Background
George Fiott Day was born in Southampton.
George Fiott Day was born in Southampton.
He joined the Royal Navy as a First Class Volunteer in 1833. His first vessel sailed to the Pacific Ocean and was wrecked off the coast of Patagonia in 1835. After serving off the west coast of Africa, in 1838 he departed for six and a half years service in the Mediterranean Sea, taking part in the bombardment of Saint John d"Acre on the Syrian coast in 1840.
From 1845 to 1848, he served in Africa, before departing for the Cape of Good Hope and the coast of Brazil.
During the hostilities between the Argentine Confederation and Buenos Aires, he patrolled the Rivers of Paraguay and the Río de la Plata. He was 35 years old, and a lieutenant in the Royal Navy during the Crimean War:
In 1857, he was again off the west coast of Africa, and in late 1858 he sailed for the China station.
He was placed on the Captain"s retired list in February, 1867, owing to ill health. He retired with the rank of Captain.
Mrs Day was a first cousin of Emily Georgina Carter-Campbell of Possil and Willoughby Harcourt Carter.
The Days were the parents of three daughters. Captain Day died at Weston-super-Mare, where he is buried.
