Lieutenant Charles Francis Hockin


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Reference WMO/293341

Address:

St Felicitas Church

Lethlean Lane

Phillack

TR27 5AD

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • 19th Century Wars
About the memorial: A marble tablet with dedication in black, incised lettering.
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Sacred to the memory of/Lieutenant Charles Francis Hockin/of H.M. Royal Marine Corps/who fell while gallantly leading his men/in the storming of Sidon/in Syria,/ on the 20th day of September 1840./His remains/were interred with military honors, (sic)/in the the British Camp,/at D'Jouni, near Beirout./ He had served four years in the north of Spain,/and had received from the Queen Regent/the Cross of the Order of St. Ferdinand,/ for the part he bore/in the actions of Andouin and Hernani./ His conduct as an officer,/obtained him the high esteem and regard/of those whom he served:/and his amiable/disposition endeared him to all who knew him./ He was the fifth son of/the Revd. WM Hockin, rector of this parish,/by Peggy, his wife,/daughter of the REVD A. Williams, of Treneere:/who have erected this tablet./To the memory of an excellent son,/thus falling in the 27th year of his age.

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