Location
On the second floor of the stairs leading to the meeting rooms from the north side of the nave. Formerly in the Clergy Vestry.
HMS Malabar
MEMORY OF
CAPT ET NOTT RN
WHO DIED IN COMMAND OF
HM INDIAN TROOP SHIP
MALABAR
IN THE SUEZ CANAL OCTOBER 26 1874
AND WAS BURIED AT ISMALIA
ON THE FOLLOWING DAY
This tablet is erected by
the officers and ships company
of the Malabar and the military
officers chiefly of 1st Battalion
of the 18th The Royal Irish Regiment
who were taking passage in the ship
at the time to mark their sense of
his public and private worth and
their regard and esteem
Further Information
Captain Nott's service aboard the Malabar was very short indeed. The Naval Intelligence column of the Times for 11 September 1874 reports the appointment of Capt. ET Nott to the Malabar and that for 31 October of the same year records the appointment of Capt E Kelly to the Malabar, vice Capt. Nott, deceased. The entry for 27 October 1874 confirms that the 18th Royal Irish were transferred from Malta to India by the Malabar at the time (she then having 1680 souls on board).
Thanks to Peter Davis for this information and pointing out an error in the date on our transcription of the memorial
