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Victoria Park, Portsmouth, England

Obelisk in Victoria Park, Portsmouth commemorating the men of HMS ‘Powerful’ who died 1899-1900 during the Boer War

Location

Victoria Park, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

[Front] 'SOUTH / AFRICA / 1899-1900' [Left Panel] 'ERECTED / BY / CAPTAIN / THE HON. HEDWORTH LAMBTON C.C. / OFFICERS / AND SHIP'S COMPANY / OF HMS POWERFUL' [Back] 'TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE / NAVAL BRIGADES OF H.M.S. POWERFUL / WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION OR DIED / DURING THE CAMPAIGN / IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1900. / Commander ALFRED P. ETHELSTON RN / Commander FREDERICK G. EGERTON RN / Fleet Paymaster WILLIAM H.F. KAY RN / Lieutenant EDWARD STABB RNR / A. FINNIMORE P.O. 1st CL. / G. SEARES Stoker / W.W. TRUESDELL / J. LEATHER / F.G. TRIGGS / D. PATON / T. HANNIFIN PO 1st Cl. / H.W.C. GARDENER / G. KNOTT / A.P. ROLLS / W.A. WOLFE / E.A. ARCHER Ord. / J.S. WHITE Arm. Mate / D.J. WHEELER / W. TRIBE Lg. Sea / C.H. ARSCOTT / E.J. CAULTER / H. TREVETT / B.BLUMSON A.B. / C.E. MINSHAW / A.G. PAYNE / A. CALDWELL / H.A. LISTER / H.W. PANNIFER / R. HARRIS / E.E. DEXTER / E.F. DUNN / A.I. BROWN Pvt. RMLI / H.E. BLAKE / J. METCALFE / B. NEWELL / H. MARTIN / A.W. BENTON / H.T. CARTWRIGHT / G. JOHN / W.H. BARNES / J. STEWART / H. GREAGSBEY / C. BOYCE / H. NEWMAN / A. MUSGROVE / J. DONALDSON / F. JOHNSON Arm. Crew.' [Right] 'LADYSMITH / GRASPAN / BELMONT / MODDER RIVER / PAARDEBERG'

Details

Type: Obelisk
Materials: Granite
Vessel: HMS Powerful

Event

Boer War

Event Date

1899-1902

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Africa

People

Archer, Alfred
Age: 19
Date of Death: 13/12/1899
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Arscott, Charles Hugh
Age: 19
Date of Death: 5/2/1900
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Rating
Organisation: Royal Navy
Barnes, William Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 1899-1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Benton, A.W.
Age:
Date of Death: 1899-1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Blake, H.E.
Age:
Date of Death: 1899-1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Blumson, Benjamin
Age: 23
Date of Death: 22/12/1899
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Rating
Organisation: Royal Navy
Boyce, C.
Age:
Date of Death: 1899-1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Brown, A.I.
Age:
Date of Death: 1899-1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Caldwell, Albert
Age: 22
Date of Death: 14/12/1899
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Rating
Organisation: Royal Navy
Cartwright, Henry Thomson
Age: 24
Date of Death: 26/11/1899
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Caulter, E.J.
Age:
Date of Death: 1899-1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rating
Organisation: Royal Navy
Dexter, Ernest Edward
Age: 20
Date of Death: 20/12/1899
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Rating
Organisation: Royal Navy
Donaldson, J.
Age:
Date of Death: 1899-1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Dunn, Edward Frost
Age: 22
Date of Death: 13/2/1900
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Rating
Organisation: Royal Navy
Egerton, Frederick
Age: 31
Date of Death: 2/11/1899
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation:
Ethelston, Alfred P.
Age: 36
Date of Death: 25/11/1899
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Finnimore, Alfred
Age: 24
Date of Death: 26/11/1899
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Gardener, H.W.C.
Age:
Date of Death: 1899-1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rating
Organisation: Royal Navy
Greagsby, Henry
Age: 19
Date of Death: 25/11/1899
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Hannifin, Thomas
Age: 27
Date of Death: 3/3/1900
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Rating
Organisation: Royal Navy
Harris, R.
Age:
Date of Death: 1899-1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rating
Organisation: Royal Navy
John, G.
Age:
Date of Death: 1899-1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Johnson, F.
Age:
Date of Death: 1899-1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Armourer's crew
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery
Kay, William Hobart Findell
Age: 52
Date of Death: 26/2/1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Fleet Paymaster
Organisation:
Knott, George
Age: 27
Date of Death: 26/2/1900
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Leather, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rating
Organisation: Royal Navy
Lister, Hans Alfred
Age: 24
Date of Death: 2/2/1900
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Rating
Organisation: Royal Navy
Martin, H.
Age:
Date of Death: 1899-1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Metcalfe, John
Age: 22
Date of Death: 25/11/1899
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Minshaw, Charles Ernest
Age: 20
Date of Death: 25/2/1900
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Rating
Organisation: Royal Navy
Musgrove, A.
Age:
Date of Death: 1899-1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Newell, B.
Age:
Date of Death: 1899-1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Pannifer, Herbert Willoughby
Age: 21
Date of Death: 10/3/1900
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Paton, David
Age: 25
Date of Death: 5/3/1900
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Rating
Organisation: Royal Navy
Payne, A.G.
Age:
Date of Death: 1899-1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rating
Organisation: Royal Navy
Rolls, Arthur Percy
Age: 22
Date of Death: 8/4/1900
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Seares, George
Age: 22
Date of Death: 24/12/1899
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Stabb, Edward
Age:
Date of Death: 1899-1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RNR
Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve
Stewart, J.
Age:
Date of Death: 1899-1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Trevett, H.
Age:
Date of Death: 1899-1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rating
Organisation: Royal Navy
Tribe, William
Age: 23
Date of Death: 26/12/1899
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Rating
Organisation: Royal Navy
Triggs, Frederick Camble
Age: 28
Date of Death: 21/2/1900
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: rating
Organisation: Royal Navy
Truesdell, William Walton
Age: 26
Date of Death: 10/1/1900
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Rating
Organisation: Royal Navy
Wheeler, Dudley James
Age: 23
Date of Death: 23/1/1900
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Rating
Organisation: Royal Navy
White, J.S.
Age:
Date of Death: 1899-1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Armourer's mate
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Website 'memorials in Portsmouth'.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Aviation

St Michael's Church, Highworth, Wiltshire, England

Tablet at St Michael’s Church, Highworth commemorating Lieutenant Reginald Alexander John Warneford VC RN d. 1915

Location

St Michael's Church, Highworth, Wiltshire, England

Transcript

'This tablet was placed here by members of the Warneford family throughout the world in memory of Flight Sub Lieutenant Reginald Alexander John Warneford VC RN Chevalier of the Legion of Honour aged 23 years son of the late Reginald William Henry Warneford Chaplain to the forces in India. Great nephew of the Rev Canon Warneford of Warneford Place. He was honoured by his king with the Victoria Cross and the French Nation with the medal of the Legion of Honour for pursuing and destroying singlehanded a Zeppelin airship near Ghent in Belgium on the 7th June 1915. He was killed 10 days later when flying in Paris on 17th June 1915 and lies buried in Brompton Cemetery where the nation has shown its gratitude and recognition of his great achievement in the erection of a memorial by public subscription'

Details

Position: Warneford Chapel

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Warneford, Reginald Alexander John
Age: 23
Date of Death: 17/6/1915
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Flight Sub Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Victoria Cross winner. Killed in a flying accident.
Recorder: Alex Chatwin

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Recreation

Church of St Michel du Vale, Vale, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Commemorative window in the Church of St Michel du Vale, Vale, Guernsey commemorating Charles Henry Rew d. 1972, oarsman

Location

Church of St Michel du Vale, Vale, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / CHARLES HENRY REW / 1898-1972 / ANGLER & OARSMAN / MUCH LOVED HUSBAND / FATHER & GRANDFATHER'

Details

Description: Depicts the calling of St Peter.
Type: Window
Position: Nave
Materials: Glass, lead

People

Rew, Charles Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 1972
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Angler; oarsman
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "post_id": "154",
  "id": "M5989",
  "location": "Church of St Michel du Vale, Vale, Guernsey, Channel Islands",
  "transcript": "'TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / CHARLES HENRY REW / 1898-1972 / ANGLER & OARSMAN / MUCH LOVED HUSBAND / FATHER & GRANDFATHER'",
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Uncategorised

St Nicholas's Church, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St Nicholas’s Church, Liverpool commemorating Captain Hans Charles d. 1829

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain Hans Charles of the ship Agnes died 27th. May 1829 at Calabar aged 54.'

Details

Vessel: Agnes

People

Charles, Hans
Age: 54
Date of Death: 27/5/1829
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 1, p. 85. Church destroyed by enemy action in 1940. Rebuilt in 1952 but only two non-maritime memorials retained.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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    "recorder": "Captain J. P. Brand",
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Vessel Loss

Grafton Bridge Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand, Rest of the World

Gravestone in Grafton Bridge Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand commemorating Commodore William Farquharson Burnett RN d. 1863 in the loss of HMS ‘Orpheus’

Location

Grafton Bridge Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred / to the Memory / of / William Farquharson Burnett, / C.B. / Commodore of H.M.S. Orpheus / Commanding Officer / Australian Naval Station, / Commodore Royal Navy. / Drowned 7th February 1863. / Aged 46 years' [Hetherington] 'Sacred to the memory of William Farquharson Burnett, Esq, CB., who perished with 22 officers and 167 men, in the total loss of H.M.S. Orpheus, on the Manukau Bar, New Zealand, on Feb.9, 1863. Erected by the officers of her Majesty's ships under his command' [ILN]

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Orpheus

People

Burnett, William Farquharson
Age: 46
Date of Death: 7/2/1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Commodore RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Buried 23/2/1863. DOSSIER.
Bibliography: 'Illustrated London News' (5 March 1864) p. 241, 237-8; Roy M. Hetherington 'The wreck of HMS Orpheus-New Zealand's Worst sea disaster' (Auckland, 1968).

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Vessel Loss

Dean Road Cemetery, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England

Gravestone at St Oswald’s Church, Filey commemorating Frederick Arthur Chater d. 1917 in the loss of the SS ‘Lady Ann’

Location

Dean Road Cemetery, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England

Details

Vessel: SS Lady Ann

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Chater, Frederick Arthur
Age: 64
Date of Death: 16/2/1917
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: First Mate
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: 'Lady Ann' torpedoed off Scarborough 16 February 1917. Cargo ship laden with coal.
Recorder: Alex Chatwin

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Lifesaving

St Paulinus Church, Paul, Cornwall, England

Memorial in Paul, Cornwall dedicated to the crew of the lifeboat ‘Solomon Brown’ lost in 1981.

Location

St Paulinus Church, Paul, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'TO COMMEMORATE THE LOSS OF THE CREW / OF THE PENLEE LIFEBOAT SOLOMON BROWNE / ATTEMPTING TO SAVE THE CREW OF THE / UNION STARR OFF BOSCAWEN CLIFFS / 19 DECEMBER 1981 / COXSWAIN WILLIAM TREVELYAN RICHARDS / JAMES STEPHEN MADRON / NIGEL BROCKMAN / JOHN ROBERT BLEWETT / CHARLES THOMAS GREENHAUGH / KEVIN SMITH / BARRIE ROBERTSON TORRIE / GARY LEE WALLIS'

Details

Description: Bronze plaque on a granite plinth that supports a chalice within a lantern

Type: Memorial
Position: interior
Materials: granite, bronze
Vessel: Solomon Browne, Union Star

People

Blewitt, John Robert
Age:
Date of Death: 19/12/1981
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman
Organisation: RNLI
Brockman, Nigel
Age:
Date of Death: 19/12/1981
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman
Organisation: RNLI
Greenhaugh, Charles James
Age:
Date of Death: 19/12/1981
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman
Organisation: RNLI
Madron, James Stephen
Age:
Date of Death: 19/12/1981
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman
Organisation: RNLI
Richards, William Trevelyan
Age:
Date of Death: 19/12/1981
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Coxswain
Organisation: RNLI
Smith, Kevin
Age:
Date of Death: 19/12/1981
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman
Organisation: RNLI
Torrie, Barrie Robertson
Age:
Date of Death: 19/12/1981
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman
Organisation: RNLI
Wallis, Gary Lee
Age:
Date of Death: 19/12/1981
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman
Organisation: RNLI

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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Uncategorised

Scotch Presbyterian church, Oldham Street, Liverpool, England

Memorial at the Scotch Presbyterian church, Oldham Street, Liverpool commemorating William Riddock d. 1808

Location

Scotch Presbyterian church, Oldham Street, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'William Riddock of Colvent, Kirkudbright and late of Liverpool. Master's mate in the Zealous in the Battle of the Nile and received a silver medal as a token that he had done his duty to the satisfaction of Great Nelson died 12 February 1808 age 45'

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Vessel: HMS Zealous

Event

Battle of the Nile

Event Date

1798

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Riddock, William
Age: 45
Date of Death: 12/2/1808
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master's mate
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 5. p. 29. Reinterred Everton Cemetery 1919. Gravestone does not survive.
Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p.127.

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Vessel Loss

Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Memorial at Westoe Cemetery, South Shields commemorating James Osborne Davison d. 1861 in the loss of the ‘Queen of Freedom’

Location

Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Details

Vessel: Queen of Freedom

People

Davison, James Osborne
Age: 45
Date of Death: 1861
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Master mariner, lost at sea with entire crew of the barque 'Queen of Freedom' foundered 1861.

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Piracy, Vessel Loss

St Candida's Church, Whitchurch Canonicorum, Devon, England

Memorial in Whitchurch Canonicorum, Devon, commemorating Admiral Sir George Somers, RN d. 1610 who died in Bermuda

Location

St Candida's Church, Whitchurch Canonicorum, Devon, England

Transcript

'ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE SOMERS KT / SHIPMATE OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH / COLONIZER OF THE BERMUDAS / BORN NEAR LYME REGIS 1554 / OWNER OF BERNE MANOR / IN WHITCHURCH CANONICORUM / DIED IN THE BERMUDAS, NOVEMBER 1610 / BURIED BENEATH THE OLD CHANTRY / UNDER THE PRESENT VESTRY JULY 4 1611 / ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION 1908'

Details

Description: The inscription within a border of foliage. Tablet in St Candida's church, Whitchurch Canonicorum dedicated to George Somers. d. 1908

Type: Tablet
Position: South wall of chancel
Materials: Brass
Date Erected: 1908
Vessel: Sea Venture

People

Somers, George
Age: 56
Date of Death: 9/11/1610
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Virginia Company

Extra

Notes: George Somers founded the English colony of Bermuda, also known as Somers Isles. His shipwreck in 'Sea Venture' (which he survived) is believed to have inspired Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'.

Bibliography: J.D. Spinney 'Some Naval Memorials in Dorset', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 73, p. 191 (Greenwich,1987).

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