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A square pillar surmounted by a small, draped urn with a wreath of flowers hanging around it, standing on a block. There are inscriptions incised on three faces of the pillar. It commemorates non-combat deaths from yellow fever on the HMS 'Firebrand'.

Title

HMS 'Firebrand' Memorial

Date

c.1861

Medium

stone

Measurements

H 151 x W 78 x D 78 cm

Accession number

SE7_AS_S033

Acquisition method

purchased by surviving officers and crew

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Charlton Cemetary

Custodian

Charlton Cemetary

Work status

extant

Access

time restrictions apply

Access note

Cemetery opening hours.

Inscription description

six 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); nine and three o'clock faces: NAMES. AGES. RANKS. / (names) (much of the inscription illegible)

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Cemetery Road, Greenwich

SE7 8DZ

Located in the cemetery to the rear of the cemetery office.

Artist or maker

unknown artist

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