LLEWELLYN

David Herbert (son of rev. David Llewellyn, P.C. of Easton near Pewsey, Wilts. d. 1869). b. Easton 1838; ed. at Marl borough 1848–53; studied at Charing Cro hospital 1856–9; M.R.C.S. 1859; surgeon of the Confederate steam ve el Alabama which left the Mersey 28 July 1862; after the engagement between the Alabama and the federal ironclad Kearsage off Cherbourg 19 June 1864 he refused to escape by overloading the boat containing the wounded, and went down with the ship, being the only man lost; memorial tablets erected in Charing Cro hospital and in Easton church. Medical Times , ii 24, 25, 81, 374 (1864); The Times 21 June 1864 p. 11; I.L.N. 9 July 1864 p. 41, portrait .