Menelaus

Posted by J Seagrove on Saturday 14th of March 2020 20:35

30/31.08.1814 One hundred and forty strong raiding party lead by Capt Sir P Parker RN of HMS Menelaus landed near Fairlee, Kent County, MD, USA. At nearby Caulks Field they engaged a force of 200 US militiamen and in a night-time fire fight the British suffered the loss of Parker with several other men killed and about 20 wounded. Parker was carried back to Menelaus but died before reaching the frigate. Parker's body was first returned to Bermuda, then later returned to Spithead [March 1815], then to London where he was buried at St Margaret's church, Westminster. At Caulks Field there is a memorial commemorating this military action in August 1814.

Posted by Brian on Wednesday 2nd of July 2014 01:15

1814/08/30 Landing party in the Chesapeake
The London Gazette, Publication date:25 October 1814
From the late Sir Peter Parker, Captain of his Majesty's ship Menelaus, dated off Pool's Island in the Chesapeake, the 29th of August, stating, that with the seaman and marines of that ship, he had dispersed a party of the enemy's regulars and Militia, assembled for the defence of a large depot of stores on the eastern shore of Maryland, and totally destroying the depot, consisting of corn, hemp, and flax, to an immense amount.