Memorial: M23

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Ascension Island, to crew members of HMS ‘Flora’, drowned in a boat accident in 1879

Location

St Mary's Church, Ascension Island, Rest of the World

Transcript

'IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF THE UNDERMENTIONED / PETTY OFFICERS OF H.M.S FLORA (TENDER) WHO WERE DROWNED / OFF PILLAR POINT BY THE BARGE STRIKING ON THE ROCKS / WHILST CRUISING ROUND THE ISLAND ON 30th AUGUST 1879 / MICHAEL PIGGOTT, CHIEF E.R.A. AGED 41 YEARS / WILLIAM B. COOK WRITER. AGED 23 YEARS / HENRY BLACKHURST E.R.A. AGED 22 YEARS / HENRY GORING, GUNNERS MATE. AGED 33 YEARS / WILLIAM JENKINS CAULKER AGED 35 YEARS / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS / SEAMEN AND MARINES OF THE ISLAND / AS A TOKEN OF THEIR ESTEEM / "AND THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD WHICH WERE IN IT" REV XX 13'

Details

Description: Relief above the inscription of the barge off a rock on which is a cross.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Flora

People

Blackhurst, Henry
Age: 22
Date of Death: 30/8/1879
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Engine Room Artificer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Cook, William Beriah
Age: 23
Date of Death: 30/8/1879
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Writer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Goring, Henry
Age: 33
Date of Death: 30/8/1879
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Gunner's mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
Jenkins, William
Age: 35
Date of Death: 30/8/1879
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Caulker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Piggott, Michael
Age: 41
Date of Death: 30/8/1879
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Chief Engine Room Artificer
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Jeff Cant 1997
Photographer: Colette Bassford

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters