Gravestone at St Martin’s Parish Church, St Martin’s, Guernsey commemorating John Priaulx d. 1882 in the loss of the ‘Alice’
Location
St Martin's Parish Church, St Martin's, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Transcript
'In loving memory of John Priaulx who was lost at sea in the brigantine 'Alice' of Guernsey which foundered with all hands in the gale of the 22nd October 1882 aged 36 years'
Details
Description: In relief, a ring of rope and within an anchor and chain. Type: Memorial Position: Churchyard Materials: Portland stone Vessel: Alice
People
Priaulx, John Age: 36 Date of Death: 22/10/1882 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Unknown
Extra
Bibliography: David Kreckeler 'Nineteenth Century Monumental Memorials in Guernsey and their history of nautical interest' (typescript). Recorder: David Kreckeler 1981
Chest-tomb in Bishopsteignton, Devon, commemorating Rear-Admiral Edward Le Cras Thornborough d. 1834 and Vice-Admiral Edward Thornborough d. 1834
Location
Church of St John The Baptist, Bishopsteignton, Devon, England
Transcript
[Top] 'Edward Le Cras Thornborough Rear Admiral died 25th December 1857 aged 62 years' [Right side] 'To the memory of Edward Thornborough Vice Admiral of the United Kingdom. Admiral of the Red, Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, died 3rd April 1834 aged 79 years. To the memory of Frances Thornborough relict of Sir Edward Thornborough GCB who died April 9th 1851 aged 87 years'
Details
Description: A table tomb with iron railings.
Type: Chest-tomb Position: Churchyard east side Vessel: HMS Latona
Event
Glorious First of June
Event Date
1794
Event Category
1793-1802 French Revolutionary War
People
Thornborough, Edward Age: 79 Date of Death: 3/4/1834 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Red Organisation: Royal Navy Thornborough, Edward Le Cras Age: 62 Date of Death: 25/12/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating men of HMS ‘Audacious’ who died 1875-1878
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'H.M.S. AUDACIOUS. FLAGSHIP CHINA STATION / 1875 1876 1877 1878 / ERECTED IN MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO HAVE DEPARTED / BY US WHO REMAIN / IN TOKEN OF CONTINUED GOOD FELLOWSHIP / Frederick GOWD Ship's Carpenter, Drowned / at sea January 1st. 1875 Aged 28 / William SMITH Captain Foretop Mast Died at Saigon / February 21st. 1875 Aged 37 / John SMITH Stoker invalided died on / passage home Aged 45 / James HUCKLEBY Sergeant R.M.L.I. died at / sea August 1st. 1875 Aged 31 / Edward James GREEN A.B. died at sea / August 14th. 1875 Aged 24 / John ROGERS O.S. died at Chefoo / October 6th. 1875 Aged 21 / Thomas TURNER A.B. Invalided died on / passage home Age 24 / Charles HARRISON A.B. died from a fall / from aloft February 27th. 1876 Aged 24 / James ASHWORTH Private R.M.L.I. died at / Hong Kong Hospital March 9th. 1877 Aged 32 / Joseph SYMONS Stoker Died at Nagasaki / April 8th. 1877 Aged 21 / John Edwin BEATLY Carpenter Killed by an / accident at Yokohama June 11th. 1877 Aged 53 / William Richardson BAIRD Carpenter's Crew / Died at sea September 11th. 1877 Aged 40 / Charles Thomas HALL O.S. died at Nagasaki / September 25th. 1877 Aged 19 / Charles William ROWE Ord 2nd. Class died at / Yokohama Hospital October 30th. 1877 Aged 19 / Francis Daniel O'KEEFE Captain's Cox died at Hong Kong Hospital Nov. 25th. 1877 Aged 20'
Details
Description: Cross on plinth. Type: Cross Vessel: HMS Audacious
People
Ashworth, James Age: 32 Date of Death: 9/3/1877 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RMLI Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry Baird, William Richardson Age: 40 Date of Death: 11/9/1877 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Carpenter's crew Organisation: Royal Navy Beatly, John Edwin Age: 53 Date of Death: 11/6/1877 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Carpenter Organisation: Royal Navy Gowd, Frederick Age: 28 Date of Death: 1/1/1875 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ship's carpenter Organisation: Royal Navy Green, Edward James Age: 24 Date of Death: 14/8/1875 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Hall, Charles Thomas Age: 19 Date of Death: 25/9/1877 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Harrison, Charles Age: 24 Date of Death: 27/1/1876 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Huckleby, James Age: 45 Date of Death: 1/8/1875 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Sergeant RMLI Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry O' Keefe, Francis Daniel Age: 20 Date of Death: 25/11/1877 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain's coxswain Organisation: Royal Navy Rogers, John Age: 21 Date of Death: 6/10/1875 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Rowe, Charles William Age: 19 Date of Death: 30/10/1877 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman 2nd class Organisation: Royal Navy Smith, John Age: 45 Date of Death: 1875 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Smith, William Age: 37 Date of Death: 21/2/1875 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Foretop Organisation: Royal Navy Symons, Joseph Age: 21 Date of Death: 8/4/1877 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Turner, Thomas Age: 24 Date of Death: circa 1875 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Monkstown, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland commemorating Captain John McNeill Boyd RN and other men of the coastguard, lost in a lifesaving attempt in 1861
Location
St Mary's Church, Monkstown, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Transcript
'In memory of Captain John McNeill Boyd R.N.; John Curry, Able Seaman; Thomas Murray, Able Seaman; John Russell, ordinary seaman, James Johnson, ordinary seaman; Alexander Forsythe, ordinary seaman; who lost their lives on the outside of the east pier at Kingstown, in noble efforts to rescue the crew of the wrecked brig Neptune, during a fearful gale from the E.N.E. on the 9th February 1861. To commemorate the death of six brave sailors of H.M.S. Ajax this monument is raised. The providence of God ordained that they should die, not on board their ship defending their country, but as Christian men seeking to save their perishing brethren. They glorified God, whose waves went over them, by a death not unmeet for Christian Britain. Greater love hath no man than this that he lay down his life for his friends. John IV. 13. Erected by the Commodore Hastings R Yelverton, C.B. Controller-General of the Coast Guard, the officers and ship's company (including tenders) of H.M.S. Ajax and the officers and men of the Kingstown district Coast Guard.'
Details
Description: A broken mast on a rectangular plinth. Type: Monument Position: Churchyard 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: Royal Navy Curry, John Age: Date of Death: 9/2/1861 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Forsythe, Alexander Age: Date of Death: 9/2/1861 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Johnson, James Age: Date of Death: 9/2/1861 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Murray, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 9/2/1861 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Russell, John Age: Date of Death: 9/2/1861 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Captain Royal Navy, HMS 'Ajax', drowned in attempt to rescue crew of 'Neptune' during hurricane. Memorial also commemorates crew members lost at the same time who are buried in this cemetery. Bibliography: 'Illustrated London News' (5 Oct 1861), p357. Recorder: Christine Parkes, 5/3/1982
Memorial at the Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent commemorating Horatio Younge RN d. 1843
Location
Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent, England
Transcript
'Here lies the body of Horatio Wooldridge John YOUNGE Esq a burgess of Shrewsbury, late of Her Majesty's frigate 'North Star' who departed this life 3rd January 1843. A young man of great talent. This stone is erected to his memory by a sorrowing mother. Also in this grave are deposited the remains of his mother Mary Ann widow of Colonel Henry YOUNGE formerly of the 18th light dragoons. She departed this life on the 23rd of September 1843'
Details
Vessel: HMS 'North Star'
People
Younge, Horatio Wooldridge John Age: Unknown Date of Death: 3/1/1843 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India commemorating Captain John Wales, Bombay Marine, d. 1810
Location
South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Captain John Wales / of the H.C. Bombay Marine, and Marine / Surveyor General of India, who died January 15th 1810 aged 44 years.'
Details
People
Wales, John Age: 44 Date of Death: 15/1/1810 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Captain; Surveyor General of India Organisation: Bombay Marine
Extra
Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.133.
Wall tablet in Heversham, Cumbria dedicated to Joseph Fayrer d. 1801
Location
St Peter's Church, Heversham, Cumbria, England
Transcript
'To the Memory of / CAPTAIN JOSEPH FAYRER of Milnthorpe, who died / at Cape Coast Castle, on the coast of Africa Jan. 11th 1801, aged 55. / Also of BRIDGET his Wife, who died March 14th 1807, Aged 52 / Also of EDWARD BIRBECK FAYRER their third Son, / A Midshipman of the Royal Navy, who died in the / Service of his Country being one of the unfortunate / Crew of H.M.S. Defence, lost in a Storm off the / entrance of the Baltic Dec. 23rd 1811, Aged 21 / This stone is erected to the Memory of his deceased / Parents and Brother, by R. I. Fayrer / Lieutenant of the R.N.'
Details
Description: Black limestone rectangular slab with feet, on a granite mount with plain feet, a pediment-shaped top. The black inscription tablet has a shelf above and is surmounted by an urn in relief.
Type: Wall tablet Position: Chanel North wall Materials: Black limestone Vessel: HMS Defence
People
Fayrer, Joseph Age: 55 Date of Death: 11/1/1801 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Fayrer, Edward Birkbeck Age: 21 Date of Death: 23/12/1811 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at Athlone Abbey, Athlone, Westmeath, County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland commemorating Captain John Larkan, RN, d. 1830
Location
Athlone Abbey, Athlone, Westmeath, County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland
Transcript
'Beneath this Tomb are Interred the Remains of Mrs. / Elizabeth Larkan alias Knott, late wife to Captain / John Larkan, of his Majesty's Royal Navy, she died on / the 20th May, 1815, aged 52 years. / Abigail Fleming otherwise Larkan, died 29th March, / 1825, aged 38 years. John Larkan, Captain in the / Royal Navy, died 1st November, 1830, aged 83 years.'
Larkan, John Age: 83 Date of Death: 1/11/1830 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: John Larkan was first lieutenant of the HMS Pandora which, in 1790, went in search of Fletcher Christian and the Bounty mutineers. The Pandora was wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland in 1791.
Bibliography: 'Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland', Vol. 2, p. 561.
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
