Vessel Loss

Memorial: M4561

Cross in Candie Cemetery, Upland Road, Guernsey commemorating Captain James Martel d. 1881 in the loss of the SS ‘Ardanmoor’

Location

Candie Cemetery, Upland Road, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTN JAMES MARTEL, / OF SS ARDANMOOR OF GLASGOW / WHICH FOUNDERED WITH ALL HANDS / IN ST GEORGE'S CHANNEL / 26 NOVEMBER 1881 / IN HIS 30TH YEAR', 'IN MEMORY OF / JAMES LENFESTEY MARTEL / SON OF CAPTN. JAMES MARTEL / AND ELIZABETH LIHON LENFESTEY / DROWNED AT WOOSUNG CHINA / 25TH OCTOBER 1897 IN HIS 16TH YEAR / INTERRED 3RD NOVEMBER AT SHANGHAI CEMETERY'

Details

Description: Celtic cross on stepped base, lead letters.
Type: Celtic Cross
Materials: marble
Vessel: Ardanmoor

People

Martel, James
Age: 30
Date of Death: 26/11/1881
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: master
Organisation:

Extra

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