Gravestone at St Stephen’s Old Church, Fylingthorpe commemorating John Storm d. 1859 in the loss of the brig ‘Lomer’
Location
St Stephen's Old Church, Fylingthorpe, East Yorkshire, England
Transcript
'In remembrance of / JOHN STORM / Master Mariner / who was lost with the / Brig Lomer of Whitby / in October 1859 / aged 31 years / Also WILLIAM THOMAS / son of the Above / JOHN and ELIZABETH STORM/who died April 3rd 1876 / aged 17 years / Also the above ELIZABETH STORM / who died October 21 1905 / aged 72 years'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: North Yorkshire Vessel: Lomer
People
Storm, John Age: 31 Date of Death: 26/10/1856 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner Organisation:
Memorial at Bangor Abbey, Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland commemorating Captain George Colvill, d. 1780 in the loss of the ‘Amazon’
Location
Bangor Abbey, Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland
Transcript
'Born to a course of manly Action free, / I dauntless trod ye fluctuating sea, / In [p]ompous war, or happier peace to bring / Joy to my Sire, and honour to my King; / And much by favour to the God was done; / E'e half the term of human life was run. / One fatal night returning from the bay, / whence British fl[eets] ye Gallic lands survey, / Whilst with war[m ho]pe my trembling heart beat high, / My friends, my kindred, and my country nigh / Lasht by the wind, the waves arose & bore; / Our ship in shattered fragments to the shore; / There ye flak'd surge opprest my darkening sight, / And there my eyes for ever lost the light. / Capt. George Colvill, of the private ship of war 'Amazon' & only son / of Robert Colvill of Bangor, was wrec'd near this ground 25th Feb. / 1780, in ye 29th year of his Age'
Details
Description: A very fine example of carving, the top section of this headstone depicts two cannons, an anchor, log and line, sextant and an hour glass. These decorative motifs are carved in relief, while the inscription below is incised. Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Materials: Slate Vessel: Amazon
People
Colvill, George Age: 28 Date of Death: 25/2/1780 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Unknown
Extra
Notes: This headstone is lying flat, and broken into four main and three small pieces, with a small section of the slate missing in the centre, where the top layer of the slate has flaked off. This headstone was originally screwed onto a wooden board, which has mostly rotted away at time of recording (2004). There are patches of lichen on the surface of the slate. Headstone lies beside two other slate Colvill(e) headstones, which are also lying flat. These three gravestones are surrounded by a low (76cm high) wall, constructed of brick but plastered. Pebbles fill in the spaces between the gravestones and the low wall. A cannon (measuring 150 cms in length) belonging to the ship the 'Amazon', which was salvaged from Bangor bay, now sits just outside the Abbey walls, with a brass plaque detailing its history. Recorder: C. Flintham
Memorial in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London commemorating Rear Admiral Charles Holmes RN d. 1761
Location
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY OF CHARLES HOLMES ESQ / REAR ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE. HE DIED THE XXIST / OF NOVEMBER MDCCLXI COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF HIS / MAJESTY'S FLEET STATION'D AT JAMAICA AGE L. / ERECTED BY HIS GRATEFUL NEECES [SIC] MARY STANWIX / AND LUCRETIA SOWLE'
Details
Description: In front of a pyramid shaped back, a full-length figure of Holmes in Roman dress, leaning on a gun draped with an ensign. Type: Monument Position: North ambulatory Materials: Marble Artists: Joseph Wilton
People
Holmes, Charles Age: 50 Date of Death: 21/11/1761 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral of the White Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1982 Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India commemorating Lieutenant Thomas Payne RN, d. 1790
Location
South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'To the Memory of / Thomas Payne, Esq. / First Lieut. of his Majesty's Ship 'Phoenix' / who died the 13th September 1790 / aged 25 years. / In gratitude of whose memory and as a small testimony of their unutterable affection / this Monument is erected by the desire of his / faithful shipmates, who sincerely lament the loss of their departed friend.'
Details
Vessel: HMS Phoenix
People
Payne, Thomas Age: 25 Date of Death: 13/9/1790 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.77
Memorial in St James’s Church, Southwick, Hampshire commemorating Rear-Admiral Frederick Buckley d. 1952
Location
St James's Church, Southwick, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / REAR ADMIRAL / FREDERICK ARTHUR BUCKLEY, C.B. / DIED 31ST MAY 1952 / WHO WAS MUCH BELOVED / BY THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHWICK / HE LIVED FOR HIS COUNTRY / HIS SERVICE AND HIS FRIENDS / ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHWICK EX SERVICE MEN'S CLUB. NOVEMBER 8TH 1953'
Details
Type: Plaque Position: Nave Materials: Brass
People
Buckley, Frederick Arthur Age: Date of Death: 31/5/1952 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Wall tablet at York Minster commemorating Lieutenant Theophilus Garencieres RN d. 1797
Location
York Minster, York, North Yorkshire, England
Transcript
'THIS MONUMENT an affectionate Heart-felt tribute to parental tenderness / was erected by Sarah Garencieres and her Sister / Elizabeth Sampson to perpetuate the Memory of / their beloved Parents. / THEOPHILUS DAVYE GARENCIERES ESQr / late ALDERMAN of this CITY, who served the Office / of LORD MAYOR in the Year 1796 and departed this / Life March 13 1803 in the 61st Year of his Age; / and PRUDENCE ELIZABETH GARENCIERES / his Wife, who died Sepr.29th 1801 Aged 59. / Their Younger Son Iohn Wade GARENCIERES / died May 16th 1787 Aged 13. / Their Elder Son THEOPHILUS GARENCIERES / a Lieutenant on board His Majesty`s Ship the Queen / died at St Domingo, of the Yellow Fever, on the 10th of / Jany. 1797 in his 31st Year, and was buried there with / Military honors.'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: interior Materials: White marble Vessel: HMS 'Queen'
People
Garencieres, Theophilus Age: 31 Date of Death: 10/1/1797 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Wall plaque at St Mary’s Church, Portsmouth commemorating the officers and men of HMS ‘Collingwood’ who died during the commission of 1893-1896
Location
St Mary's Church, St Mary's Road, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'In Memory of the Officers and Men / of H.M.S. 'COLLINGWOOD' / Who died during her second Commission / at Malta. / Staff Surgeon J.A. Collot, 11 Feb. 1894, aged 44 years, / J. Norton, Stoker. 22 Feb 1893 aged 23, C. Morrison, Ord. 18 July 1895, aged 43, / R. Nicholas, B.1.C. 23 Feb 1893, aged 17, C. Paddon Pte. R.M. 19 July 1895, aged 26, / B. Yates Pte. R.M. 4 Nov 1893, aged 29, Ernest L.Bell. A.B. 4 Aug 1895, aged 27, / Saml. Woolley, A.B. 8 July 1894, aged 25, Stpn. J. Smith, Ord. 9 Aug. 1895, aged 19, / J. Whyte, Cdr. R.M.A. 18 July 1895, aged 37, George Carter, Ord. 1 Octr. 1895 aged 19 / At Boudroum, / H. Hobson, Cr. R.M.A. 6 July 1895, aged 25, C.W. Godfrey, Ord. 13 July 1895, aged 19. / At Salonica / J.H. Trueman, Painter 1.C. 12 Jan 1896, aged 31 years. / Erected by the Officers and Ships Company / 1893 MEDITERRANEAN STATION 1896'
Details
Description: With a black enamelled? border, the capitals picked out in red. Type: Wall plaque Materials: Copper Vessel: HMS Collingwood
People
Bell, Ernest L. Age: 27 Date of Death: 4/8/1895 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Carter, George Age: 19 Date of Death: 1/10/1895 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Collot, J. A. Age: 44 Date of Death: 11/2/1894 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Navy Godfrey, C. W. Age: 19 Date of Death: 13/7/1895 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Hobson, H. Age: 25 Date of Death: 6/7/1895 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commander RMA Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery Morrison, C. Age: 43 Date of Death: 18/7/1895 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman RN Organisation: Royal Navy Nicholas, R. Age: 17 Date of Death: 23/2/1893 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Boy 1st Class RN Organisation: Royal Navy Norton, J. Age: 23 Date of Death: 22/2/1893 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Paddon, C. Age: 26 Date of Death: 19/7/1895 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Smith, Stephen J. Age: 19 Date of Death: 9/8/1895 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Trueman, J. H. Age: 31 Date of Death: 12/1/1896 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Painter 1st Class Organisation: Royal Navy Whyte, J. Age: 37 Date of Death: 18/7/1895 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commander RMA Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery Woolley, Samuel Age: 25 Date of Death: 8/7/1894 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Yates, B. Age: 29 Date of Death: 4/11/1893 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines
Memorial in Msida Bastion Cemetery, Malta commemorating crew members of HMS ‘Castor’, killed in action, St Jean d’Acre 1840
Location
Msida Bastion Cemetery, Malta, Rest of the World
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / JOHN O'BRIAN, FREDERICK WEAVER, WILLIAM SMITH AND THOMAS SILNECK, / SEAMEN / WHO WERE KILLED ON BOARD H.M.S. CASTOR / COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN EDWARD COLLIER / AT THE CAPTURE OF ST. JEAN D'ACRE / BY THE ALLIES ON THE 3RD NOVEMBER 1840. / THIS MEMORIAL / IS ERECTED AS A TOKEN OF REGRET BY THEIR SHIPMATES. / FOR THEY GOT NOT THE LAND IN POSSESSION THROUGH THEIR / OWN SWORD NEITHER WAS IT THEIR OWN ARM THAT HELPED / THEM. Ps. 44:3’
Details
Type: Wall memorial. Vessel: HMS Castor
Event
St Jean D'Acre
Event Date
1840
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
People
O'Brian, John Age: Date of Death: 3/11/1840 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Silneck, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 3/11/1840 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Weaver, Frederick Age: Date of Death: 3/11/1840 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
Tomb in Père Lachaise, Paris commemorating Admiral Sir Sidney Smith d. 1840
Location
Père Lachaise, Paris, France, Rest of the World
Transcript
[On the side panels] 'ON SIR SIDNEY SMITH / Here rests the hero who undaunted stood, / When Acre's streets were red with Turkish blood; / In warlike France where great Napoleon rose, / The man who check'd his conquests finds repose. / Britain who claims his triumphs as her own, / Has raised for him her monumental stone; / This tomb, which marks his grave, is now supplied / by friends with whom he lived, midst whom he died; / A tribute to his memory - Here beneath / Lies the bold heart of England's Sidney Smith', 'ON LADY SIDNEY SMITH / Beloved by all to whom her worth was known,/ the pride of those who claimed her for their own / her cherished life too soon attained its close / And here her mortal relics find repose, / But in the minds of those who yet survive, Shall the remembrance of her virtues live; / And hearts that mourn for all they most held dear, / Cling to the only solace left them here, / That in that world where faith may hope for bliss, / Her spirit dwells in endless happiness' [upper compartment, on the right of the bust] 'SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY SMITH, G.C.B., / Admiral of the Red / Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, / Grand Cross of several foreign Orders &c., / Born 21 July 1764 / Died 26 May, 1840' [upper compartment, on the left of the bust] 'CAROLINE MARY/Wife of/Admiral Sir Sidney Smith, / Born 10th May, 1760, / Died 16 May, 1826'
Details
Description: Sarcophagus, a pediment above with acroteria. There is a circular relief portrait of Smith on the side panel. The memorial was restored by the 1805 Club in 1999. The missing roundel portrait by Jacques-Louis David was discovered inside the tomb and reinstated.
Type: Tomb Position: Sector III 43e division. Avenue des Anglais Materials: White marble Vessel: HMS Tigre
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Smith, William Sidney Age: Date of Death: 26/5/1840 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Admiral Smith served with distinction throughout the French and Napoleonic Wars. He was a pioneer in new methods of naval warfare and one of the great heroes of the age. Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'; 'Observer' colour magazine. 6/3/1983; John Barrow 'Life and Correspondance of Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith' (London, 1848), pp. 492-495 (engraving); Michel Dansel 'Au Pere Lachaise' (1973) p. 115. 'Newsletter of the 1805 Club,' March 2007, p. 10; Thomas Pocock 'A Thirst for Glory: The Life of Admiral Sir Sidney Smith.' Photographer: Pieter van der Merwe
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
