Memorial at Highgate Cemetery, London commemorating Francis Elgar d. 1909, naval architect
Location
Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London, England
Transcript
'IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / FRANCIS ELGAR L.L.D., F,R,S, / BORN APRIL 24TH 1845 / DIED JANUARY 17TH 1909 / AND / ETHEL ANNIE MITCHELL ELGAR / HIS DEARLY LOVED WIFE / WHO DIED ON THE 8TH JULY 1914. AGED 46 YEARS / REST IN PEACE'
Details
Description: Cross on stepped plinth Type: Cross Materials: Grey granite
People
Elgar, Francis Age: Date of Death: 1909 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Naval architect Organisation: Admiralty
Extra
Notes: 1845-1909. Naval architect and Admiralty Director of Dockyards. Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 155.
Plaque in the Church of the Holy Spirit, Tallinn, Estonia commemorating the loss of British submarine ‘E18’ in 1916
Location
Church of the Holy Spirit, Tallinn, Estonia, Rest of the World
Transcript
'IN MEMORIAM / HM SUBMARINE E18 / 2nd June 1916 - Baltic Sea off Hiiumaa, Estonia / / EDWIN ALBERT TAYLOR BAGG, Chief Petty Officer / WILLIAM GEORGE BASS, Leading Seaman / FREDERICK CLACK, Petty Officer / DOUGLAS NOWELL COLSON DSC, Sub-Lieutenant RNR / PERCY DUFFIELD, Stoker 1st Class / CLEMENT HARRY EDWARDS, Leading Telegraphist / ERNEST ALFRED FOX, Stoker 1st Class / MAURICE HAROLD FULLER, Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class / GEORGE GABY, Telegraphist / JAMES KERR GALLOWAY, Engine Room Artificer RNR / CYRIL FRANCIS GODWARD, Able Seaman / THOMAS EDWIN GUEST, Leading Stoker / ROBERT CROSBY HALAHAN, Lieutenant-Commander RN/ ALBERT GEORGE HALL, Stoker 1st Class / HERBERT THOMAS HARRIS, Leading Stoker / CHARLES WILLIAM HOLLAND, Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class / CHARLES HUNT, Stoker 1st Class / WALTER LUKE LANDALE, Lieutenant RN / FRANK LADBROOKE MADDOX, Able Seaman / FYODOR NIKOLAEVICH MARKOVSKY, Chief Telegraphist Russian Navy / PERCY JAMES PETER NYE, Stoker 1st Class / IVAN YEFIMOVICH PANTYUKHOV, Signalman Russian Navy/ JAMES REUBEN PERCY, Leading Stoker / ARTHUR PERCY PHILLIPS, Leading Stoker / VASILIY MIKHAILOVICH POLYKARPOV, Lieutenant Russian Navy / WILLIAM GEORGE POWELL, Able Seaman / HORACE EDWARD PRITCHETT, Able Seaman / ERNEST WILLIAM RUAUX, Leading Seaman / SAMUEL ARTHUR SHEPPARD, Chief Petty Officer Stoker / WILLIAM CHADWICK SPENCER, Engine Room Artificer 1st Class / CHARLES WILLIAM TURRALL, Petty Officer/ SYDNEY AUGUSTUS WELSH, Able Seaman / FREDERICK CHARLES FRANCIS WHITE, Leading Seaman'
Details
Description: Engraved brass plate mounted on stone surround with silhouette of HM Submarine E18; details of date and position of sinking; list of the thirty British and three Russian officers and men who lost their lives; enamelled ensigns of Royal Navy (White Ensign) and Russian Navy (Cross of St Andrew). Type: Plaque Position: On wall of Chancel, to left of Altar. Materials: Brass, stone mount Artists: Meelis Pääbo, Priit Herodes. Vessel: E18
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Bagg, Edwin Albert Taylor Age: 38 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Chief Petty Officer Organisation: Royal Navy Bass, William George Age: 34 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Leading Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Clack, Frederick Age: 34 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer Organisation: Royal Navy Colson, Douglas Nowell Age: 24 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Sub-Lieutenant Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve Duffield, Percy Age: 21 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Stoker 1st Class Organisation: Royal Navy Edwards, Clement Harry Age: 22 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Leading Telegraphist Organisation: Royal Navy Fox, Ernest Alfred Age: 24 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Stoker 1st Class Organisation: Royal Navy Fuller, Maurice Harold Age: 27 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Organisation: Royal Navy Gaby, George Age: 28 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Telegraphist Organisation: Royal Navy Galloway, James Kerr Age: 28 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Engine Room Artificer Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve Godward, Cyril Francis Age: 23 Date of Death: 2/6/ 1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Guest, Thomas Edward Age: 25 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Leading Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Halahan, Robert Crosby Age: 31 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant-Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy Hall, Albert George Age: 22 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Stoker 1st Class Organisation: Royal Navy Harris, Herbert Thomas Age: 32 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Leading Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Holland, Charles William Age: 26 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Organisation: Royal Navy Hunt, Charles Age: 28 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Stoker 1st Class Organisation: Royal Navy Landale, Walter Luke Age: 27 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy Maddox, Frank Ladbrooke Age: 29 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Markovsky, Fyodor Nikolaevich Age: Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Chief Telegraphist Organisation: Russian Navy Nye, Percy James Peter Age: 23 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Stoker 1st Class Organisation: Royal Navy Pantyukhov, Ivan Yefimovich Age: Date of Death: 2/16/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Signalman Organisation: Russian Navy Percy, James Reuben Age: 28 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Leading Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Phillips, Arthur Percy Age: 33 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Leading Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Polykarpov, Vasily Mikhailovich Age: Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Organisation: Russian Navy Powell, William George Age: 45 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Pritchett, Horace Edward Age: 23 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Ruaux, Ernest William Age: 33 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Leading Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Sheppard, Samuel Arthur Age: 35 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Chief Petty Officer Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Spencer, William Chadwick Age: 34 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Organisation: Royal Navy Turrall, Charles William Age: 32 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer Organisation: Royal Navy Welsh, Sydney Augustus Age: 29 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy White, Frederick Charles Francis Age: 23 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Leading Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: E18 struck a mine and sank with all hands on 2nd June 1916. The wreck was discovered on 19th October 2009. This memorial was unveiled and dedicated at a Service of Remembrance for the crew of E18 on 30th May 2010.
Cross at Observation Hill, Antarctica commemorating Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his companions who died on their return journey from the South Pole in 1912
Location
Observation Hill, McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Rest of the World
Transcript
'IN / MEMORIAM / CAPT. R.F. SCOTT, R.N. / DR E.A. WILSON, CAPT. L.E.G. OATES, INS. DRGS., LT. H.R. BOWERS, R.I.M. / PETTY OFFICER E. EVANS, R.N. / WHO DIED ON THEIR / RETURN FROM THE / POLE. MARCH / 1912 / TO STRIVE, TO SEEK, / TO FIND, / AND NOT TO / YIELD'
Details
Type: Cross Materials: Jarrah wood Date Erected: 1913
People
Bowers, Henry Robertson Age: Date of Death: 3/1912 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RIM Organisation: Royal Indian Marine Evans, Edward Age: Date of Death: 17/2/1912 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer RN Organisation: Royal Navy Oates, Lawrence Edward Grace Age: Date of Death: 17/3/1912 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain Organisation: British Army Scott, Robert Falcon Age: Date of Death: 3/1912 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Wilson, Edward Adrian Age: Date of Death: 3/1912 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Line chosen from Tennyson's 'Ulysses' by Cherry-Garrard. Erected Jan 20 1913. Bibliography: R.F. Scott, E.A. Wilson, Leonard Huxley 'Scott's Last Expedition, being the journals of Captain R.F. Scott and the reports of the journey and scientific work undertaken by Dr E.A. Wilson and the surviving members of the expedition' (London, 1913) (photo).
Memorial in Penzance, Cornwall dedicated to Commander Richard Davies RN d. 1846
Location
St Mary's Church, Penzance, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'Sacred / to the memory / of / Richard Longfield Davies / of Ridinnick House, Penzance / Commander in the Royal Navy / who departed this life / May the 1st 1846 / in the 70th year of his age / a brave officer / and a sincere christian'
Details
Position: North wall
People
Davies, Richard Longfield Age: 70 Date of Death: 1/5/1846 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in St Nicholas Church, Bristol commemorating Harold Young d. 1940,
Location
St Nicholas Church, Bristol, England
Transcript
'To the Glory of God and in loving memory of / Harold Young / a member of the crew of the / steamship Cato / who lost his life by enemy action in the / Bristol Channel on March 3rd 1940 / He brought them to the haven where they would be / psalm 107 / Erected by his loving wife Dorothy and his daughter Shirley'
Young, Harold Age: Date of Death: 3/3/1940 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: Removed to St Nicholas from The Missions to Seamen Institute in 1981. 'Cato' a screw steamship built 1914 for the Bristol Steam Navigation Co. Mined off Barry, South Wales on the Bristol to Dublin route. Bibliography: Josephine Teague 'The Missions to Seamen Church and Institute Bristol'.
'In loving memory of George Albert Paul, who was drowned through the wreck of the Reindeer 14th January 1879 aged 27 years'
Details
Type: Gravestone Materials: Portland stone Vessel: Reindeer
People
Paul, George Albert Age: Date of Death: 14/1/1879 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: Cutter 'Reindeer' wrecked on reef at L'Etacq, Guernsey. Bibliography: David Kreckeler 'Nineteenth Century Monumental Memorials in Guernsey and their history of nautical interest' (typescript). Recorder: David Kreckeler 1981
Memorial in Port Stanley, Falkland Islands commemorating Matthew Brisbane, sealer and polar explorer d. 1833
Location
Museum, Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, Rest of the World
Transcript
'To the memory / of / Mr Matthew Brisbane / who was barbarously / murdered on the / 26th August 1833 / in the command of the / Beaufoy cutter he was / the zealous and able / companion of Captn / James Weddell during / his enterprising voyage / to beyond the 74th Degree of / South Latitude / in February 1823 / His remains were removed to / this spot by the crews of H.B.M. / ships 'Erebus' and 'Terror' on 2nd August 1842.'
Details
Type: Headstone Materials: Wood Vessel: Beaufoy
People
Brisbane, Matthew Age: 46 Date of Death: 26/8/1833 Cause of Death: Murdered Rank / Occupation: Sealer Organisation:
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Notes: Replaced from original location by a marble slab in 1933. Bibliography: A.G.E. Jones 'Polar Portraits: collected papers' (Whitby, 1992), p113
Memorial in North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar Alexander Thirde RN d. 1909
Location
North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar, Rest of the World
Details
Position: Grave 1490 Vessel: HMS Albemarle
People
Thirde, Alexander Age: 29 Date of Death: 21/1/1909 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Leading Shipwright Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Son of the late John Third Carpenter Kingston and son of Mrs Horne Burnside Garmouth (or Yarmouth) verse erected by his shipmates. Recorder: B.D. & G.L. Metherell 1986
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