Memorial at Southsea, Portsmouth to HMS ‘Shannon’s’ Naval Brigade who died during the Indian Mutiny 1857-1858
Location
Southsea seafront, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
[North side] 'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTN. SIR WILLIAM PEEL K.C.B / CAPTN. THOS. GREY / MR. M.P. GARVEY MATE / MR H.A. DANIEL MID. / THE SEAMEN AND MARINES / OF THE SHANNON NAVAL BRIGADE / WHO FELL WHILST EMPLOYED IN / N.W. PROVINCES OF INDIA AD 1857 / AS A TRIBUTE TO THEIR GALLANTRY / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED / BY THE OFFICERS AND CREW / OF HMS SHANNON / 1860' [East side] 'KILLED IN ACTION / 2 OFFICERS 6 SEAMEN 2 MARINES / DIED OF WOUNDS / 9 SEAMAN 1 MARINE / DIED OF DISEASE / 2 OFFICERS 34 SEAMEN 3 MARINES / COME WE BLESSED OF MY FATHER / INHERIT THE KINGDOM PREPARED / FOR YOU FROM THE FOUNDATION OF / THE WORLD' [South side] 'THIS TROPHY IS MADE FROM A GUN / CAPTURED AT LUCKNOW / AND PRESENTED / TO THE SHANNON BRIGADE / BY GEN. LORD CLYDE G.C.B. / COMMANDER IN CHIEF / OF THE ARMY' [West side] 'THE SHANNON'S NAVAL BRIGADE / WITH 6 8 INCH GUNS AND / FOUR FIELD PIECES / LEFT CALCUTTA / FOR THE N.W. PROVINCE / AUG 12 1857 / RELIEF OF LUCKNOW NOV 1857 / DEFEAT OF THE GWALIOR CONTINGENT / DEC 1857 / BATTLE OF KALLEE-NUDDEE / JAN 1858 / CAPTURE OF LUCKNOW MARCH 1858 / AND RETURNED TO THE SHANNON AUG 1858'
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Description: Granite plinth with frieze of scallop shells and egg and dart moulding round the top, bronze trophies above. Four cannon embedded in the plinth. Type: Memorial Materials: Bronze, granite Date Erected: 1860 Vessel: HMS Shannon
Event
Indian Mutiny
Event Date
1857-1858
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
People
Daniel, M. A. Age: Date of Death: 1857-1858 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy Garvey, Henry .P. Age: Date of Death: 1857-1858 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Midshipman Organisation: Royal Navy Grey, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 1857-1858 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RM Organisation: Royal Marines Peel, William
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Notes: Trophy made from a gun captured at Lucknow and presented to the Shannon Brigade by Lord Clyde. Sir William Peel, Victoria Cross winner. Moved a short distance east in 2005. Bibliography: www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk Recorder: David Saunders Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Memorial at All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, commemorating John Precious d. 1907
Location
All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, England
Transcript
'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / JOHN PRECIOUS, / CAPTAIN OF THE G.E.R. R.M.S. BERLIN, / WHO WAS DROWNED OFF / THE HOOK OF HOLLAND, / 21 FEB 1907 / AGED 45 YEARS.'
Details
Description: A carved anchor and chain on a rock, now damaged. Type: Memorial Position: Churchyard Materials: Marble Vessel: SS Berlin
People
Precious, John Age: 45 Date of Death: 21/2/1907 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Great Eastern Railway Company
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Notes: SS 'Berlin' sank after hitting a breakwater at the Hook of Holland in bad weather with the loss of 128 lives. Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969
Memorial at Templetrine Church of Ireland, Templetrine, County Cork, Republic of Ireland commemorating Anne Powell, d.1822
Location
Templetrine Church of Ireland, Templetrine, County Cork, Republic of Ireland
Transcript
'Anne Powell, Spinster was a passenger in the ship ALBION (wrecked on this coast on the 22nd April 1822) and perished with many others but her body being recovered from the sea received from the charity of strangers, Christian burial in the cemetery of this church. In grateful memory whereof this marble is inscribed by WDP'
Details
Type: Plaque Position: North Wall Vessel: Albion
People
Powell, Anne Age: 35 Date of Death: 22/4/1822 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Unknown
Extra
Notes: Anne Powell was the daughter of William Drummer Powell, the chief justice of Upper Canada. Anne was among the passengers who assisted at the pumps in the effort to save the packet ship Albion when it was struck by a gale off the south coast of Ireland.
Bibliography: Chris Raible 'All for Love', 'Beaver' vol. 72, pp.32-37, (Dec/Jan 1992-3); Ruth O'Connell 'Templetrine Church, a history'.
Obelisk dedicated to the memory of Captain John Shaw Haven d. 1778, in Shirehampton, Bristol.
Location
St Mary's Church, Shirehampton, Bristol, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of John Shaw Haven Master of Hungroad, Port of Bristol and formerly captain of the LION Privateer of 44 guns and 168 men which on the night of the 6th of December 1778 engaged L'ORIENT, French Man of War of 74 guns and 800 men, the scene of action was the Bay of Biscay where after 2 hours close engagement the enemy was beaten off with the loss of 137 killed and 244 wounded, the Lion had 22 killed and 19 wounded, this gallant commander died December 20 1796 Aged 80 years'
Details
Type: Obelisk Position: Churchyard Vessel: Lion
People
Shaw, John Age: Date of Death: 20/12/1796 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
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Bibliography: J.W. Damer Powell 'Bristol Privateers and Ships of War' (Bristol 1930) p. 248.
Memorial in Tetbury, Gloucestershire commemorating Commander Walter Wiltshire RN d. 1849
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England
Transcript
'To the memory of Walter Wiltshire Pike, Commander Royal Navy, son of the late Thomas and Sarah Pike of this Parish. He died at Bristol Decr. 7th 1849, aged 64 and his remains lie interred within this church. Captain Pike served as lieutenant in the Euryalus frigate at the memorable Battle of Trafalgar and was not less respected in his profession as an officer than he was esteemed by a large circle of friends in private life as a gentleman'
Details
Position: Aisle Vessel: HMS Euryalus
Event
Battle of Trafalgar
Event Date
1805
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Pike, Walter Wiltshire Age: 64 Date of Death: 7/12/1849 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p.119.
Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Ascension Island, to crew members of HMS ‘Flora’, drowned in a boat accident in 1879
Location
St Mary's Church, Ascension Island, Rest of the World
Transcript
'IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF THE UNDERMENTIONED / PETTY OFFICERS OF H.M.S FLORA (TENDER) WHO WERE DROWNED / OFF PILLAR POINT BY THE BARGE STRIKING ON THE ROCKS / WHILST CRUISING ROUND THE ISLAND ON 30th AUGUST 1879 / MICHAEL PIGGOTT, CHIEF E.R.A. AGED 41 YEARS / WILLIAM B. COOK WRITER. AGED 23 YEARS / HENRY BLACKHURST E.R.A. AGED 22 YEARS / HENRY GORING, GUNNERS MATE. AGED 33 YEARS / WILLIAM JENKINS CAULKER AGED 35 YEARS / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS / SEAMEN AND MARINES OF THE ISLAND / AS A TOKEN OF THEIR ESTEEM / "AND THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD WHICH WERE IN IT" REV XX 13'
Details
Description: Relief above the inscription of the barge off a rock on which is a cross. Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Flora
People
Blackhurst, Henry Age: 22 Date of Death: 30/8/1879 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Engine Room Artificer Organisation: Royal Navy Cook, William Beriah Age: 23 Date of Death: 30/8/1879 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Writer Organisation: Royal Navy Goring, Henry Age: 33 Date of Death: 30/8/1879 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Gunner's mate Organisation: Royal Navy Jenkins, William Age: 35 Date of Death: 30/8/1879 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Caulker Organisation: Royal Navy Piggott, Michael Age: 41 Date of Death: 30/8/1879 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Chief Engine Room Artificer Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: Jeff Cant 1997 Photographer: Colette Bassford
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating John Alexander RN d. 1892
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'SACRED / TO / THE MEMORY OF / JOHN ALEXANDER STOKER / OF H.M.S. 'IMPERIEUSE' / WHO DIED FROM THE EFFECTS / OF BURNS RECEIVED WHILST / ON DUTY 9TH JANUARY 1892 / AGE 28 YEARS / HERE WHERE I AT ANCHOR LIE / WITH MANY OF OUR FLEET / BUT ONCE AGAIN I MUST SET SAIL / OUR SAVIOUR CHRIST TO MEET'
Details
Description: Gothic headstone with carved border of flowers, a foul anchor over the inscription. Type: Headstone Vessel: HMS Imperieuse
People
Alexander, John Age: 28 Date of Death: 9/1/1892 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Lieutenant Peregrine Bowen RN d. 1848
Location
St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'To the memory of Sarah ENH / the beloved wife of / N A Braquehais of Dieppe, France / who departed this life on the 23rd May 1846 / aged 25 years / Lieut P Bowen, RN late of / Pope Hill Pembrokeshire / and father of the above died 23rd / February 1848, Aged 61 years'
Details
People
Bowen, Peregrine Age: 61 Date of Death: 23/2/1848 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: This cemetery was sited in an old quarry. It has now largely been cleared. Bowen was the Admiralty agent on board packets plying between Liverpool and Dublin. He was accused of forging the will of his brother William Bowen and committed suicide in prison while awaiting trial. Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) pp. 33-4; Ed. James Stevens Curl 'Kensal Green Cemetery: the origins and development of the cemetery of All Souls, Kensal Green, London 1824-2001' (Chichester, 2001); 'Liverpool Mercury' 25 February 1848.
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