At the English Heritage store, Fort Brockhurst, Gosport
The memorial is in a dirty condition and a few inches of the right hand side is missing.
Memorial
Inscription
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
WYATT RAWSON
COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY AND NAVAL A.D.C. TO
GENERAL SIR G. WOLSELEY, G.C.B.
HE FELL WHILE ACTING AS GUIDE TO THE SECOND DIVISION
AT THE BATTLE OF TEL-EL-KEBIR, EGYPT, 13 SEPTEMBER, 1882 AGED 29.
HE SERVED IN THE ASHANTEE WAR, 1873-4,
AND IN THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-6
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED AS A TOKEN OF AFFECTION AND ESTEEM BY
LORD WOLSELEY
AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PERSONAL STAFF
WYATT RAWSON
COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY AND NAVAL A.D.C. TO
GENERAL SIR G. WOLSELEY, G.C.B.
HE FELL WHILE ACTING AS GUIDE TO THE SECOND DIVISION
AT THE BATTLE OF TEL-EL-KEBIR, EGYPT, 13 SEPTEMBER, 1882 AGED 29.
HE SERVED IN THE ASHANTEE WAR, 1873-4,
AND IN THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-6
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED AS A TOKEN OF AFFECTION AND ESTEEM BY
LORD WOLSELEY
AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PERSONAL STAFF
Further Information
Born 27/8/1853. Died on board HMS 'Carthage' in Malta Harbour and buried at Bighi cemetery. DOSSIER.
Bibliography:
Geoffrey Rawson 'Life of Admiral Sir Henry Rawson' (London, 1914) p. 277; Frederic Boase 'Modern English Biography' (London, 1965).
The National Maritime Museum (Memorial Section)
Lord Wolseley's account of the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir at the Public Record Office
