Plaque in Beverley Minster commemorating Lieutenant Mark Norman Rennie RNR d. 1917 in the loss of Q-ship HMS ‘Vala’
Location
Beverley Minster, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory of / Lieutenant Mark Norman Rennie R.N.R. / WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN THE / BAY OF BISCAY / ON 21ST AUGUST 1917, / WHILST ON SPECIAL SERVICE / IN COMMAND OF H.M.S.'VALA' / AGED 29 YEARS / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS / LOVING WIFE AND CHILD. / DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI'
Details
Description: Plaque engraved with with RNR cap badge. Type: Plaque Position: South transept,west wall Materials: Brass Artists: J Newleve Vessel: HMS Vala
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Rennie, Mark Norman Age: 29 Date of Death: 21/8/1917 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RNR Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve
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Notes: HMS 'Vala', Hired as Decoy vessel (Q8) 8/1915. Sunk 21/8/17 by 'UB54' in the Atlantic. Recorder: Alex Chatwin 1981; B. Tomlinson
Wall tablet in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire dedicated to Charles Philip Yorke d. 1834
Location
St Andrew's Church, Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, England
Transcript
'NEAR THIS PLACE ARE INTERRED THE REMAINS / OF THE RIGHT HONBLE CHARLES PHILIP YORKE / ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY COUNCIL / AND ONE OF THE TELLERS OF THE RECEIPT OF HIS MAJESTY'S EXCHEQUER / HE WAS THE SECOND SON OF THE HONBLE CHARLES YORKE / LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF GREAT BRITAIN / BY HIS SECOND WIFE AGNETA JOHNSON. / BORN MARCH 12TH 1764 MARRIED JULY 19TH [?] 1790 TO HARRIET / ELDEST DAUGHTER OF CHARLES MANNINGHAM OF THORPE CO. SURREY ESQR / BY WHOM HE HAD NO ISSUE. / AND DIED BELOVED AND LAMENTED MARCH 18TH 1834. / HE WAS EDUCATED AT HARROW SCHOOL AND ST JOHN'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE, / WAS CALLED TO THE BAR IN 1789 AND WAS SOON AFTER APPOINTED CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE ISLE OF ELY. / HE SAT IN PARLIAMENT FROM 1790 TO 1818 / DURING TWENTY SUCCESSIVE YEARS OF WHICH PERIOD HE REPRESENTED THE COUNTY OF CAMBRIDGE / WHERE HIS SERVICES ARE STILL REMEMBERED WITH GRATITUDE AND AFFECTION. / HE HELD OFFICES OF SECRETARY OF WAR, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT / AND FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY UNDER HIS MAJESTY GEORGE THE THIRD / WITH UNCEASING ATTENTION TO THE INTERESTS OF HIS COUNTRY / AND THE ACKNOWLEDGED APPROBATION AND ESTEEM/OF HIS SOVEREIGN. / DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LATTER OF THESE HIGH OFFICES, / THAT GREAT NATIONAL WORK THE BREAKWATER IN PLYMOUTH SOUND / WAS DECIDED UPON AND UNDERTAKEN. / A FRAGMENT OF MARBLE TAKEN FROM ITS SURFACE / HAS FURNISHED THIS MONUMENT TO HIS HONOURED MEMORY. / ET NOS ALIQUID. / IN THE VAULT BENEATH REST THE REMAINS OF / HARRIET / WIDOW OF THE ABOVE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES P YORKE / BORN JUNE 21ST 1763 MARRIED JULY 1ST 1790 / DIED MAY 10TH 1834'
Details
Description: Above the inscription tablet, a painted and gilded shield of arms flanked by oak and olive branches, a sarcophagus in relief with paw feet and anthemion acroteria at the top.
Type: Wall tablet Position: Chancel Materials: Black and white marble Artists: L. Denham
People
Yorke, Charles Philip Age: Date of Death: 18/3/1834 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: 1st Lord of the Admiralty Organisation:
Memorial in St George’s Church, Arreton, Isle of Wight commemorating Richard Holmes d. 1814
Location
St George's Church, Arreton, Isle of Wight, England
Transcript
‘TO THE MEMORY OF / RICHARD FLEMING WORSLEY HOLMES, ESQRE. / SECOND SON OF THE REVD. SIR HENRY WORSLEY HOLMES, BART. AND THE HONOURABLE LADY WORSLEY HOLMES. / ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES IN PARLIAMENT FOR THE BOROUGH OF NEWPORT IN THIS ISLAND. / WHO WAS UNFORTUNATELY DROWNED IN THE RIVER HAMBLE ON THE 26TH DAY OF JULY 1814, AGED 22 YEARS. / CALLED TO THE BOSOM OF HIS CREATOR, / WHEN HE HAD JUST ENTERED UPON THE CAREER OF A PROMISING AND USEFUL LIFE / HIS FATE AFFORDS AN IMPRESSIVE EXAMPLE OF THE UNCERTAINTY OF ALL WORLDLY HOPES. / BENEVOLENT, GENEROUS, AND SINCERE, /
THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT ADORNED AND THE VIRTUES THAT EXALTED HIS CHARACTER, / ENDEARED HIM ALIKE TO THE AFFECTIONS OF HIS FRIENDS, AND THE HEARTS OF HIS FAMILY. / THE TEARS THAT A WEEPING MULTITUDE SHED OVER HIS GRAVE / WERE A WELL MERITED AND EXPRESSIVE TRIBUTE / TO THE WORTH AND EXCELLENCE OF HIS CHARACTER.’
Details
Description: In relief above the inscription tablet, a mourning female with a wrecked ship to the right and a broken anchor on the left. Type: Wall tablet Artists: Sir Richard Westmacott
People
Holmes, Richard Fleming Worsley Age: Date of Death: 1814 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation:
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Notes: Drowned when his boat overturned in the Hamble. Bibliography: Nikilaus Pevsner and David Lloyd 'The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight' (Harmondsworth, 1967).
Memorial at All Saints’ and St Margaret’s Church, Pakefield, Suffolk commemorating Arthur Chandler, Trinity Pilot, d. 1920
Location
All Saints' and St Margaret’s Church, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'Arthur William Chandler, late Trinity House Pilot for 35 years, also served at Lieut. RNVR during the Great War 1914-18 who died 17 July 1920 aged 70 years. Also Maria, wife of the above and only daughter of the late George and Rhoda SEALER of Pakefield who died 1 Jan 1924 aged 70.'
Details
Position: Churchyard
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Chambers, Arthur William Age: 70 Date of Death: 17/7/1920 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Trinity Pilot. Lieutenant RNVR Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Trinity House
Memorial in Church of St Michael the Archangel, Shalfleet, Isle of Wight, commemorating Lieutenant Thomas Cole RN d. 1829
Location
Church of St Michael the Archangel, Shalfleet, Isle of Wight, England
Transcript
'In the Burial Ground of this Church are deposited the remains of THOMAS COLE, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, son of Thomas Comyns Cole Esq, late of Chelsea and Mary Catherine his Wife. At the early age of 30 years and when returning from the West Indies invalided he perished at Sea in H.M.S. Nightingale on Saturday 17th February 1829. This deserving officer had served under those distinguished Commanders Sir James A Gordon, Sir W Hoste, Commodore Bowles and Rear-Admiral Lake, was appointed Signal Midshipman by Lord Exmouth at the memorable attack upon Algiers, in the year 1816, and acted as Flag Lieutenant to Sir Charles Rowley in the West Indies. He was brave, unassuming, religious, an affectionate brother and a dutiful son. This tablet was erected by his only sister 1829'
Details
Vessel: HMS Nightingale
Event
Bombardment of Algiers 1816
People
Cole, Thomas Age: 30 Date of Death: 17/2/1829 Cause of Death: Vessel loss Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: 'Nightingale' wrecked 17 February 1829 on the Singles.
Memorial in Fort Brockhurst, Gosport, Hampshire commemorating Commander Wyatt Rawson RN d. 1882
Location
Fort Brockhurst, Gosport, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF [Gothic script] / WYATT RAWSON / COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY AND NAVAL A.D.C. TO / GENERAL SIR G. WOLSELEY, G.C.B. / HE FELL WHILE ACTING AS GUIDE / TO THE / SECOND DIVISION AT THE BATTLE OF TEL-EL-KEBIR, EGYPT, / 13 SEPTEMBER, 1882 / AGED 29. / HE SERVED IN THE ASHANTEE WAR, 1873-4, / AND IN THE / ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-6 / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED AS A TOKEN OF AFFECTION AND ESTEEM / BY LORD WOLSELEY AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PERSONAL STAFF'
Details
Position: English Heritage Store Vessel: HMS Carthage
Event
The Anglo-Egyptian War
Event Date
1882 - 1889
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Africa
People
Rawson, Wyatt Age: Date of Death: 13/9/1882 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Born 27/8/1853. Died on board HMS 'Carthage' in Malta Harbour and buried at Bighi cemetery. DOSSIER. The memorial damaged in January 1941 and removed from its original location in the Garrison Church, Portsmouth. Sighted at Fort Brockhurst January 2004 by Tim Backhouse. Bibliography: Geoffrey Rawson 'Life of Admiral Sir Harry Rawson' (London, 1914) p. 277; Frederic Boase 'Modern English Biography' (London, 1965).
Memorial commemorating Royal Naval casualties during the Boxer Rebellion at Victoria Park Portsmouth
Location
Victoria Park, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
[Top] 'TAKU FORTS, TIENTSIN, DEFENCE OF LEGATIONS, PEKIN' [Front base] 'H.M.S. ORLANDO / NORTH CHINA 1900 / Commander P.H. WRIGHT, died of wounds received at Tientsin / KILLED SIR E SEYMOUR'S COLUMN W. GINGELL Srgt R.M.L.I. / N.BERRY Ord. / KILLED AT TIENTSIN / J.W. JOHNSON Lt. SMm / R. WHEELER A.B. / H. MILLS A.B. / F. HUSSEY A.B. / E. CRADDOCK A.B. / N.ROBINSON Pte R.M.L.I. / Legation guard died of wounds / A.G.SAWYER Pte R.M.L.I.' [Left top] 'FORTITER DEFENDIT TRIUMPHANS' [Left base] 'This bell was taken / At the capture of the North West Fort, Taku / June 17 1900 / And brought home by H.M.S. ORLANDO. / The memorial is erected by the / Officers and Men / In memory of their comrades / Who lost their lives / During the commission'. [Top] 'PERPETUAL FELICITY ACHIEVED' Bottom 'Come pleasant weather and gentle rain / The empire happy at peace again' [Top right] ' H.M.S. ORLANDO / 1899-1902 [Bottom] 'CAPTAIN JAMES T. BURKE C.B. DIED AT SEA 12th May 1902 / Mr E.A. GOVETT, Midshipman / BENJ. GREEN Chief Stoker / E.C. HOLLOWAY P.O. 2nd Cl. / R.J. HALLS A.B. / J. HARDING Stoker / W. SNELGROVE Ord. / F. J. BOULTON Boy'.
Details
Description: Bell in a pagoda-shaped monument, the roof supported by four columns. Type: Bell; temple Materials: granite, stone Vessel: HMS Orlando
Event
Boxer Rebellion
People
Berry, N. Age: Date of Death: 1900 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Boulton, F. J. Age: Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Boy Organisation: Royal Navy Burke, James H. T. Age: Date of Death: 12/5/1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Craddock, E. Age: Date of Death: 1900 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Gingell, W. Age: Date of Death: 1900 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Sergeant Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry Govett, E. A. Age: Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy Green, Benjamin Age: Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Chief Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Halls, R. J. Age: Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Harding, J. Age: Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Holloway, E. C. Age: Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer 2nd class Organisation: Royal Navy Hussey, F. Age: Date of Death: 1900 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Johnson, J.W. Age: Date of Death: 1900 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Mills, H. Age: Date of Death: 1900 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Robinson, N. Age: Date of Death: 1900 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Private Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry Sawyer, A.G. Age: Date of Death: 1900 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Private Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry Snelgrove, W. Age: Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Wheeler, R. Age: Date of Death: 1900 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Chinese bell taken at the capture of the North West Taku fort June 17th 1900. The bell was repatriated in 2005 and a Chinese-made replacement was substituted. Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
