Memorial

Lieutenant H Charrington - Egypt and Sudan

Lieutenant H Charrington and others.

Source: Rob Palmer

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Current Location

St Dunstan's Church, Church Lane, Hunsdon, East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, SG12 8PE, England

TL 41822 12713

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 63669
Description: Wall mounted tablet with crossed flags centre top.
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF / LIEUTENANT HAROLD CHARRINGTON ROYAL NAVY / AGED 26 YEARS / OF H.M.S EURYALUS FLAG LIEUTENANT TO / REAR ADMIRAL SIR W N HEWETT VC KCB KCSI / COMMANDER IN CHIEF IN THE EAST INDIES / WHO IN COMPANY WITH PROFESSOR E PALMER OF THE / UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE AND CAPTAIN W J GILL R.E / WHILE ENGAGED ON AN IMPORTANT AND CONFIDENTIAL MISSION CONNECTED WITH THE WAR IN EGYPT / WERE ALL KILLED BY BEDOUIN ARABS IN THE DESERT / OF MOUNT SINAI ARABIA ON THE 11TH AUGUST 1882 / HE WAS THE SECOND SON OF SPENCER CHARRINGTON ESQ / OF HUNSDON HOUSE / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY ADMIRAL SIR W N HEWETT / AND THE OFFICERS OF HIS FLAG SHIP EURYALUS / IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF A GALLANT SAILOR / AND OF ONE WHO HAD ENDEARED HIMSELF TO THEM ALL / THE REMAINS WERE INTERRED IN THE CRYPT OF ST. PAULS CATHEDRAL.

War: Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1899)
Number Commemorated: 3
Died: 3
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, age at death, service, manner of death, place of death, date of death, relationships, additional, place of burial
Order of names: Rank, forename, surname, age at death, service, manner of death, place of death, date of death, relationships, additional, place of burial

Tablet

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

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