Plaque at St Ann’s Church, Portsmouth Dockyard commemorating the engineer officers lost in HMS ‘Captain’ 1870
Location
St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'In Memory of / The Undermentioned Engineer Officers / who perished on HMS Captain / off the coast of Spain on the 7th Septr / 1870 / George Rock Chief Engr. / Willm C. Moreton Engr. / Peter Baldwin Engr. / Fredk Pursell Engr. / John H. Willis Engr. / George H. Barnes Engr. / George P Gardiner Ass. Engr. 1st Class / Thomas W. Curtis Ass. Engr. 1st Class / Alfred Purkis Ass. Engr. 2nd Class / Per Aspera Terrent'
Details
Type: Plaque
Position: to right of altar
Materials: Brass
Vessel: HMS Captain
Position: to right of altar
Materials: Brass
Vessel: HMS Captain
People
Baldwin, Peter
Age:
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Barnes, George H.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Curtis, Thomas W.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Engineer 1st Class
Organisation: Royal Navy
Gardiner, George P.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Engineer 1st Class
Organisation: Royal Navy
Moreton, William C.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Purkis, Alfred
Age:
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Engineer 2nd Class
Organisation: Royal Navy
Pursell, Frederick
Age:
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Rock, George
Age:
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Willis, John H.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age:
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Barnes, George H.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Curtis, Thomas W.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Engineer 1st Class
Organisation: Royal Navy
Gardiner, George P.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Engineer 1st Class
Organisation: Royal Navy
Moreton, William C.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Purkis, Alfred
Age:
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Engineer 2nd Class
Organisation: Royal Navy
Pursell, Frederick
Age:
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Rock, George
Age:
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Willis, John H.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: Barry Fisher 2011