The Scottish War Memorials Project

jamiemcginlay · Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 897 Location: Glasgow

Location: At Tomont End at the North side of the B896 on the NW tip of the Island of Greater Cumbrae (Just North of the Car Ferry slipway).

Description: A sandstone Obelisk commemorating the loss of Midshipmen Chalres D. Cayley and William N. Jewell of H.M.S. Shearwater on the 17th May 1844

Condition: Is reasonable for a sandstone monument considering the exposed location. The letters of the inscription were are painted in gold, which has weathered.
Inscription reads:
IN MEMORY OF
MR. CHARLES D. CAYLEY
AGED 17 YEARS
AND
MR. WILLIAM N. JEWELL
AGED 19 YEARS
MIDSHIPMEN OF
H.M.S. SHEARWATER
TWO PROMISING YOUNG
OFFICERS DROWNED BY
THE UPSETTING OF THEIR
BOAT NEAR THIS PLACE
17TH MAY 1844
THIS MONUMENT IS
ERECTED
IN TOKEN OF THEIR WORTH
BY
CAPTAIN ROBINSON
AND
OFFICERS
OF THE ABOVE VESSEL