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Richard Whittle

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Richard Whittle

Birth
Bury, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England
Death
14 Jul 1876 (aged 47)
Gosport, Gosport Borough, Hampshire, England
Burial
Gosport, Gosport Borough, Hampshire, England Add to Map
Plot
HMS "Thunderer" Memorial
Memorial ID
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Fitter. Richard Whittle, George W. Adams and Thomas H. Jenkins are also remembered on a memorial in Kingston Cemetery, Portsmouth.
Fitter. Richard Whittle, George W. Adams and Thomas H. Jenkins are also remembered on a memorial in Kingston Cemetery, Portsmouth.

Inscription

This monument which stands on the graves of Messrs. T.G. Slade, Chief Engineer, R.N. and Robert Winfield, Engineer, R.N. is erected by brother officers, fellow workmen and friends, to the memory of all those who lost their lives through the explosion of a boiler on board H.M.S. "Thunderer" at Spithead on July 14th 1876, the greater part of whom are buried in the graves adjoining this monument.


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