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HMS Centurion Memorial

 
 
HMS Centurion Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, July 31, 2018
1. HMS Centurion Memorial
Inscription.
HMS Centurion
Naval Brigade
North China 1900
Peit Sang
Hsiku Peiyang
Tientsin
Erected by
Admiral Sir E.H.Seymour Gcb
The Captain, Officers and Ship's Company
of
H.M.S.Centurion.
( left side )
In Memory of
The Officers and Men of that Ship
Who Were Killed or Died of Wounds Received
Whilst Gallantly Doing Their Duty in the Naval Brigade
North China 1900
Also In Memory of Those Officers
And Men Who Died During the Commission
1897-1901.
( right side )
Killed or Died of Wounds:
Fleet Surgeon T.M.Sibbald R.N. · Captain H.W.H Beyts R.M.A. · E.S. Wyatt C.P.O. · E. Turner P.O. 1st Class · G. Spiller P.O. 1st Class · T. Wright Ldg. Smn. · T.J.Restall Ldg. Smn. · S.H. Bone A.B. · J. Cufley A.B. · R. Parsons A.B. · F. Sharpe A.B. · R. Skipsey A.B. · T. Townsend A.B. · J. Bryson Ordy. · H.S. Bolton Ordy. · W.T. Lloyd Ordy. · A. Beaumont Sto. · J. Clayton Sto. · W. Edwards Sto. · A.C. Thompson Sto. · J.W. Curtis Armr. · A. Noble Coopers Crew · E. Lunn Gunr. R.M.A. · J.T. Yates Gunr. R.M.A. · F.W. Briggs Pte. R.M.L.I. · A.E. Ellis Pte. R.M.L.I. · F.H. Foster Pte. R.M.L.I. · E. Frisby Pte. R.M.L.I. · G.H. Hawes
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Died During Commission
Fleet Surgeon C.A. Macauley R.N. · Midn. P.F. Backhouse R.N. · Bosn. W.J. Gough R.N. · J. Beckett A.B. · J. Cronin A.B. · W. Bennet Ordy. · W.J. Hayman Ordy. · G. Allen Ldg. Sto. 1st Class · A.E. Underdown Dom. 1st Class · D. McArthur Sto. · W. Mitchell Sto. · D. O'Mahony Sto.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: MilitaryWaterways & Vessels.
 
Location. 50° 47.979′ N, 1° 5.678′ W. Memorial is in Portsmouth, England. It can be reached from the intersection of Anglesea Road (England Route A3) and Bishop Crispin Way, on the right when traveling north. Located in Victoria Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Portsmouth, England P01 3QL, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in England’s Hampshire Ports. Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region, in Europe, in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At
HMS Centurion Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, July 31, 2018
2. HMS Centurion Memorial Marker
( left side )
least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Charles Napier (here, next to this marker); HMS Royal Sovereign Memorial (a few steps from this marker); HMS Victoria Memorial (a few steps from this marker); HMS Orlando Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); HMS Powerful Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Workers Memorial Day (within shouting distance of this marker); St. John the Evangelist (within shouting distance of this marker); Dockyard Railway Gate (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Portsmouth.
 
Also see . . .
1. Memorial & Monument in Portsmouth – HMS Centurion. (Submitted on September 12, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
2. HMS Centurion (1892) on Wikipedia. (Submitted on September 12, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
 
HMS Centurion Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, July 31, 2018
3. HMS Centurion Memorial
( right side )
HMS Centurion Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, July 31, 2018
4. HMS Centurion Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 12, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 301 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 12, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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