SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
REAR ADMIRAL WILLIAM ARTHUR C.B.
SON OF THE LATE REVD. JAMES ARTHUR
RECTOR OF ATHERINGTON, NORTH DEVON
DIED NOVEMBER 15TH 1886
AGED 56 YEARS
ENTERED THE ROYAL NAVY 1845
SERVED IN THE MAORI WAR 1845-47, MEDAL
SERVED IN THE KAFFIR WAR 1851-52, MEDAL
SERVED IN THE BALTIC EXPEDITION 1854, MEDAL
SERVED IN THE CRIMEAN CAMPAIGN 1855, MEDAL
                   CLASP AND TURKISH MEDAL
SERVED IN THE CHINA WAR OF 1857-60, MEDAL
                   AND TWO CLASPS
 
DURING THIS WAR HE WAS TWICE WOUNDED
HE SUBSEQUENTLY RECEIVED THE GOLD
MEDAL FROM THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT
IN RECOGNITION OF ACTIVE SERVICES
RENDERED BY HIM IN 1873
WAS NAVAL ATTACHE AT WASHINGTON
USA 1879-82
 
ERECTED BY
HIS DEVOTED, SORROWING WIFE
MARY J. ARTHUR, NEE LE MESURIER
2 SAM XII 23
 
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