Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating John Porter d. 1888
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'In memory of John PORTER, Carpenter of the S.S. 'STRATHLEAVEN', who died at Hong Kong 27th. November 1888. This stone has been erected by his shipmates'
Details
Description: Gothic-style headstone with carved border. Type: Headstone Vessel: SS Strathleaven
People
Porter, John Age: Date of Death: 27/11/1888 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Carpenter Organisation:
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Notes: Screw steamer 'Strathleven' owners Burrel & Son, built Port Glasgow 1875 2434 GRT. Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com
Window in the Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Winchelsea dedicated to the crew of the lifeboat ‘Mary Stanford’ d. 1928
Location
Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Winchelsea, East Sussex, England
Transcript
'WILLIAM AND LESLIE CLARK, CHARLES ROBERT AND ALEX POPE, WALTER IGGLESDEN, ALBERT SMITH, CHARLES SOUTHERDEN, HERBERT HEAD 1ST COX, JOSEPH STONHAM 2ND COX, JAMES AND JOHN HEAD, HENRY CUTTING BOWMAN, ROBERT AND ERNEST CUTTING, ARTHUR AND MORRIS DOWNEY THESE MEN OF RYE HARBOUR CREW OF THE LIFEBOAT MARY STANFORD HAVING CONFIRMED BY THE HABIT OF A NOBLE SERVICE THE COURAGE HANDED DOWN TO THEM BY THEIR FATHERS WERE QUICK TO HEAR THE CRY OF HUMANITY ABOVE THE ROARING OF THE SEA IN THE DARKNESS OF THEIR SUPREME HOUR THEY STAYED NOT TO WEIGH DOUBT OR DANGER BUT FREELY OFFERING THEIR PORTION IN THIS LIFE FOR THE RANSOM OF MEN WHOM THEY HAD NEVER KNOWN THEY WENT BOLDLY INTO THE LAST OF ALL THEIR STORMS THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED IN TRUST FOR ENGLAND THE MEMORY OF THEIR FAITHFULNESS AND LOVING KINDNESS'
Details
Description: Stained glass window of three lights depicting St Nicholas, St Augustine, Christ calming the storm. A family waiting on the shore beside a stormy sea below. Type: Window Artists: Douglas Strachan Vessel: Mary Stanford
People
Clark, William Age: 27 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: Clark, Leslie Age: 24 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: Cutting, Roberts Age: 28 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: Cutting, Henry Age: 39 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Bowman Organisation: Cutting, Albert Age: 26 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: Downey, Morriss Age: 23 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: Downey, Arthur Age: 25 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: Head, Herbert Age: 47 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Coxswain Organisation: Head, James Age: 19 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: Head, John Age: 17 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: Igglesden, Walter Age: 38 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: Pope, Charles Age: 28 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: Pope, Alex Age: 21 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: Pope, Robert Age: 23 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: Smith, Albert Age: 44 Date of Death: 15/11/1928 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: 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: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Second coxswain Organisation:
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Bibliography: Geoff Hutchinson 'The Mary Stanford Disaster' (Hastings, 1984).
Gravestone at the Church of St John the Baptist, Westbourne, West Sussex commemorating Captain Thomas Lyne RN d. 1832
Location
Church of St John the Baptist, Westbourne, West Sussex, England
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN THOMAS LYNE R.N. / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / THE 1ST OF FEBRUARY 1848 / AGED 79 YEARS. / ALSO OF ELIZABETH / WIFE OF THE ABOVE / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / THE 26 OF OCTOBER 1832 / AGED 56 YEARS'
Memorial at St Peter’s Church, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand commemorating Reverend Charles B. Haslewood d. 1863 in the loss of HMS ‘Orpheus’
Location
St Peter's Church, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred / to the Memory of / Rev. Charles B. / Haslewood, / Chaplain of H.M.S. Orpheus. / Drowned at Manukau / Heads on February 7 / 1863 / Aged 33 years'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Vessel: HMS Orpheus
People
Haslewood, Charles B. Age: 33 Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Chaplain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at East Park, Southampton commemorating the engineer officers of the ‘Titanic’ lost in 1912
Location
East Park, Southampton, England
Transcript
[On plinth below Victory] 'GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN / THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS / LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. / ST JOHN 15TH CH 13TH V.' [Below] 'TO THE MEMORY OF THE ENGINEER OFFICERS OF THE R.M.S. TITANIC, WHO SHOWED / THEIR HIGH CONCEPTION OF DUTY AND THEIR / HEROISM BY REMAINING AT THEIR POSTS / 15TH APRIL 1912 / ERECTED BY THEIR FELLOW ENGINEERS AND FRIENDS / THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.' [Left panel] 'JOSEPH BELL JONATHAN SHEPHERD / WM. E. FARQUHARSON CHARLES HODGE / JNO. H. HESKETH FRANCIS E.G. COY / NORMAN E. HARRISON JAMES FRASER / GEORGE F. HOSKING HENRY R. DYER / EDWARD C. DODDS RENNY W. DODDS / LEONARD HODGKINSON ARTHUR WARD / JAMES M. SMITH THOMAS H. KEMP / BERT. WILSON FRANK A. PARSONS / HERBERT G. HARVEY WILLIAM D. MACKIE.' [Right panel] 'ROBERT MILLAR ALFRED P. MIDDLETON / WILLIAM Y. MOYES ALBERT G. ERVINE / WILLIAM MCREYNOLDS WILLIAM KELLY / HENRY R. CREESE GEORGE A. CHISWALL / THOMAS MILLAR HUGH FITZPATRICK / PETER SLOAN ARTHUR A. ROUS / ALFRED S. ALLSOPP WILLIAM L. DUFFY / HERBERT JUPE / ALSO / THOMAS ANDREWS ARCHD FROST / ROBERT KNIGHT.'
Details
Description: A semicircular seat, above flanked by columns, two bronze reliefs of marine engineers, in the centre Glory, standing on a ships prow holding two wreaths. She is crowning the 'martyrs of duty'. Type: Memorial Materials: Granite, bronze Date Erected: 1914 Artists: Messrs Whitehead & Sons; Ferdinand Victor Blundstone; Romeo Rathmann Vessel: RMS Titanic
People
Alsopp, Alfred Samuel Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Junior Electrician Organisation: White Star Line Andrews, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Naval Architect Organisation: Bell, William Joseph Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Chiswall, George Alexander Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Senior Boiler Maker Organisation: White Star Line Coy, Francis Edward George Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Junior 3rd Assistant Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Creese, Henry Philip Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Deck Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Dodds, Renny Watson Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Junior 4th Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Duffy, William Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Clerk, Engineer Department Organisation: White Star Line Dyer, Henry Ryland Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Senior Assistant 4th Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Ervine, Albert Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Electrician Organisation: White Star Line Farquharson, William E. Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: 2nd Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Fitzpatrick, Hugh Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Junior Boiler Maker Organisation: White Star Line Fraser, James Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: White Star Line Frost, Archibald Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Harland & Wolff Harrison, Norman Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Junior 2nd Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Harvey, Herbert Gifford Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Junior Assitant 2nd Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Hesketh, J. H. Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: White Star Line Hodge, Charles Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Senior Assistant 3rd Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Hodgkinson, Leonard Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Senior 4th Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Hosking, George Fox Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Senior 3rd Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Jupe, Herbert Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Electrician Organisation: White Star Line Kelly, William Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Assistant Electician Organisation: White Star Line Kemp, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Extra Assistant 4th Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Knight, Robert Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Leading hand Engineer Organisation: Harland & Wolff Mackie, William Dixie Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Junior 5th Engineer Organisation: White Star Line McReynolds, William M.E. Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Junior 6th Assistant Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Middleton, Alfred Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Electrician Organisation: White Star Line Millar, Robert Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Extra 5th Assistant Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Moyes, William Young Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Senior 6th Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Parsons, Frank Alfred Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Senior 5th Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Rous, Arthur A. Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Plumber Organisation: White Star Line Shepherd, Jonathan Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: White Star Line Sloan, Peter Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Chief Electrician Organisation: Smith, James M. Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Junior 4th Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Ward, Arthur Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Junior Assistant 4th Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Wilson, B. Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Senior 2nd Assistant Engineer Organisation: White Star Line
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Notes: Unveiled on April 22 1914 by Sir Archibald Denny. Erected by subscription from the public and fellow engineers. Victor Blundstone is the sculptor and the figure of Victory is by Romeo Rathman. Bibliography: Robert Douch 'Monuments and Memorials in Southampton' (Southampton, 1968); Brian Ticehurst 'The Titanic, Southamptons Memorials' (Poole, 1987) (illustration). 'Builder' 6 June 1913 p. 651. Photographer: Barbara Tomlinson
Memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford, Suffolk commemorating Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, RN, d. 1782 in the loss of HMS ‘Cato’
Location
Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE / OF / SIR HYDE PARKER BART. / VICE ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE SQUADRON / OF H. M. FLEET, / COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF H. M. SHIPS / AT ST LUCIA, / ON THE 25TH OF MARCH 1780, / AND IN THE ACTION OFF THE DOGGER BANK / THE 5TH AUGUST 1781 / WHO WAS LOST AT SEA IN PROCEEDING TO TAKE THE CHIEF NAVAL COMMAND / IN THE EAST INDIES, / 1782, IN H. M. SHIP CATO. / THIS TESTIMONY OF RESPECT TO / THE FATHER OF SIR HARRY / IS INSCRIBED.'
Details
Type: Chest-tomb Position: Clopton Chapel Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Cato
People
Parker, Hyde Age: c. 67 Date of Death: 1782 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the Blue Organisation: Royal Navy
Wall tablet in Hardmead, Buckinghamshire, commemorating Robert Shedden d. 1849.
Location
St Mary's Church, Hardmead, Buckinghamshire, England
Transcript
'WILHELMINA, / THE BEREAVED MOTHER, / ERECTS THIS MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF / HER ONLY AND WELL BELOVED SON / ROBERT SHEDDEN. / HE BUILT AND FITTED OUT HIS R.T.C. SCHOONER YACHT, / THE 'NANCY DAWSON,' / AND IN THIS FRAIL BARK HE BRAVELY EXPLORED / THE FROZEN OCEAN IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS, / IN A DISINTERESTED SEARCH AFTER THE LONG MISSING / SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, / AND HIS GALLANT BAND IN VAIN, / DISAPPOINTED IN HIS GENEROUS HOPE, / AND WORN DOWN BY ANXIETY, / AND SLEEPLESS WATCHING / HE DROOPED AND DIED, / AS HE WISHED ON THE DARK BLUE SEA. / HE EXPIRED ON BOARD HIS YACHT, / ON 16TH NOVEMBER 1849 / AGED 30 YEARS. / HIS NOBLE REMAINS ARE INTERRED / NEAR THE WILD WAVES OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN, / IN THE PROTESTANT BURIAL GROUND AT MAZATLAN. / HIS PRECIOUS SOUL RESTS / WITH HIS FATHER AND HIS GOD. / RESURGAM'
Details
Description: A marble tablet on a slate backing with a gothic arch surrounding the inscription tablet; the Shedden arms above the lettering. A relief profile of the yacht is placed on the slate below the marble tablet. Type: Wall tablet Position: North wall of chancel Materials: Marble: slate Artists: Thomas Gaffin Vessel: Nancy Dawson
People
Shedden, Robert Age: 30 Date of Death: 16/11/1849 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: The Nancy Dawson was the first yacht to round Port Barrow and circumnavigate the world. Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/148623.html#kGRBdQkpmoBQL2YY.99
Bibliography: Barbara Tomlinson 'The Explorers of the North-West Passage: Claims and Commemoration', 'Church Monuments' 2007, xxii. Recorder: Mrs L.M. Hoad 1992 Photographer: B. Tomlinson. 2007.
Memorial plaque in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, commemorating Henry Mathias, RN, d. 1849
Location
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF HENRY MATHIAS ASSIST: SURGEON OF / H.M.S. "ENTERPRISE", WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JUNE 15TH 1849. / IN HIS 28TH YEAR, AT PORT LEOPOLD LAT 74 N. / ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS OF THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION COMPOSED OF / H.M. SHIPS 'ENTERPRISE' AND 'INVESTIGATOR' AS A JUST TRIBUTE / TO HIS VARIED TALENTS AND GREAT MORAL WORTH. / 'I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord."
Details
Description: Above an inscription tablet on brackets, a white marble relief of two ships beset in ice with icy peaks silhouetted against a grey background behind them. A foul anchor is carved on the pediment above. Type: Wall memorial Position: Crypt Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Enterprise
People
Mathias, Henry Age: 28 Date of Death: 15/6/1849 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Surgeon Organisation: Royal Navy
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Photographer: Martin Stiles, 2011
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
