This memorial is dedicated to Captain Frederick Percival Trench, Royal Navy. He was Captain of the Royal Arthur, a powerful new British cruiser in 1895. While off the coast of Mexico on May 10, 1895, he died suddenly and was buried at sea. The memorial was erected by the Admiral and Officers of HMS Royal Arthur as a token of their regard for him.
For his service in the upper Burmah campaign, Lieutenant Frederick Perceval Trench was made a Commander on December 18, 1885. The Royal Arthur sailed from Portsmouth, England on March 27, 1895 to the Pacific to relieve the British armored cruiser Warspite as flagship of the British forces in Pacific waters. Captain Frederick Percival Trench was appointed governor of the port of Corinto, Nicaragua in April 1895.
