A captured gun dedicated to those of HMS ‘Doris’ who died in the Second Boer War 1889 – 1902.
Location
Devonport Park, Plymouth, England
Transcript
'READY . AYE . READY', 'THIS GUN CAPTURED FROM THE BOERS / DURING THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899-1902, / HAS BEEN ERECTED HERE BY THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF H.M.S. DORIS / IN MEMORY OF THE SHIPMATES WHO / LOST THEIR LIVES IN THAT CAMPAIGN'', 'J.H. PLUMBE MAJOR R.M.L.I / C.A.E. HUDDART MIDSHIPMAN R.N. / STRUAN ROBERTSON MIDSHIPMAN R.N. / JAMES MENZIES MIDSHIPMAN R.N. / LIONEL LLOYD MIDSHIPMAN R.N. / JOHN BOYLE PRIVATE R.M.L.I. / FRANCIS DORAN PRIVATE R.M.L.I.', ' FRANCIS COLEMAN A.B. / MATTHEW WISE A.B. / ALBERT G. EDWARDS A.B. / JOHN E. HOOK ORD. / WILLIAM LOCKETT STOKER / W.J. PHILLIPS 2ND S.B.S. / LEWIS WELLS 2ND DOM.'
Details
Description: A captured field gun (pom-pom) on a pedestal of Dartmoor granite. Inscription on three panels surrounded by rope twist borders, Motto above. Type: Wall tablet Vessel: HMS Doris
Event
Second Boer War
Event Date
1899-1902
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Africa
People
Boyle, John Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Private Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry Coleman, Francis Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Doran, Francis Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Private Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry Edwards, Albert G. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Hook, John E. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Huddart, Cymbeline Alfonso Edric Age: 18 Date of Death: 25/11/1899 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Midshipman Organisation: Royal Navy Lloyd, Lionel Rodney Age: 19 Date of Death: 27/4/1900 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Midshipman Organisation: Royal Navy Lockett, William Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Menzies, James Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1901 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Midshipman Organisation: Royal Navy Phillips, William J. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Steward Organisation: Royal Navy Plumbe, J.H. Age: 41 Date of Death: 25/11/1899 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Major Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry Robertson, Struan Age: Unknown Date of Death: 25/2/1900 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Midshipman Organisation: Royal Navy Wells, Lewis Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Domestic? Organisation: Royal Navy Wise, Matthew Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: To the fourteen man of the 'Doris' who died during the South African Campaign 1900. The gun was captured from the Boers at Paardeberg. It is reported that Major Plumbe's dog sat with his body for 6 hours. Bibliography: 'Military Chest' July 1893. Recorder: David Saunders, B. Tomlinson Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Statue at Portsmouth Dockyard commemorating Captain Robert Falcon Scott RN d. 1912
Location
Royal Dockyard, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'CAPTAIN ROBERT FALCON SCOTT. RN. CVO / BORN 6 JUNE 1868 DIED ABOUT 29 MARCH 1912 / DURING HIS RETURN FROM THE SOUTH POLE / IN HIS JOURNAL FOUND 8 MONTHS LATER HE WROTE / THE GALE IS HOWLING ABOUT US WE ARE WEAK / WRITING IS DIFFICULT BUT FOR MY OWN SAKE / I DO NOT REGRET THIS JOURNEY WHICH HAS SHOWN / THAT ENGLISHMAN CAN ENDURE HARDSHIP / HELP ONE ANOTHER AND MEET DEATH WITH / AS GREAT A FORTITUDE AS EVER IN THE PAST / WE TOOK RISKS WE KNEW WE TOOK THEM / THINGS HAVE COME OUT AGAINST US AND / THEREFORE WE HAVE NO CAUSE FOR COMPLAINT / BUT BOW TO THE WILL OF PROVIDENCE / DETERMINED TO DO OUR BEST TO THE END'
Details
Description: Full-length figure in uniform overcoat and boots, holding his cap, a dog at his feet. Type: Statue Materials: Bronze Artists: Kathleen Scott
People
Scott, Robert Falcon Age: 43 Date of Death: 3/1912 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Gravestone at All Saints Church, Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk commemorating Thomas Bolton, d. 1834
Location
All Saints Church, Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England
Transcript
THOMAS BOLTON / of / BURNHAM WESTGATE / Esquire / Died 17th October 1854 / Aged 81 Years
Details
Type: Gravestone
People
Bolton, Thomas Age: 81 Date of Death: 17/10/834 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Coal and corn merchant Organisation: Unknown
Extra
Notes: Nelson's brother-in-law born 11th December 1752. He married Susannah Nelson on 5 August 1780. Boulton [also Boulton} was a coal and corn merchant in Wells-next-the-Sea. They had five children: Catharine, Elizabeth Anne, Susanna, Thomas Nelson (2nd Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and of Merton) and George.
Horatia, Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton’s daughter, went to live with her uncle, Thomas Bolton in Burnham Market, following her mother’s death in 1815.
Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating William Woods d. 1912 and John Woods d. 1940 in the loss of the SS ‘Inver’
Location
Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales
Transcript
'In / loving memory / of / William Woods / Master Mariner / the beloved husband of / Maggie Woods / Born Sept 12th 1855 / Died Nov 12th 1912 / Also of their son / Stephen Masson Woods / who died at Boston USA / April 21ST 1911 / Aged 28 / Also the above / Maggie / Born Jan 27th 1858 / Died May 12th 1934 / Also their son / John Woods / Master Mariner / Beloved husband of Elizabeth / Killed by enemy action at Sea / Dec 17th 1940.'
Details
Description: Headstone Type: Gravestone Materials: Black marble Vessel: SS Inver
Event Category
1939-1945 Second World War
People
Woods, William Age: 57 Date of Death: 12/11/1912 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner Organisation: Merchant Navy Woods, John Age: Date of Death: 17/12/1940 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner Organisation: Merchant Navy
Extra
Notes: SS 'Inver' struck a mine north of Sheerness. Recorder: David J. Wickham
Memorial at St John the Evangelist, Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire commemorating the officers and crew of the SS ‘Broomfleet’ which was lost in gales on 13th December 1933
Location
St John the Evangelist, Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Transcript
'To the memory of the officers and crew of the S.S. Broomfleet which sailed from this port on Dec 13th 1933 and foundered in the North Sea off the Norfolk Coast
"So richly laden you laboured in deep water: your rowers took you out into the High Seas; And an east wind wrecked you in the Deep" Ezekiel 28 V.26.
J.W. Hutchinson Master, E. Gunnill Chief officer, W. Hiley 2nd Officer, J. Harlington Chief Engineer, C. Doubtfire 2nd Engineer, C. Upcroft Steward, R Dade A.B. A. McKay A.B. W. Darragh A.B. D. Greenwood Ordinary Seaman, J.F. Green Donkeyman, A.A. Conin Fireman, H. Smart Fireman. This memorial is the joint gift of Relatives, Friends and Employees'
Details
Description: Carving of the ship above the inscription. Type: Tablet Vessel: SS Broomfleet
People
Conin, A. A. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole Dade, R. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole Darragh, W. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole Doubtfire, C. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: 2nd Engineer Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole Green, J. F. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Donkeyman Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole Greenwood, D. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole Gunnill, E. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Chief Officer Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole Harlington, J. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole Hiley, W. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: 2nd Officer Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole Hutchinson, J. W. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole McKay, A. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole Smart, H. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole Upcroft, C. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Steward Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole
Extra
Notes: SS 'Broomfleet' was built in Middlesborough in 1915 and originally named ‘Avonwood’. It was registered by the London Transport Company in 1917. The Ebor Steamship Co, Coole registered the renamed ‘Bloomfleet’ in 1930. The steamer founded in gales enroute with coal, from Goole in Yorkshire to Ipswich, Suffolk. The owners were E. P. Atkinson & Sons. Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1970
Window at St Paul’s Church, Dock Street, London dedicated to the memory of Sir John Franklin d. 1847
Location
St Paul's Church, Dock Street, London, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN SIR JOHN FRANKLIN R.N., K.C.H. / ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THIS CHURCH / WHO DIED ON BOARD H.M.S. EREBUS / IN LAT 69°. 37 42 N LONG LAT 98° 41 W / ERECTED 1872 DAN. GREATOREX VICAR'[middle] 'HE REBUKETH THE WINDS AND THE WAVES SAYING' [south] 'HE THAT HATH EARS LET HIM HEAR', 'FEAR NOT FROM HENCEFORTH THOU SHALL CATCH MEN'[middle], 'THOU OF LITTLE FAITH WHEREFORE DIDST THOU DOUBT' [north]
Details
Description: Triple lancets with sexfoil window above. Type: Window Materials: Stained glass Date Erected: 1872 Artists: Cox & Sons Vessel: HMS Erebus
People
Franklin, John Age: 61 Date of Death: 11/6/1847 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Founded as a seamen's chapel behind their hostel in place of an episcopal floating church. Parochial church from 1864, converted to children's nursery in 2002.
Statue at Randwick, New South Wales, Australia commemorating Captain James Cook RN d. 1779
Location
Corner Belmore Road and Avoca Street, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
Transcript
'To the memory of Captain James Cook R.N. The celebrated navigator and discoverer of this territory. Born at Marton, Yorkshire 27 October A.D. 1728. Killed at the Sandwich Islands, 14 February 1779.'
Details
Description: Full length statue, a draped globe and sextant to the left, Cook's left hand rests on the globe. Type: Statue Materials: Pyrmont sandstone Date Erected: 1874 Artists: William McGill Vessel: HMB Endeavour
People
Cook, James Age: 51 Date of Death: 14/2/1779 Cause of Death: Killed by indigenous people Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation:
Wall tablet in Holy Trinity Church, Gosport, Hampshire commemorating William Rogers d. 1858
Location
Holy Trinity Church, Gosport, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / WILLIAM AUGUSTUS ROGERS, / SON OF MR. WILLIAM ROGERS, OF GOSPORT, / AND COMMANDER OF THE SHIP / "STARTLED FAWN" OF LIVERPOOL, / WHO FELL A VICTIM OF CHOLERA WHILE IN / THE ZEALOUS DISCHARGE OF HIS DUTIES / AT CALCUTTA, 28TH JUNE 1858, AGED 36 YEARS. / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE OWNERS OF THE / SHIP AS A TOKEN OF REGARD AND ESTEEM / FOR ONE WHOSE LOSS THEY DEEPLY DEPLORE.'
Details
Description: Inscription carved on a white, hexagonal, stone wall tablet, with text painted black. Type: Wall tablet Position: South side of the nave Materials: Stone Vessel: Startled Fawn
People
Rogers, William Augustus Age: 36 Date of Death: 28/6/1858 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India commemorating George Maflin, HEIC, d. 1834
Location
South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory of Mr George Maflin / of the H.C. Marine who died 3rd June 1834 / aged 29 years / Good christians on me cast an eye / as you are now, so once was I / as I am now, so must you be / so then prepare to follow me. / Erected by Mr E.D. Fabian.'
Details
People
Maflin, George Age: 29 Date of Death: 3/6/1834 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Extra
Notes: Edwin Davy Fabian, Senior Branch Pilot.
Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.168.
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