Memorial at St Mark’s Church, Liverpool commemorating Joseph Hayton d. 1826
Location
St Mark's Church, Upper Duke Street, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Joseph Hayton (Export Surveyor) of His Majesty's excise of this Port, died 4th August 1826 age 55 / O silent grave, to thee I trust / this generous pile of worthy dust. / Oh keep it safe, you sacred tomb. / Until a wife shall ask for room'
Details
People
Hayton, Joseph Age: 55 Date of Death: 4/8/1826 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Export surveyor Organisation:
Extra
Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 3, p. 602. Church demolished in 1913. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
Memorial in the Naval Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire commemorating Alfred Tyacke. d. 1853
Location
Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of / Alfred H Tyacke / midshipman H.M.S. Leopard / who departed this life / June 17th 1853 / from injuries received falling from / the maintop / Aged 16 years / This tablet is erected by his messmates'
Details
Vessel: HMS Leopard
People
Tyacke, Alfred H. Age: 116 Date of Death: 17/6/1853 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating William Gilbert d. 1917
Location
All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England
Transcript
'William Gilbert / Aged 26 / Lost from H.M. / Patrol Yacht 'Zarefah’ / off the Scotch coast / May 8 1916'.
Details
Type: Memorial tile Vessel: HMY Zarefah
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Gilbert, William Age: 26 Date of Death: 8/5/1916 Cause of Death: Vessel loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Mercantile Maritime Reserve
Extra
Notes: Minesweeper HMY 'Zarefah' mined 8 May 1917 off Orkney. The tile states 1916, rather than 1917. There is a memorial at Plymouth to 10 Mercantile Maritime Reserves who died on Zarefah, including William Gilbert.
Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)
Statue and grave at Rye Harbour, East Sussex commemorating the crew of the lifeboat ‘Mary Stanford’ lost 1928
Location
Church of the Holy Spirit, Rye Harbour, East Sussex, England
Transcript
'WE HAVE DONE THAT WHICH WAS OUR DUTY TO DO', 'TO THE MEMORY OF / THE 17 BRAVE / MEN, THE CREW OF THE / MARY STANFORD LIFE / BOAT WHO PERISHED / IN A HEAVY GALE WHILE / GALLANTLY RESPONDING/TO THE CALL FOR HELP / FROM THE SS ALICE OF / RIGA ON THE MORNING OF / THE 15th NOVEMBER 1928' [On plaques round the grave] 'CHARLES SOUTHERDEN AGED 22 YEARS', 'LESLIE GEORGE CLARK AGED 24 YEARS', 'WILLIAM THOMAS ALBERT CLARK AGED 27 YEARS', 'WALTER IGGLESDEN AGED 38 YEARS', 'LEWIS ALEXANDER POPE AGED 21 YEARS', 'ROBERT HENRY POPE AGED 23 YEARS', 'CHAS FREDERICK DAVID POPE AGED 28 YEARS', ' JOSEPH STONHAM (2ND COXSWAIN) AGED 43 YEARS', 'HERBERT HEAD (COXSWAIN OF LIFEBOAT) AGED 47 YEARS', 'HENRY CUTTING (BOWMAN) AGED 39 YEARS', 'JOHN STANLEY HEAD AGED 17 YEARS', ' JAMES ALFRED HEAD AGED 19 YEARS', ' MORRISS DOWNEY AGED 23 YEARS', 'ARTHUR WILLIAM DOWNEY AGED 25 YEARS', 'ALBERT ERNEST SMITH AGED 44 YEARS', 'ALBERT ERNEST CUTTING AGED 26 YEARS', 'ROBERT REDVERS CUTTING AGED
Details
Description: Full-length statue of a lifeboatman. Type: Memorial Position: Churchyard Materials: Stone Date Erected: 1931 Vessel: Mary Stanford
People
Clark, Leslie George Age: 24 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: RNLI Clark, William Thomas Albert Age: 27 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: RNLI Cutting, Henry Age: 39 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: RNLI Cutting, Albert Ernest Age: 26 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat Organisation: RNLI Cutting, Robert Redvers Age: 28 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: RNLI Downey, Morriss Age: 25 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: RNLI Downey, Arthur William Age: 25 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: RNLI Head, John Stanley Age: 17 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: RNLI head, James Alfred Age: 19 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: RNLI Head, Herbert Age: 47 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: RNLI Igglesden, Walter Age: 21 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: RNLI Pope, Lewis Alexander Age: 21 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: RNLI Pope, Robert Henry Age: 23 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: RNLI Pope, Charles Frederick David Age: 28 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: RNLI Smith, Albert Ernest Age: 44 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: RNLI Southerden, Charles Age: 22 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: Stonham, Joseph Age: 43 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: RNLI
Extra
Bibliography: Geoff Hutchinson 'The Mary Stanford Disaster' (Hastings, 1984) David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 103 (photograph). Recorder: B. Tomlinson Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Memorial at St Nicholas Church, Godstone commemorating Lieutenant Evelyn Eyre Greenwell RNVR d. 1919
Location
St Nicholas Church, Godstone, Surrey, England
Transcript
'In loving memory of our dear brother Evelyn Eyre Greenwell Lt RNVR fourth son of Sir Walpole and Lady Greenwell, Morden Park died of pneumonia at Portland while on service Feb 23 1919. Aged 32'
Details
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Greenwell, Evelyn Eyre Age: 32 Date of Death: 23/2/1919 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RNVR Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Memorial at West End Cemetery, Kimberley, South Africa commemorating Struan Robertson, RN; Ethelbert Moat, RN; Frederick Roche, RN; William Hughes RMA of HMS Monarch, who died 1900.
Location
West End Cemetery, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa, Rest of the World
Transcript
'In memory of Struan Robertson, Royal Navy Midshipman H.M.S. Doris who died of enteric fever while on active service with the Naval Search Light at Kimberley, 25th February 1900. Also of Ethelbert Moat, A.B. Frederick Roche, A.B. William Hughes, Gunner R.M.A. All of H.M.S. Monarch who died of enteric fever March 1900'
Details
Vessel: HMS Doris, HMS Monarch
Event
Boer War (South African War)
Event Date
1899 - 1902
People
Hughes, Frederick Age: Unknown Date of Death: 3/1900 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Moat, Ethelbert Age: Unknown Date of Death: 3/1900 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Robertson, Struan Age: Unknown Date of Death: 25/2/1900 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy Roche, Frederick Age: Unknown Date of Death: 3/1900 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: A memorial featuring a Boer gun on a plinth is dedicated to the officers and men of HMS Doris who lost their lives during the Boer War 1899 - 1902 is in Devonport Park, Plymouth. Bibliography: J.R. Williams 'Some Naval Memorials in the West End Cemetery Kimberley, Cape Province', 'Orders and Medals Research Society Journal' vol. 23, pp 264-265, (Winter 1984).
