Shannon Memorial, Southsea, Hampshire

Image: © Peter Trimming Taken: 16 Nov 2010

The officers and crew of HMS Shannon raised £350 to erect a monument to Sir William Peel and in memory of those who died during the campaign in India. It was the intention that the memorial would stand in front of the Royal Naval College in Portsmouth Dockyard. Inscriptions are as follows: (North side): SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF CAPTN. SIR WM PEEL K.C.B. CAPTN. THOS. GREY MR. M.P. GARVEY MATE MR. M.A. DANIEL MID THE SEAMEN AND MARINES OF THE SHANNON NAVAL BRIGADE WHO FELL WHILST EMPLOYED IN N.W. PROVINCES OF INDIA DURING THE MUTINY AD 1857 AS A TRIBUTE TO THEIR GALLANTRY THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS AND CREW OF HMS SHANNON 1860 (East side): KILLED IN ACTION 2 OFFICERS 6 SEAMEN 2 MARINES DIED OF WOUNDS 9 SEAMEN 1 MARINE DIED OF DISEASE 2 OFFICERS 70 SEAMEN 11 MARINES WOUNDED 7 OFFICERS 34 SEAMEN 3 MARINES COME WE BLESSED OF MY FATHER INHERIT THE KINGDOM PREPARED FOR YOU FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD (South side): THE TROPHY IS MADE FROM A GUN CAPTURED AT LUCKNOW AND PRESENTED TO THE SHANNON BRIGADE BY GEN. LORD CLYDE G.C.B. COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMY (West side): THE SHANNON'S NAVAL BRIGADE WITH 6 8 INCH GUNS AND FOUR FIELD PIECES LEFT CALCUTTA FOR THE N.W. PROVINCE AUG 13 1857 SERVED AT THE BATTLE OF KEDJIVA OCTOBER 1857 RELIEF OF LUCKNOW NOV 1857 DEFEAT OF THE GWALIOR CONTINGENT DEC 1857 BATTLE OF KALLEE-NUDDEE JAN 1858 CAPTURE OF LUCKNOW MARCH 1858 AND RETURNED TO THE SHANNON AUG 1858 Information sourced from this very useful link: http://www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk/southsea/shannon.htm

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