Memorial at St Ann’s Church, Portsmouth commemorating Lieutenant R.C. Warren RN d. 1896
Location
St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of / AUGUSTUS R.C. WARREN LIEUT. R.N. / AGED 32 YEARS / WHO WHILST SERVING ON BOARD H.M.S. HERMIONE / LOST HIS LIFE AT SEA, ON THE 28TH JULY 1896 / IN A GALLANT ATTEMPT / TO SAVE THE LIFE OF A SHIPMATE / ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS AND MEN / OF H.M.S. HERMIONE'
Details
Description: Carved with anchor and chain. Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Hermione
People
Warren, Augustus R. C. Age: 32 Date of Death: 28/7/1896 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at Beach Road, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk commemorating the crew of the RNLI Lifeboat ‘Eliza Adams’ who died on 29th October 1880 while rescuing the ‘Ocean Queen’.
Location
Beach Road, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF ELEVEN OF / THE CREW OF THE LIFEBOAT / 'ELIZA ADAMS’ / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON DUTY / IN THE DISASTER AT WELLS. / OCTOBER 29TH 1880. / ROBERT WILLIAM / ELSDON / (COXSWAIN) / JOHN ELSDON // GEORGE JAY / WILLIAM FIELD // JOHN STACEY / WILLIAM / WORDINGHAM // FRANK ABEL / CHARLES HINDS / WILLIAM GREEN // SAMUEL SMITH / CHARLES SMITH // SURVIVORS / THOMAS KEW / WILLIAM BELL'
Details
Description: On a plinth, a broken mast, life belt and anchor carved in three dimensions, the whole surrounded by railings. Type: Free standing monument Position: Beside the harbour Materials: Stone Vessel: Eliza Adams
People
Abel, Frank Age: Unknown Date of Death: 29/10/1880 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew Organisation: RNLI Elsdon, Robert William Age: Unknown Date of Death: 29/10/1880 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Coxswain Organisation: RNLI Elsdon, John Age: Unknown Date of Death: 29/10/1880 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew Organisation: RNLI Field, William Age: Unknown Date of Death: 29/10/1880 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew Organisation: RNLI Green, William Age: Unknown Date of Death: 29/10/1880 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew Organisation: RNLI Hinds, Charles Age: Unknown Date of Death: 29/10/1880 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew Organisation: RNLI Jay, George Age: Unknown Date of Death: 29/10/1880 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew Organisation: RNLI Smith, Samuel Age: Unknown Date of Death: 29/10/1880 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew Organisation: RNLI Smith, Charles Age: Unknown Date of Death: 29/10/1880 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew Organisation: RNLI Stacey, John Age: Unknown Date of Death: 29/10/1880 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew Organisation: RNLI Wordingham, William Age: Unknown Date of Death: 29/10/1880 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat crew Organisation: RNLI
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Notes: Wells lifeboat capsized going the the assistance of the brig 'Ocean Queen' and lost 11 out of a crew of 13. The memorial is grade II listed.
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Thomas Edgar Jones RN d. 1900
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Thomas Edgar JONES, Blacksmith H.M.S. 'Goliath', who lost his life while gallantly trying to rescue his shipmate July 27th 1900 aged 26 years. Erected by the Officers and Ship's Company of H.M.S. 'Goliath'. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John XV 13'
Details
Description: Headstone with foul anchor in relief above the inscription. Type: Headstone Vessel: HMS Goliath
People
Jones, Thomas Edgar Age: 26 Date of Death: 27/7/1900 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Blacksmith Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: See William McNicol. Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com
Memorial at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk commemorating Thomas Cable, RNLI d. 1855 and Thomas Cable, RNLI d. 1859
Location
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'Thomas Cable, accidentally drowned by the upsetting of the Aldboro' Life boat 21 Dec 1859 aged 58. Thomas Cable, son of the above, drowned while endeavouring to save the crew of a Swedish Brig, wrecked on Orford Ness beach 3 Nov 1855 aged 35 years'
Details
Vessel: Pascoe, Vesta, Unity
People
Cable, Thomas Age: 58 Date of Death: 21/12/1859 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: RNLI Cable, Thomas Age: 35 Date of Death: 3/11/1855 Cause of Death: Drowning Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: RNLI
Extra
Notes: Thomas Cable senior drowned on 21st December 1859, during the rescue of the Whitby brig, 'Unity'. The lifeboat, 'Pascoe' capsized in heavy seas. Thomas Cable junior lost his life when he attempted to swim to the rescue of the Swedish brig, 'Vesta', on 3rd November 1855. The 'Vesta' had been washed ashore in a gale. Cable and other managed to rescue seven of nine crew members. Recorder: Rev. William Henry Donnan 1967
Memorial at St John’s Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool commemorating John Brown d. 1854
Location
St John's Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'John Brown who lost his life in the Lifeboat in the gale on 18th. February 1854 aged 47'
Details
People
Brown, John Age: 47 Date of Death: 18/2/1854 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation:
Extra
Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Offife compiled James Gibson d.1886, vol.1, p. 666. Church demolished in 1898. Recorder: Captain J P Brand, Friends of Merseyside Maritime Museum
Memorial at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk commemorating the crew of the ‘Aldeburgh’ who lost their lives when the lifeboat capsized on 7th December 1899.
Location
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'A: GREATER . LOVE . HATH . NO . MAN . THAN . THIS . THAT . A . MAN . LAY . DOWN . HIS . LIFE / THIS . TABLET . IS . ERECTED . BY . THEIR . TOWNSMEN . / AND . WOMEN . IN . PROUD . AND . GRATEFUL . MEMORY . OF / JNO BUTCHER . AGED . 52 . YEARS . WALR. WARD . AGED 33 . YEARS / CHAS CRISP . AGED 51 YEARS . YEARS . ALLN A. EASTER . AGED . 28 . YEARS / THOS MORRIS . AGED . 36 . YEARS . H.W. DOWNING . AGED . 23 . YEARS / JAS M . WARD . AGED 21 . YEARS / WHO . LOST . THEIR . LIVES . BY . THE . CAPSIZING . OF / THE . LIFEBOAT "ALDEBURGH" . DEC . 7TH . 1899. / "THY WAY IS IN THE SEA, AND THY PATHS IN THE GREAT / WATERS, AND THY FOOTSTEPS ARE NOT KNOWN'
Details
Description: Nowy-headed, cartouche-shaped panel in hammered copper on a green marble base. An oval relief of the lifeboat, between two foul anchors above the main part of the inscription. Type: Wall plaque Position: West wall Nave Materials: Copper, green marble Vessel: Aldeburgh
People
Butcher, John Age: 52 Date of Death: 7/12/1899 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: RNLI Crisp, Charles Age: 51 Date of Death: 7/12/1899 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: RNLI Downing, Herbert William Age: 21 Date of Death: 7/12/1899 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: RNLI Easter, Allan Arthur Age: 28 Date of Death: 24/3/1900 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: RNLI Morris, Thomas Age: 36 Date of Death: 7/12/1899 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: RNLI Ward, Walter George Age: 33 Date of Death: 7/12/1899 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: RNLI Ward, James Miller Age: 21 Date of Death: 7/12/1899 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: RNLI
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Notes: The lifeboat was launched in an easterly gale on December 7th 1899 in response to distress signals from the Shipwash Lightship. The boat capsized off the south end of the town and was driven onto the beach upside down. Twelve of the 18 crew, extricated themselves and swam ashore but six were trapped under the boat. James Miller Ward was pulled out from under the bows, just alive, but could not be revived. The 'Times' reported that a 'number of women distinguished themselves in the rescue of the men saved.' Allan Arthur Easter died later, on March 24 1900 as a result of his injuries. Bibliography: 'Aldeburgh Church Monthly' Sept. 1900. 'The Times' 8 Dec 1899 p. 9 and 9 Dec p.8. Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 2006 Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Memorial at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, Republic of Ireland commemorating Captain John McNeill Boyd RN, d. 1861
Location
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Transcript
'Erected by the citizans of Dublin to the memory of John McNeill Boyd RN, Captain HMS Ajax. Born at Londonderry 1812 and lost off the rocks at Kingstown February 9th 1861, in attempting to save the crew of the Brig Neptune' [on base] ' Safe from the rocks whence swept thy manly form, / Born with a public pomp by just decree, / Heroic sailor! from that fatal sea / A city vows this marble unto thee, / And here in this calm place where din / of earth's great waterfloods shall enter in, / When to our human hearts, two thoughts are given, / one - Christ's self-sacrifice; the other - Heaven, / Here it is meet for grief and love to 'grave, / The Christ-taught bravery that died to save / The life not lost, but found beneath the wave', 'All thy billows and thy waves passed over me, yet will I look again toward Thy Holy Temple.'
Details
Description: Shows Boyd about to throw a rope. Type: Statue Position: North Aisle Materials: Marble Date Erected: 28/7/1864 Artists: Thomas Farrell Vessel: HMS Ajax, Neptune
People
Boyd, John McNeill Age: 49 Date of Death: 9/2/1861 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Commander of the Dublin district of the Irish Coastguard. Boyd and about 60 of the crew of the guardship 'Ajax' were attempting to rescue men from the collier 'Neptune', which had been wrecked in a severe gale. Boyd and five others were swept off their feet by a large wave and drowned. A further memorial commemorating the same incident is on the pier at Dun Laoghaire. There is another in St Columb's Cathedral, Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The verse was written by Dr William Alexander (1824-1911), Archbishop of Armagh. Bibliography: Homan Potterton 'Irish Church Monuments 1570-1880, (Ulster Architectural Heritage Society); Victor Jackson 'The monuments in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin' (Dublin, 1987); 'Irish Times' 30 July 1864.
Cross at Calf Sound, Isle of Man commemorating the rescue of the crew of ‘Jeune St Charles’ in 1858
Location
Calf Sound, Isle of Man
Transcript
'THE THOUSLA CROSS / TO COMMEMORATE AN ACT OF HEROISM / BY MEN OF THIS PARISH / IN THEIR RESCUE OF THE CREW OF THE / FRENCH SCHOONER 'JEUNE ST CHARLES' / IN 1858'
Details
Description: A wooden Cross of Lorraine which formerly stood on the Thousla rock as part of a warning beacon. Type: Cross Materials: Wood Vessel: Jeune St Charles
Memorial at Larpool cemetery, Whitby commemorating lifeboat coxswain Harry Freeman d. 1904
Location
Larpool cemetery, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England
Transcript
'HENRY FREEMAN / DIED 13TH DECEMBER 1904 / AGED 69 YEARS. / ONLY SURVIVOR OF THE / WHITBY LIFEBOAT DISASTER / 0F 1861. / COXSWAIN OF THE WHITBY LIFEBOAT / 1877 * 1899 / DURING HIS SERVICE HE HELPED TO SAVE / OVER THREE HUNDRED LIVES.'
Details
Description: A Yorkshire coble incised above the inscription. Type: Gravestone Materials: granite Date Erected: 1986
People
Freeman, Henry Age: 69 Date of Death: 13/12/1904 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat coxswain; fisherman Organisation: RNLI
Extra
Notes: Erected with funds raised by the pupils of Whitby school. It does not record Freeman's two wives buried in the same grave. Bibliography: Ian Minter and Ray Shill 'Storm Warrior: The Turbulent life of Harry Freeman' (Sutton Coldfield, 1991,)p. 222.
Wall tablet in All Saint’s Church, Hilgay, Norfolk commemorating George William Manby d. 1854 inventor of the Manby Mortar
Location
All Saint's Church, Hilgay, Norfolk, England
Transcript
'IN THE CHURCHYARD NEAR THIS SPOT / REST THE BONES OF / GEORGE WILLIAM MANBY CAPT - F.R.S. / A NAME TO BE REMEMBERED AS LONG AS THERE CAN BE / A STRANDED SHIP / HE DIED NOVR 18, 1854, / AGED 88 YEARS. / OUT OF HIS EIGHT BROTHERS AND SISTERS. / THE LARGE MARBLE STONE ALSO RECORDED THE DEATHS / OF MARY JANE AUGUST 3RD 1772 AGED 10 YEARS. / JOHN MAY 20TH 1783 AGED 11 / AND OF TWO INFANTS. / The public should have paid this tribute'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Date Erected: 1863
People
Manby, George William Age: 88 Date of Death: 18/11/1854 Cause of Death: unknown Rank / Occupation: Inventor Organisation: unknown
Extra
Notes: Inventor of the Manby Mortar, for getting a line from the shore to vessels in difficulty, and the fire extinguisher.
Bibliography: William Barr 'Harpoon guns, the lost Greenland settlement and penal colonies: George Manby's Arctic obsessions', 'Polar Record' vol. 37, pp. 291-314.
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
