Lot 344
AN HMS MONMOUTH DEATH PLAQUE.
A Death Plaque named to Charles Tincknell, who was an Able Seaman serving on the Cruiser HMS Monmouth at the Battel of Coronel. Mostly reservists were called up on August 4th 1914, to serve on the Cruiser of some 10.000 tons.
17265 A/B Charles Ticknell a 21 year old native of East Bower Bridgwater Somerset, was Killed in Action when the ship was sunk on the 1st November 1914 with all hands lost. (735 Officers and Men)
Charles was the only son of William & Eliza Jane Tincknell of Middle Street, Brent Knoll, Highbridge, Somerset.
The Royal Navy avenged this defeat a few weeks later in the Battle of the Falkland Islands.
