'...Also of John William Morrott son of the above who was drowned off West Hartlepool 14 December 1901 aged 40 years and nine months'
Details
Type: Headstone Vessel: Wave Queen
People
Morrott, John William Age: 40 Date of Death: 14/12/1901 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Cook Organisation:
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Notes: Drowned in 'Wave Queen' wrecked off West Hartlepool 14/12/1901. The ship on a voyage from Newcastle to Guernsey, she was wrecked trying to put into West Hartlepool to escape a gale, all nine crew died. Recorder: David Kreckeler 1982
Monument in Sharpness, Gloucestershire dedicated to those former students of the Gravesend Sea School who gave their lives in the Second World War.
Location
Sharpness docks, Sharpness, Gloucestershire, England
Transcript
'THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY THE T.S. VINDICATRIX ASSOCIATION AND UNVEILED 9TH AUGUST 2003', 'IN 1939 GRAVESEND SEA SCHOOL WAS EVACUATED TO THE SHIP 'VINDICATRIX' WHICH WAS BERTHED NEARBY ON THE CANAL. BOYS AGED 15 TO 17 WERE TRAINED FOR SERVICE IN THE MERCHANT NAVY. DURING WWII MANY GAVE THEIR LIVES SERVING THEIR COUNTRY. THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN', 'ON THE SITE FROM 1943 TO 1966 STOOD THE CAMP WHICH, WITH THE 'VINDICATRIX' FORMED THE NATIONAL SEA TRAINING SCHOOL (SHARPNESS) WHERE APPROXIMATELY 70, 000 BOYS WERE TRAINED.', 'THE SCHOOL WAS A PASSAGE THROUGH WHICH OUR DREAMS BECAME REALITY', 'THE CAMP WAS HALLOWED BY OUR YOUTH'.
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Description: Bronze sailing vessel on a granite base. The sculptor was a former trainee. Type: Monument Position: Near dockers club Materials: Bronze, granite Artists: John Ashcroft Vessel: Vindicatrix
Wall tablet in Christ Church, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire commemorating Charles Hayward d. 1858
Location
Christ Church, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, England
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY OF / CHARLES AUGUSTUS HAYWARD, / MIDSHIPMAN OF H.M.S. VIRAGO, / WHO DIED AT MONTE VIDEO OF YELLOW FEVER, / AGED 19; / SECOND SON OF JAMES AND RACHEL HAYWARD / OF LOUDWATER. / HE RECEIVED FOR HIS SERVICES / WITH THE NAVAL BRIGADE IN THE CRIMEA, / THE CRIMEAN MEDAL WITH TWO CLASPS, / THE CROSS OF THE LEGION OF HONOR, / THE SARDINIAN MEDAL, / AND THE TURKISH ORDER OF THE MEDJIDIE. / OBIIT 27TH FEBRUARY 1858'
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Description: Carved with a foul anchor hung with a wreath and the orders and medals mentioned in the incription. Type: Wall tablet Position: Nave north wall Materials: White marble Vessel: HMS Virago
Event
Crimea War
Event Date
1853-1856
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
People
Hayward, Charles Augustus Age: 19 Date of Death: 27/2/1858 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: DOSSIER. Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
Gravestone in Trinity Road Cemetery, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire commemorating Charles Barr d. 1893
Location
Trinity Road Cemetery, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England
Transcript
'In loving memory of Charles Risdale Barr who lost his life whilst going to take the lifeboat to the rescue of others 18 Apr 1893 aged 43 years. Also George Speight Barr son of the above drowned 9 Feb 1899 aged 22 years'
Details
Type: Gravestone
People
Barr, Charles Risdale Age: 43 Date of Death: 18/4/1893 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: George Speight Barr, drowned. Father and Son, Charles Risdale Barr and George Speight Barr buried in same grave. Recorder: C. Flintham
Window in St Sepulchre Without Newgate, London dedicated to Captain John Smith d. 1631
Location
St Sepulchre without Newgate, London, England
Transcript
[On a brass plate] 'THIS WINDOW DEDICATED 1968 WAS GIVEN BY BRADFORD SMITH 1909-1964 AMERICAN BIOGRAPHER OF CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH'
Details
Description: A window of three lights. Left window, A full-length portrait inscribed 'Robert Bertie Earl of Lindsey KG'. Below, a roundel with a ship portrait 'Discovery 20 tons'. Centre 'President of the Council of Virginia and Admiral of England 1608, 1609, 1614 Captain John Smith'. Below, a roundel with a ship portrait 'Susan Constant 120 tons'. Right window 'Sir Samuel Saltonstall', 'Godspeed 40 tons'. Type: Brass; window Vessel: Discovery, Godspeed, Susan Constant
People
Smith, John Age: Date of Death: 1631 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: Admiral of New England. Explorer and colonizer. Recorder: Captain M.T. Morton 1982
Memorial headstone at Church of St Michael in the Hamlet, Liverpool commemorating Rear-Admiral Christopher Bell, RN d. 1853
Location
Church of St Michael in the Hamlet, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Christopher Bell, Rear-Admiral in her Majesty's Navy, born at Gorleston in Suffolk, 29th. April 1784, died at Aigburth, 16th. October, 1853'
Details
Type: Headstone Position: Churchyard
People
Bell, Christopher Age: 69 Date of Death: 16/10/1853 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Gravestone in Seaton Carew, Hartlepool commemorating Robert Cole d. 1943 and Robert Thompson d. 1972
Location
Holy Trinity Church, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, England
Transcript
'IN SWEET MEMORY OF / RALPH / DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF / MARGARET CONSTANCE COLE / BORN 17TH APRIL 1883, DIED 11TH JULY, 1840 / 'ACROSS THE BAR' / ALSO THE ABOVE MARGARET CONSTANCE COLE / BORN 14TH DEC 1888 DIED ...FEB 1972 / LOVING AND LOVED', 'ALSO THEIR DEAR SON-IN-LAW / GEOFFREY ROBERT THOMPSON / COMMODORE MASTER MARINER / DIED 4TH APRIL 1972 AGED 58 YEARS', 'ALSO THEIR DEAR SON / RALPH COLE / MASTER MARINER / KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION AT SYRACUSE, ITALY / JULY 25TH 1943 AGED 28 YEARS.'
Details
Description: The slab covering the grave inlaid with an anchore, fouled with chain. Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Materials: Granite
Event Category
1939-1945 Second World War
People
Cole, Robert Age: 28 Date of Death: 25/7/1943 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner Organisation: Thompson, Geoffrey Robert Age: 58 Date of Death: 4/4/1972 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commodore; Master Mariner Organisation:
Wall tablet in St Paul’s Cathedral, London commemorating Admiral Charles de la Poer Beresford d. 1919
Location
St Paul's Cathedral, London, England
Transcript
'Charles William de la Poer Beresford / Admiral Lord Beresford of Metemmer / G.C.B. G.C. V.O. D.C.L. L.L.D. / Born February 10th 1846, died September 6th 1919. / At Alexandria 1882 on The Nile 1885. / Three times commander in chief at sea. / A Member of the House of Commons for more than twenty years. / A distinguished and gallant sailor, a devoted public servant / and the genial comrade of many illustrious and humble friends'
Details
Description: Carved with a half-length portrait in uniform in relief and the Beresford coat-of-arms. Type: Wall tablet Position: Crypt Materials: Marble
Event
Anglo-Egyptian War
Event Date
1882
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Africa
People
Beresford, Charles William de la Poer Age: 73 Date of Death: 6/9/1919 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Wall tablet in Richmond, London commemorating Major George Bean d. 1815
Location
St Mary's Church, Richmond, London, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / MAJOR GEORGE BEAN / OF THE ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY / WHO WAS KILLED BY A CANNON BALL IN THE 26TH YEAR OF HIS AGE AT THE HEAD OF HIS TROOP / ON THE 18TH JUNE 1815 IN THE GLORIOUS BATTLE OF / WATERLOO. / AT THE AGE OF SEVENTEEN HE WAS, AT HIS OWN REQUEST / PLACED IN THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY / SERVED UNDER LORD NELSON AT THE BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN / AND VOLUNTEERED TO ACCOMPANY THE EXPEDITION / WHICH WAS SENT OUT TO CUT THE BOATS AT BOULOGNE / FOR WHICH HE RECEIVED HIS LORDSHIPS PUBLIC THANKS. / HE ALSO PARTICULARLY DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF / UNDER SIR DAVID BAIRD AND THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON IN SPAIN. / WHERE HE WAS SEVENTEEN TIMES SUCCESSFULLY ENGAGED WITH THE ENEMY / BUT SIGNALISED HIMSELF PRINCIPALLY AT THE BATTLES OF / VITTORIA, ORTHES AND THOULOUSE. / UNHAPPILY HIS MILITARY CAREER TERMINATED PREMATURELY / HE FELL, IT IS TRUE, IN THE FIELD OF GLORY, / LAMENTED BY HIS SURVIVING OFFICERS AND MEN, / BUT ALAS ! HAS LEFT A WIDOWED MOTHER, AN AFFECTIONATE WIFE. WITH TWO INFANT CHILDREN. / TO LAMENT THEIR IRREPARABLE LOSS. / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED / AS A WELL MERITED TRIBUTE OF MATERNAL, CONJUGAL AND FRATERNAL AFFECTION / AND AS A MEMORIAL TO HIS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WORTH'
Details
Description: Carved with a mourning female figure; urn and military trophies. Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble
Event
Battle of Copenhagen, Battle of Waterloo
Event Date
1801 and 1815
Event Category
1793-1802 French Revolutionary War
People
Bean, George Age: 25 Date of Death: 18/6/1815 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Major Organisation: British Army
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
