Memorial

Bugler C Timmins

Portrait

Source: Copyright Susan Featherstone

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Current Location

In Steam, steel and submarine museum, Chatham Historic Dockyard, Main Gate Road, Chatham, Rochester Upon Medway, Kent, ME4 4TY, England

TQ 75790 68990

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Type of Memorial: Painting / Print
WMR Reference Number: 61855
Description: A glazed gold frame containing a portrait of Bugler Charles Timmins.
Inscription: Royal Marine Bugler / Charles Timmins / 1919 / Frank Hyde (1849 - 1937) / Oil on canvas / This portrait of Timmins was painted / in his memory. He was killed by a / German shell that hit the bridge of / HMS Cardiff just as he was about to / call for Action Stations during the / battle of Heligoland Bight 1917. He / was only 14 years old. His father was / killed on HMS Hogue in September / 1914. The painting was paid for by / a collection of pennies from the / children at Napier Road School in / Gillingham where he was once a pupil.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, manner of death, ship, place of death, age at death, relationships
Order of names: Rank, forename, surname, manner of death, ship, place of death, age at death, relationships

Maker(s): Frank Hyde, Artist
Sponsor Type: other
Sponsored By: From accompanying information label:- The painting was paid for by a collection of pennies from the children at Napier Road School in Gillingham where he was once a pupil.

Painting

Height: c1,400mm

Width: c1,000mm

Made from: Canvas

Condition: Good