Memorial: M884

Memorial at All Hallows by the Tower, London to four sea scouts drowned off Gravesend in 1913

Location

All Hallows by the Tower, Tower Hill, London, England

Transcript

'TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF / ROGER SOWERBUTTS CORNALL, / CHRISTOPHER HENRY WITT, / ROWLAND MAURICE PURNELL, / HAROLD WALTER RENDELL. / DROWNED OFF GRAVESEND / OCTOBER 25th 1913. / ERECTED BY THEIR SORROWING / COMRADES, THE SURVIVORS / OF THE “DAILY MIRROR’S / OWN” TROOP OF SEA SCOUTS.' [above] 'IT IS I - BE NOT AFRAID' [on waves] 'LORD, IF IT BE THOU, BID ME / COME UNTO THEE ON THE WATERS / AND HE SAID, COME. ST MAT, XIV, 27-8.'

Details

Description: Christ raising four naked young men from the waves, the scene within a trefoil-headed niche. h. 77.5 x w. 24 x d. 2cm
Type: Plaque
Position: South aisle, north side
Materials: Bronze
Artists: Blunt & Wray
Vessel: Mirror

People

Cornall, Roger Sowerbutts
Age: 24
Date of Death: 25/10/1913
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Scoutmaster
Organisation: Sea Scouts
Purnell, Rowland Maurice
Age: 17
Date of Death: 25/10/1913
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Sea Scout
Organisation: Sea Scouts
Rendell, Horace Walter
Age: 14
Date of Death: 25/10/1913
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Sea Scout
Organisation: Sea Scouts
Witt, Christopher Henry
Age: 17
Date of Death: 25/10/1913
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Boatswain
Organisation: Sea Scouts

Extra

Notes: 'Mirror' a seagoing yacht donated by the 'Daily Mirror' was sunk following a collision with the steamer 'Hogarth'.
Bibliography: Roy Masini 'Sea Scouting: a history, 1909-2009' p. 14.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 2020
Photographer: @The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters