutenant R W Danvers

39728 Second Lieutenant RW Danvers

Source: David Ayling

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Current Location

The King's Chapel of the Savoy, Savoy Hill, Westminster, City Of Westminster, Greater London, WC2R 0DA, England

TQ 30580 80740

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 39728
Inscription: (LEFT PANEL) IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ FREDERICK DAWES DANVERS/ BORN 17 SEPTEMBER 1795/ DIED 21 OCTOBER 1867/ REGISTRAR AND CLERK OF THE COUNCIL/ OF THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER/ FROM 1827 TO 1861/ DURING WHICH PERIOD HE LIVED/ AT THE DUCHY HOUSE IN THIS PRECINCT/ AND OF/ CHARLOTTE MARIA HIS WIFE/ BORN 18 FEBRUARY 1807 DIED 24 JANUARY 1891/ BOTH ARE BURIED AT KENSAL GREEN CEMETERY./ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THEIR CHILDREN/ GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN (RIGHT PANEL) ALSO OF/ ROBERT WILLIAM DANVERS/ THEIR THIRD SON/ BORN 30 JULY 1833/ LIEUT IN THE 70TH BENGAL N.I./ HE WAS INTERPRETER TO H.M.S 5TH FUSILIERS/ DURING THE MUTINY IN INDIA 1857 - 58/ SERVED WITH THE REGT AT THE 1ST RELIEF OF/ LUCKNOW BY GEN. SIR HY. HAVELOCK K.C.B./ AND IN THE DEFENCE OF THE RESIDENCY./ AFTER THE 2ND RELIEF, HE JOINED THE FORCE/ UNDER GEN. DIR. J OUTRAM, G.C.B. AND/ SUBSEQUENTLY WENT WITH HIS REGT TO CHINA/ WHERE HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED ON THE/ 12TH AUG 1858 AFTER THE CAPTURE OF NAMTOW./ HE WAS BURIED AT HONG KONG.

War: Opium Wars (1839- 1860)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional

Plaque

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good