Gravestone in Rame, Cornwall dedicated to Thomas Hicks d. 1890
Location
St German's Church, Rame, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'IN / MEMORIAM / RICHARD HOCKEN / DIED DECEMBER 20TH 18.../ AGED 72 YEARS / Also / EDGAR HOCKEN / GRANDSON OF THE ABOVE / DIED OCTOBER 7TH 1890 / AGED 15 MONTHS / Also / THOMAS HICKS / LATE BOATSWAIN OF H.M.S. SERPENT / WHO WAS LOST ON THE COAST OF SPAIN / ON THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 10TH 1890 / AGED 38 YEARS / AND THE SEA SHALL GIVE UP HER DEAD'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Vessel: HMS Serpent
People
Hicks, Thomas Age: 38 Date of Death: 10/11/1890 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Bosun Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Bosun HMS 'Serpent' wrecked near Corcubion Bay, N. Spain 10/11/1890. Recorder: David Bailey 1994
Wall plaque in Church of St John the Baptist, Middleton, Devon dedicated to Heriolte De Hamel d. 1905
Location
Church of St John the Baptist, Middleton, Devon, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / HERIOLTE B.F.J. de HAMEL, / MIDSHIPMAN,ROYAL NAVY, / WHO DIED OF ENTERIC FEVER AT ALGIERS / July 11th 1905, AGED 19 YEARS. / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS SHIPMATES, H.M.S. LEVIATHAN'
Details
Type: Wall plaque Position: Nave, east wall Materials: Brass Vessel: HMS Leviathan
People
De Hamel, Heriolte B. F. J. Age: 19 Date of Death: 11/7/1905 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in Donegall Square East, Belfast City Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland commemorating 22 crew and staff members from who died when the RMS ‘Titanic’ sank on 15th April 1912
Location
Donegall Square East, Belfast City Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Transcript
‘“TITANIC" MEMORIAL / ERECTED TO THE IMPERISHABLE MEMORY / OF THOSE GALLANT BELFAST MEN WHOSE / NAMES ARE HERE INSCRIBED AND WHO / LOST THEIR LIVES ON THE 15TH APRIL 1912, / BY THE FOUNDERING OF THE BELFAST BUILT / R. M. S. TITANIC THROUGH COLLISION WITH / AN ICEBERG ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE / FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO NEW YORK.' [left face of plinth] 'THOMAS ANDREWS JNR, / WILLIAM HENRY MARCH PARR, / RODERICK CHISHOLM, / ANTHONY WOOD FROST, / ROBERT KNIGHT, / WILLIAM CAMPBELL, / ENNIS HASTINGS WATSON, / FRANCIS PARKES, / ALFRED FLEMMING CUNNINGHAM, / HERBERT GUILFORD HARVEY, / ALBERT GEORGE ERVINE.' [right face of plinth] 'DR JOHN EDWARD SIMPSON, / WILLIAM MCREYNOLDS, / HENRY PHILIP CREESE, / THOMAS MILLAR, / HUGH FITZPATRICK, / JOSEPH BEATTIE, / MATTHEW LEONARD, / ARCHIBALD SCOTT, / HUGH CALDTRWOOD, / RICHARD TURLEY, / WILLIAM MCQUILLAN.' [back of plinth] 'THEIR DEVOTION TO DUTY AND HEROIC / CONDUCT, THROUGH WHICH THE LIVES / OF MANY OF THOSE ON BOARD WERE / SAVED, HAVE LEFT A RECORD OF CALM / FORTITUDE AND SELF SACRIFICE WHICH / WILL EVER REMAIN AN INSPIRING EXAMPLE / TO SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS. / 'GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.'
Details
Description: A standing female figure holds a wreath over the head of a semi-submerged drowned sailor supported by two female figures.
Type: Memorial Materials: Carrara marble, stone, granite Date Erected: 26/6/1920 Artists: Sir Thomas Brock RA Vessel: RMS Titanic
People
Andrews, Thomas Age: 39 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Naval Architect/Managing Director Organisation: Harland & Wolff Beatie, Joseph John Age: 40 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Greaser Organisation: White Star Line Calderwood, Hugh Age: 33 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Trimmer Organisation: White Star Line Campbell, William Age: 20 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Carpenter/Joiner/Passenger Organisation: Harland & Wolff Chisholm, Roderick Age: 43 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Draughtsman/Passenger Organisation: Harland & Wolff Creese, Henry Philip Age: 45 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Deck Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Cunningham, Alfred Fleming Age: 21 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fitter Organisation: Harland & Wolff Ervine, Albert George Age: 18 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Electrician Organisation: White Star Line Fitzpatrick, Hugh Joseph Age: 29 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Junior Boilermaker Organisation: White Star Line Harvey, Herbert Gifford Age: 34 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Second Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Knight, Robert Age: 42 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fitter/Passenger Organisation: Harland & Wolff Leonard, Matthew Age: 25 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Steward Organisation: White Star Line McQuillan, William Age: 26 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: White Star Line McReynolds, William Age: 22 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Junior Sixth Assistant Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Millar, Thomas Age: 32 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Deck Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Parkes, Francis Age: 21 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Plumber/Passenger Organisation: Harland & Wolff Parr, William Henry March Age: 29 Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Electrician/Passenger Organisation: Harland & Wolf Scott, Archibald Age: 42 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: White Star Line Simpson, Dr John Edward Age: 37 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Surgeon Organisation: White Star Line Turley, Richard Age: 37 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: White Star Line Watson, Ennis Hastings Age: 18 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Apprentice Electrician/Passenger Organisation: Harland & Wolff
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Notes: The memorial was funded by public contributions, together with those of the shipyard workers and victims’ families. It was originally placed in the middle of Donegall Square North Road and moved to present location in 1959. Two small bronze water fountains were replaced in 1994. A memorial garden, marking the centenary of the Titanic sinking, was opened on 15th April 2012 and includes five bronze plaques with the names of all 1,512 passengers and crew members who died.
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Britain's Maritime Memorials and Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996); John P. Eaton and Charles A. Haas 'Titanic: a journey through time' (Yeovil, 1999). Photographer: Pippa Lacey
Gravestone in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating James Young d. 1892
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / JAMES YOUNG / CHIEF ENGINEER S.S. BATAVIA / A NATIVE OF SCOTLAND / WHO DIED OF SYNCOPE WHILE BATHING AT KOWLOON DOCKS / 14TH SEPTEMBER 1892 AGE 52 YEARS / MOURNED BY THOSE DEAR TO HIM FAR AWAY'
Details
Description: Headstone, anchor carved in relief above the inscription. Type: Headstone Vessel: SS Batavia
People
Young, James Age: 52 Date of Death: 14/9/1892 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer Organisation:
Memorial at St Sampson, Guernsey commemorating the passengers and crew of the ‘Channel Queen’ wrecked 1898
Location
St Sampson's Church, St Sampson, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Transcript
[East panel] 'TO THE MEMORY OF THE / PASSENGERS AND CREW WHO / PERISHED IN THE WRECK OF THE / 'CHANNEL QUEEN' / ON THE NORTH COAST OF GUERNSEY / IST FEBRUARY 1898. / ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION' [North Panel] 'PASSSENGERS / FRANK COWELL OF PLYMOUTH / DOLLY AYRES [OF PLYMOUTH] / SEAMEN / ALFRED SCAWN, ENGINEER OF PLYMOUTH, / CHARLES THOMPSON, COOK [OF PLYMOUTH] / HENRY DAVEY A.B. [OF PLYMOUTH], / HENRY HAWKINS, GREASER [OF PLYMOUTH], / JOHN FUDGE, FIREMAN OF JERSEY, /OUT OF THE DEEP HAVE I CALLED UNTO THE LORD' [South panel] FRANCOIS BELLEC, DE ST POL DE LÉON / YVES MILIN, [DE ST POL DE LÉON] / FRANCOIS VELLY, [DE ST POL DE LÉON] / CLAUDE CORRE [ST POL DE LÉON ] / YVES LE NENN, [ST POL DE LÉON] / PAUL LE ROUX, DE ROSCOFF / HENRI CREIGNOU, [DE ROSCOFF] / FRANCOIS LE BIHAN, [DE ROSCOFF] / JEAN-MARIE LE BIHAM, [DE ROSCOFF] / ESPRIT KERBIRION, [DE ROSCOFF] / JEAN-MARIE CORRE, [DE ROSCOFF] / JOSEPH TANGUY, [DE ROSCOFF] / CHARLES CABIOCH, [DE ROSCOFF] / YVES ARGOUARCH, DE SANTEC / DE PROFUNDIS CLAMAVI AD TE DOMINE'
Details
Description: In the form of a rock with a cross at the top within granite kerbs and railings. Type: Memorial Position: Churchyard Materials: Dartmoor granite Artists: Harry Hem & Sons Vessel: Channel Queen
People
Argouarch, Yves Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Ayres, Dolly Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Bellec, Francois Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Cabioch, Charles Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Corre, Jean-Marie Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Corre, Claude Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Cowell, Frank Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Creignou, Henri Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Davey, Henry Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Fudge, John Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Hawkins, Henry Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Greaser Organisation: Kerbirion, Esprit Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Le Bihan, Francois Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Le Bihan, Jean-Marie Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Le Nenn, Yves Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Le Roux, Paul Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Milin, Yves Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Scawn, Alfred Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Engineer Organisation: Tanguy, Joseph Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Thompson, Charles Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Cook Organisation: Velly, Francois Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation:
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Bibliography: David Kreckeler 'Nineteenth Century Monumental Memorials in Guernsey and their history of nautical interest' (typescript). Recorder: David Kreckeler 1981 Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Gravestone at Doughty Road Old Cemetery, Grimsby commemorating Henry Davy d. 1911 in the loss of the SS ‘Persia’
Location
Doughty Road Old Cemetery, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Transcript
'To the memory of Henry Davy chief engineer of the ill fated 'SS Persia' which was lost with all hands in the North Sea on or about 16 April 1911, aged 57 years'
Details
Type: Gravestone Vessel: SS Persia
People
Davy, Henry Age: 57 Date of Death: 16/4/1911 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer Organisation:
Wall tablet at St Ann’s Church, Portsmouth Dockyard commemorating Captain John McNeill Boyd d. 1861
Location
St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN JOHN MC.NEILL BOYD / OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP AJAX / AND COMMANDING THE DUBLIN DISTRICT / OF THE IRISH COAST GUARD, / WHO PERISHED WITH FIVE OF HIS CREW / WHEN NOBLY ENDEAVOURING TO SAVE THE LIVES OF / SHIPWRECKED SEAMEN / IN A STORM AT KINGSTOWN, IRELAND, / FEBRUARY, 9TH, 1861.' [Base] 'THIS TABLET HAS BEEN ERECTED IN HIGH APPRECIATION OF HIS SERVICES / AND ADMIRATION FOR HIS CHARACTER / BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS OF HER MAJESTY'S NAVY'
Details
Description: The inscription on a carved scroll, a carved wreath above. The base on brackets carved with scallop shells. Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Ajax
People
Boyd, John McNeill Age: 49 Date of Death: 9/2/1861 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: HM Coastguard
Wall tablet in Pembroke Dock Cemetery commemorating Captain William Pryce Cumby RN d. 1837
Location
Pembroke Dock cemetery, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Transcript
'HERE LIE THE MORTAL REMAINS OF / CAPTAIN WILLIAM PRYCE CUMBY, R.N. C.B. OF H.M. YACHT / ROYAL SOVEREIGN AND CAPTAIN SUPERINTENDENT OF PEMBROKE / DOCK YARD. AN OFFICER WHOSE ZEAL AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES / AT TRAFALGAR AND AT ST. DOMINGO DESERVED AND RECEIVED / THE APPROBATION OF HIS COUNTRY. HIS ACTIVE KINDNESS / IN PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF OTHERS PROCURED HIM / THE AFFECTIONATE REGARD OF ALL WHO KNEW HIM / THE LOSS OF ONE SO KIND AND GOOD HAS TAUGHT HIS / RELATIONS AND FRIENDS HOW VAIN IS EVERY CONSOLATION / BUT THAT AFFORDED BY RELIGION, BY CHRISTIAN SUBMISSION. BY CHRISTIAN HOPE / BORN XX MARCH MDCCLXXI / DIED XXVIIth SEPTEMBER MDCCCXXXVII'
Details
Type: Wall plaque
Event
Battle of Trafalgar 1805
People
Cumby, William Pryce Age: 66 Date of Death: 27/9/1837 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Obelisk in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia commemorating Commander Charles Clerke RN d. 1779
Location
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, Rest of the World
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY / OF / CAPTAIN CHARLES CLERKE R.N. / WHO DIED AUGUST 22ND 1779 / AGED 38 YEARS / AND WHOSE BODY IS INTERRED / BENEATH THIS STONE.'
Details
Type: Obelisk Materials: Granite Date Erected: 1913
People
Clerke, Charles Age: 38 Date of Death: 22/8/1779 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: James Cook's second-in-command. Died in Petropavlovsk of tuberculosis. The obelisk was erected by the Admiralty in 1913.
Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Fort St George, Chennai, India, commemorating Thomas Taylor, HEIC, d. 1804
Location
St Mary’s Church, Fort St George, Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Thomas Rumbold Taylor Esq, departed this life the 4th March 1804, aged 28 years.'
Details
Position: Compound, St Mary's Church Vessel: Glory
People
Taylor, Thomas Rumbold Age: 28 Date of Death: 4/2/1804 Cause of Death: Killed in a duel Rank / Occupation: Commander Organisation: Honourable East India Company
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Bibliography: Julian James Cotton 'List of Inscriptions on tombs or monuments in Madras possessing historical or archaeological interest' (Madras, 1905) p.28; Public Department Proceedings 1804.
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