- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 49851
- Description
- Rectangular inscription tablet surmounted by cornice and carved trophies. Two flags and a fouled anchor are carved in relief at the top of the tablet. Inscription in black lettering. Whole is mounted onto a stone backboard.
- Inscription
- TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE OFFICERS OF HMS MAEANDER,/ WHO DIED DURING HER VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD,/ UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE HON. H. KEPPEL,/ IN THE YEARS 1848-51./ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR WORTH,/ AND OF THE SINCERE REGARD AND DEEP REGRET/ OF THEIR CAPTAIN AND BROTHER OFFICERS./ MR GEO. SIMMONDS, PAYMASTER, ENTERED THE SERVICE IN 1805,/ WAS DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED IN ONE OF THE BOATS OF THE HELIGOLAND,/ IN AN ATTACK ON THE ISLAND OF SPIKEROOGE,/ WHERE HE WAS TAKEN PRISONER./ HE DIED AT SINGAPORE, 27TH JUNE 1848/ AFTER 38 YEARS' ACTIVE SERVICE, AGED 67 YEARS./ MR A. E. SEARLE, CLERK, DIED 30TH OCTOBER 1849, AGED 20 YEARS./ MR JOHN CLARKE, M.D., SURGEON, DIED AT PORT ESSINGTON,/ 22ND NOVEMBER 1849, AGED 39 YEARS./ AND THE HON. ALGERNON EGERTON, MIDSHIPMAN,/ WHO WAS UNFORTUNATELY KILLED 27TH JANUARY 1851,/ BY THE ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF A MUSKET,/ WHILE EMPLOYED ON BOAT SERVICE AT GUAYMAS, AGED 16 YEARS./ HIS EARLY PROMISE, ENGAGING MANNER, AND AMIABLE DISPOSITION/ HAD ENDEARED HIM IN NO COMMON DEGREE TO ALL ON BOARD./ THIS SAD RECORD CAST THE ONLY GLOOM OVER THE PERIOD/ OF HER LONG AND VARIED COMMISSION.