Memorial: M5569

Memorial window in St Mary’s Church, Marlborough commemorating Alfred Henry Manders, Worcester cadet, d. 1865 in a boat accident

Location

St Mary's Church, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England

Transcript

'AND BEGINNING TO SINK HE CRIED SAYING LORD SAVE ME / THEY CAME AND AWOKE HIM SAYING MASTER MASTER WE PERISH / HE SENT FROM ABOVE HE TOOK ME HE DREW ME OUT OF MANY WATERS. / IN MEMORY OF ALFRED HENRY ELDEST SON OF / CAPTAIN THOMAS MANDERS AND CATHERINE HIS WIFE / HE WAS DROWNED OFF ERITH WITH 9 OTHER CADETS OF THE OFFICERS TRAINING SHIP WORCESTER / BY THE OVERTURNING OF THE SHIPS BARGE / IN THE 14th YEAR OF AGE ON TUESDAY FEBy 28TH AD 1865'

Details

Description: The Ascension, Our Lord saving Peter on the Sea of Galilee, Christ asleep during the storm, the shipwreck of St Paul. The drowned boys are shown in white robes in the upper lights.
Type: Window
Artists: Michael O'Connor
Vessel: HMS Worcester

People

Manders, Alfred Henry
Age: 14
Date of Death: 28/2/1865
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Merchant officer cadet
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Window erected by Major Thomas Manders, the boy's father. Ten merchant officer cadets from HMS 'Worcester' drowned in a sailing accident.
Bibliography: 'The Builder' 6 May 1866, p 352; 'Morning Chronicle' 2 March 1865
Photographer: Roy Storm 2006

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters