Yonge, Gustavus Humphry, Commander, 1851-1902.

Papers relating to Gustavus Humphry Yonge:
Letter to his mother from HMS GALATEA, stationed in Hong Kong, describing the execution by sword of three prisoners in Yokohama, Japan, 1869.
Letter of thanks from A.E. Martin, whom Gustavus Yonge saved from drowning (an action for which he received a Royal Humane Society medal), 1872.
Page 229 of the Illustrated London News, with a print of a squadron at Cartagena Harbour by Gustavus Yonge, 1873.
Notes on reformatory ships by Gustavus Yonge, 1898-1899.
Typed copy of an account of the burning of the CLARENCE Reformatory School Ship for Boys in 1899 written by Gustavus Yonge’s son Edward in 1962, based on his father’s account and his own recollection of the fire as a small boy (the family lived on the ship).
News cuttings relating to Gustavus Yonge’s rescue of Martin, the CLARENCE fire, Trafalgar Day celebrations in Liverpool in 1899 and Gustavus Yonge’s death (1902).
Photograph of uniformed man (assumed to be Gustavus Yonge), with biographical information on reverse, c. 1880s.

Record Details

Item reference: YON/5; REG13/000111.4
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: SUB-COLLECTION
Date made: 1869-1902
Creator: Yonge, Gustavus Humphry
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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