Memorial

HMS Firebrand

Source: Copyright Andy Smith

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Current Location

Charlton Cemetery, Cemetery La, Charlton, Greenwich, Greater London, SE7 8DZ, England

TQ 423 777

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Type of Memorial: Pillar / Column
WMR Reference Number: 58558
Description: Square pillar surmounted by a small draped urn with a wreath of flowers hanging round it, standing on a block. Inscription incised on three faces of pillar.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face: S(ACRED)/ TO THE (MEMORY) (...)/ OFFICERS & (...)S/ (FI)REB(RAND)/ WHO DIED OF Y(ELLOW FEV)ER/ IN THE WEST (INDI)ES/ BETWEEN THE G(...)ANI(...) JULY 1861,/ ERECTED BY THE SURVIVING/ OFFICERS AND CREW./ NAMES. AGES. RANKS./ (Names) 9 and 3 o'clock faces: NAMES. AGES. RANKS./ (Names) (Much if the inscription illegible)

Maintenance History: Surface of the pillar seriously spalled and inscription partly illegible.

Pillar

Height: 1510mm

Width: 780mm

Depth: 780mm

Made from: Stone

Condition: At Risk

Vase

Height: 920mm

Width: 1120mm

Depth: 1120mm

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Other website Public Monuments and Sculpture Association http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/UEL/GR086.htm