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The Headstone
Location Plan
ARMY AND NAVY
William Johnson
Gravestone Inscription
"Beneath this stone
LIE THE MORTAL REMAINS OF
WILLIAM JOHNSON
WHO AS A POWDER MONKEY
FOUGHT AT NAVARING OCTOBER 20TH 1827
ON BOARD HMS GENOA
HE AFTERWARDS SERVED ON THE COAST OF SYRIA
AT ST JEAN D'ACRE AND IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD
BEING CAST ASHORE WHEN IN HMS WOLVERINE
HE DIED AT THE PORTSMOUTH WORKHOUSE
JULY 12TH 1897 AGED 86 YEARS
HE WAS DRAWN TO HIS GRAVE BY BRITISH SAILORS
ON A GUN CARRIAGE COVERED WITH THE UNION JACK
THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY
PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION TO HONOUR ONE WHO IF IN A
HUMBLE CAPACITY HELPED TO BUILD UP OUR GREAT EMPIRE"
LIE THE MORTAL REMAINS OF
WILLIAM JOHNSON
WHO AS A POWDER MONKEY
FOUGHT AT NAVARING OCTOBER 20TH 1827
ON BOARD HMS GENOA
HE AFTERWARDS SERVED ON THE COAST OF SYRIA
AT ST JEAN D'ACRE AND IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD
BEING CAST ASHORE WHEN IN HMS WOLVERINE
HE DIED AT THE PORTSMOUTH WORKHOUSE
JULY 12TH 1897 AGED 86 YEARS
HE WAS DRAWN TO HIS GRAVE BY BRITISH SAILORS
ON A GUN CARRIAGE COVERED WITH THE UNION JACK
THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY
PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION TO HONOUR ONE WHO IF IN A
HUMBLE CAPACITY HELPED TO BUILD UP OUR GREAT EMPIRE"