Category Archives: Lifesaving

Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

Headstone at Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar commemorating William Lucas RN d. 1845

Location

Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

Transcript

'ERECTED BY SARAH LUCAS / TO THE MEMORY / OF HER BELOVED HUSBAND / WILLIAM LUCAS RN / CHIEF BOATMAN OF THE / COAST GUARD SERVICE / WHO LOST HIS LIFE 20 AUG 1845 / AT DUNBAR HARBOUR / TRYING TO SAVE / A WRECKED FISHERMAN / IN A VIOLENT STORM. / HOW STILL AND PEACEFUL IS THE GRAVE / WHEN STORMY LIFE IS PAST / THAT NARROW HOUSE, BY HEAVEN'S DECREE / RECEIVES US ALL AT LAST'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: Churchyard, about 40 yds east of apse
Materials: Sandstone
Artists: R. Angus

People

Lucas, William
Age:
Date of Death: 20/8/1845
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Boatman
Organisation: HM Coastguard, Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: See notes attached to Lt. Sydenham Wylde including details of funeral. DOSSIER.
Bibliography: 'The Scotsman' (23 August 1845).
Recorder: John Steele 1988

JSON

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  "transcript": "'ERECTED BY SARAH LUCAS / TO THE MEMORY / OF HER BELOVED HUSBAND / WILLIAM LUCAS RN / CHIEF BOATMAN OF THE / COAST GUARD SERVICE / WHO LOST HIS LIFE 20 AUG 1845 / AT DUNBAR HARBOUR / TRYING TO SAVE / A WRECKED FISHERMAN / IN A VIOLENT STORM. / HOW STILL AND PEACEFUL IS THE GRAVE / WHEN STORMY LIFE IS PAST / THAT NARROW HOUSE, BY HEAVEN'S DECREE / RECEIVES US ALL AT LAST'",
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Lifesaving

Church of St Maunanus and St Stephen, Mawnan, Cornwall, England

Memorial in Mawnan, Cornwall dedicated to James Stone d. 1862

Location

Church of St Maunanus and St Stephen, Mawnan, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'STONE, James, Chief Officer Coastguard Died 23rd Dec. 1862 aged 52'

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Stone, James
Age: 52
Date of Death: 23/12/1862
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Coastguard
Organisation: HM Coastguard

Extra

Recorder: Mrs H. Watson; E.R. Stage

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Lifesaving

Promenade, Southport, Merseyside, England

Memorial commemorating the lifeboats: ‘Edith and Annie’, ‘Eliza Fernley’, ‘Mary Anna’, ‘Rescue’ and ‘Jessie Knowles’.

Location

Promenade, Southport, Merseyside, England

Transcript

'This monument was erected June 28 1888 when a large lifeboat of new and improved principle, (presented by the Misses Macrae), and named 'EDITH and ANNIE' was placed upon this station. This day was observed as a public holiday, in celebration of the majority of the Corporation of this Borough, and the Jubilee of her Majesty Queen Victoria. Wm. Robinson, Coxswain', 'The 'ELIZA FERNLEY' presented by John Fernley, Esq., of Birkdale, 1874, saved the crews of 9 vessels, numbering 52 lives. This lifeboat was capsized in a gale Dec 9-10, 1886, when 14 of the heroic crew were drowned. She was replaced by the 'MARY ANNA', 1886. J.A. Robinson Hon. Treas. G.A. Pilkington Hon. Sec. Charles Hodge Coxswain', 'The 'RESCUE' built by Public Subscription 1840, saved the crews of 20 vessels, numbering 175 lives: besides which 15 ships with their crews were assisted to different ports. The 'JESSIE KNOWLES' presented by James Knowles, Esquire, of Bolton, 1861, saved the crews of 9 vessels, numbering 75 lives. Admiral Barton, Hon. Sec. Wm. Rockcliff Coxswain 32 years'

Details

Description: Carving of a foul anchor on the end, a broken mast on top.

Type: Memorial
Materials: Granite, three bronze tablets
Vessel: Edith and Annie, Eliza Fernley, Mary Anna, Rescue, Jessie Knowles'

Extra

Notes: 'Eliza Fernley' capsized in going to rescue the crew of the German barque 'Mexico'.
Bibliography: J.C. Dibden and John Ayling 'The Book of the Lifeboat' (Edinburgh and London, 1894) p. 48.
Recorder: Martin Davies 1984

JSON

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    "recorder": "Martin Davies 1984",
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Lifesaving, Vessel Loss

Caister Cemetery, Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, England

Memorial at Caister Cemetery, Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, commemorating nine crew of the Lifeboat ‘Beauchamp’ d. 1901 in the Caister Lifeboat Disaster

Location

Caister Cemetery, Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, England

Transcript

'HEREUNDER LIE / THE BODIES OF NINE MEN OF CAISTER / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LIFEBOAT BEAUCHAMP / ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 14TH 1901 / WHILST GALLANTLY RESPONDING TO / SIGNALS OF DISTRESS. / THIS MONUMENT / HAS BEEN ERECTED TO THEIR MEMORY / BY A LARGE NUMBER OF THEIR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN / WHO HONOURED THEIR BRAVERY AND PRESERVED THOSE / DEPENDANT UPON THEM FROM WANT.'

Details

Description: Carved with a broken mast, anchor and life belt, there is a relief of a lifeboat on a plinth in the shape of a rock.
Type: Memorial
Materials: Stone
Vessel: Beauchamp

People

Haylett, Aaron Walter
Age: 49
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Coxswain
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
Haylett, James Henry
Age: 56
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Late Coxswain
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
Brown, William Frederick
Age: 49
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Second Coxswain
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
Brown, Charles John
Age: 31
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Crew
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
Wilson, William
Age: 56
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Crew
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
Smith, John William
Age: 43
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Crew
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
King, George Ernest
Age: 21
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Crew
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
George, Charles Bonney
Age: 53
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Crew
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat
Knights, Henry James
Age: 18
Date of Death: 14/11/1901
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Crew
Organisation: Caister Lifeboat

Extra

Notes: The Lifeboat ‘Beauchamp’ lunched to rescue a fishing smack. Unfortunately the ‘Beauchamp’ capsized rough seas and only three crew members survived - John Hubbard, Charles Knights and Walter Haylett. Veteran Lifeboatman James Haylett had two sons, a son-in-law and two grandsons on the boat. At the inquiry, Haylett said: ‘Caister men never turn back’. The phrase ‘Never Turn Back’ was adopted as the motto of the RNLI.
Recorder: David Tull 1984
Photographer: Pippa Lacey

JSON

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  "categories": ["Lifesaving","Vessel Loss"],
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Lifesaving

Cliff Top, North Lodge Park, Cromer, Norfolk, England

Memorial bronze bust on the Cliff Top, North Lodge Park, Cromer, Norfolk commemorating Henry Blogg, G.C., B.E.M., Coxswain, RNLI, d. 1954

Location

Cliff Top, North Lodge Park, Cromer, Norfolk, England

Transcript

'HENRY BLOGG / GC BEM / COXSWAIN OF CROMER / LIFEBOAT 1909-1947 / WINNER OF THE RNLI / GOLD MEDAL / FOR CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY 3 TIMES / OF ITS SILVER MEDAL / 4 TIMES/WITH THE HELP OF HIS GALLANT CREW / RESCUED 873 LIVES / DURING 53 YEARS OF SERVICE / ONE OF THE / BRAVEST MEN / WHO EVER LIVED / DIED JUNE 13 1954'

Details

Description: Bronze bust in sou'wester on plinth
Type: Bust
Materials: Bronze

People

Blogg, Henry
Age: 78
Date of Death: 13/6/1954
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Coxwain
Organisation: RNLI

Extra

Notes: Bloggs was awarded the George Cross and the British Empire Medal for bravery. His medals are now in the Cromer Lifeboat museum

Bibliography: David Saunders 'Britain's Maritime Memorials & Mementoes (Yeovil, 1996) p. 39

JSON

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Lifesaving

Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, England

Gravestone in Borough Cemetery, Harwich, commemorating William Wink d. 1881

Location

Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the Memory of / WILLIAM WINK. / WHO LOST HIS LIFE BY THE / UPSETTING OF THE LIFEBOAT / 'SPRINGWELL' IN HARWICH HARB- / OUR, DURING A HURRICANE / ON JANUARY 18. 1881 / AGED 54 YEARS. / "In the midst of life we are in Death" / ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIP- / TION'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Materials: Sandstone
Vessel: Springwell

People

Wink, William
Age: 54
Date of Death: 18/1/1881
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Photograph by Marcus Bateman.
Recorder: Captain M.E. Manton

JSON

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Lifesaving, Vessel Loss

St Stephen's Old Church, Fylingthorpe, East Yorkshire, England

Gravestone at St Stephen’s Old Church, Fylingthorpe commemorating William Poad d. 1843

Location

St Stephen's Old Church, Fylingthorpe, East Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'In / memory of / WILLIAM POAD / master mariner who was / drowned by the upsetting of the / lifeboat while attempting to save / the crew of the brig Ann of London / February 4th 1843 aged 30 years / Also SUSANNA his wife / daughter of WILLIAM and MARY GRANT who died June 27th 1835 aged 21 years / Let faith and hope dispel your tears / And dry the fearful yes / A few more years and you shall... / your... / in the sky / with Zion's saving gates in view / through every danger rise / And win a ... / ...in the skies / Also WILLIAM GRANT / their son who died October 4th 1840 aged 6 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: North Yorkshire
Vessel: Ann

People

Poad, William
Age: 30
Date of Death: 4/2/1843
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner; lifeboatman
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From Robin Hood's Bay
Bibliography: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stormrhb

JSON

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Lifesaving

Old Harbour, Calais, France, Rest of the World

Statue at Calais, France commemorating local life savers

Location

Old Harbour, Calais, France, Rest of the World

Transcript

[Front] 'LA VILLE DE CALAIS / A LA GLORIFICATION DES SAUVETEURS / Ce monument a été élevé en remplacement de / celui qui avait été érigé par les amis de la / Constitution en 1791 et que le temps a détruit. / Il portait l'inscription suivante / A GAVET ET MARESCHAL / Citoyens de Calais / Ils ont été ensevelis dans les flots en sauvant des naufragés / le 18 Octobre 1791. DEVOSSE et LEGROS / les accompagnaient avec plus de bonheur ; / le même jour XXI matelots près d'être submergés / durent la vie à quatre citoyens de Calais / MASCOT, Louis WALLE, Louis DESOBIER, Marc NOEL. / Plus heureux en 1784, mais non moins intrépide, GAVET / arracha à la mort un marin seul resté d'un équipage naufragé / Il a été inauguré le 11 septembre 1899 en / présence du Représentatn du Gouvernement de la REPUBLIQUE et remis par un Comité de libres citoyens de la VILLE DE CALAIS, Monsieur DELCLUZE étant Maire.' [Left side} 'A LA MEMOIRE DES SAUVATEURS / VICTIMES DE LEUR DEVOUEMENT / Louis Byl 26 Fevrier 1848 Sauvetage du Honfleur / Antoine Hamille 2 Dec 1863 / en se portant au secours d'un navire echoue au Cap Levi / W WILSON J HENDERSON J LUMSDEN M HOPKINSON / sujets Anglais le 17 Janvier 1867 / sauvetage du navire Trois Soeurs / HENRI LEDO Mai 1901 en portant secours / a un homme du voilier Tarapaca.'

Details

Description: Statue of seaman wearing a sou'wester and about to throw a rope. On a square plinth.
Type: Statue
Materials: Bronze
Date Erected: 1899
Artists: Edward Lormier
Vessel: Trois Soeurs, Tarapaca

People

Byl, Louis
Age:
Date of Death: 26/2/1848
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Unknown
Hamille, Antoine
Age:
Date of Death: 2/12/1863
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Unknown
Ledo, Henri
Age:
Date of Death: 5/1901
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: The second memorial to lifesavers. The first was erected in 1791 and dedicated to Gavet and Mareschal who died whilst attempting to rescue the crew of a fishing boat. The second was erected in 1899 and moved to its present site in 1960. Inscription on right hand side not yet transcribed.

JSON

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Lifesaving, Vessel Loss

St Leonard's Church, Butleigh, Somerset, England

Wall tablet at Butleigh, Somerset, commemorating Lieutenant Arthur Hood RN d. 1775, Captain Alexander Hood RN d. 1798 and Vice-Admiral Samuel Hood d. 1814

Location

St Leonard's Church, Butleigh, Somerset, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / ARTHUR HOOD ESQR. LIEUTENANT LOST AT SEA 1795 [1775?] / ALEXANDER HOOD ESQR. CAPTAIN KILLED IN ACTION 1798 / OF THE ROYAL NAV. / AND SIR SAMUEL HOOD BARONET NOMINATED / KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE BATH / KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF THE SWORD, / KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF SNT. FERDINAND AND MERIT / VICE ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE, COLONEL OF MARINES / AND LATE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET / IN THE EAST INDIES. DIED AT MADRAS 1814 AND WAS BURIED THERE / WITH PUBLIC HONORS / DIVIDED FAR BY DEATH WERE THEY WHOSE NAMES / IN HONOUR HERE UNITED AS IN BIRTH / THIS MONUMENTAL VERSE RECORDS. THEY DREW / AMONG THE WESTERN HILLS THEIR NATAL BREATH. / AND FROM THOSE SHORES BEHELD THE OCEAN FIRST / WHEREON IN EARLY YOUTH WITH ONE ACCORD / THEY CHOSE THEIR WAY OF FORTUNE; TO THAT COURSE / BY HOOD AND BRIDPORT'S BRIGHT EXAMPLE DRAWN, / THEIR KINSMEN, CHILDREN OF THIS PLACE, AND SONS / OF ONE WHO IN HIS FAITHFUL MINISTRY / INCULCATED WITHIN THESE HALLOWED WALLS / THE TRUTHS IN MERCY TO MANKIND REVEAL'D. / WORTHY WERE THESE THREE BRETHREN EACH TO ADD / NEW HONOUR TO THE ALREADY HONOURED NAME. / BUT ARTHUR IN THE MORNING OF HIS DAY / PERISHED AMID THE CARRIBBEAN [sic] SEA / WHEN THE POMONA BY A HURRICANE / WHIRL'D, RIVEN, AND OVERWHELM'D WITH ALL HER CREW / INTO THE DEEP WENT DOWN, A LONGER DATE / TO ALEXANDER WAS ASSIGN'D FOR HOPE, / FOR FAIR AMBITION, AND FOR FOND REGRET. / ALAS HOW SHORT FOR DUTY, FOR DESSERT / SUFFICING; AND WHILE TIME PRESERVES THE ROLL / OF BRITAIN'S NAVAL FEATS, FOR GOOD REPORT. / A BOY WITH COOK HE ROUNDED THE GREAT GLOBE. / A YOUTH IN MANY A CELEBRATED FIGHT / WITH RODNEY HAD HIS PART; AND HAVING REACH'D / LIFE'S MIDDLE STAGE, ENGAGING SHIP TO SHIP, / WHEN THE FRENCH HERCULES, A GALLANT FOE, / STRUCK TO THE BRITISH MARS HIS THREE STRIPED FLAG, / HE FELL IN THE MOMENT OF HIS VICTORY. / HERE HIS REMAINS IN SURE AND CERTAIN HOPE / ARE LAID UNTIL THE HOUR WHEN EARTH AND SEA / SHALL RENDER UP THEIR DEAD. ONE BROTHER YET / SURVIVED, WITH KEPPEL AND WITH RODNEY TRAIN'D / IN BATTLES WITH THE LORD OF NILE APPROVED, / 'ERE IN COMMAND HE WORTHILY UPHELD / OLD ENGLAND'S HIGH PREROGATIVE IN THE EAST, / THE WEST, THE BALTIC AND THE MIDLAND SEAS / YEA WHERESOEVER HOSTILE FLEETS HAVE PLOUGH'D / THE ENSANGUIN'D DEEP HIS THUNDERS HAVE BEEN HEARD, / HIS FLAG IN BRAVE DEFIANCE HATH BEEN SEEN / AND BRAVEST ENEMIES AT SIR SAMUEL'S NAME / FELT FATAL PRESAGE IN THEIR INMOST HEART / OF UNAVERTABLE DEFEAT FORDOOM'ED / THUS IN THE PATHS OF GLORY HE RODE ON / VICTORIOUS, ALWAY ADDING PRAISE TO PRAISE, / TILL FULL OF HONOURS, NOT OF YEARS, BENEATH / THE VENOM OF THE INFECTED CLIME HE SUNK / ON COROMANDEL'S COAST, COMPLETING THERE / HIS SERVICE ONLY WHEN HIS LIFE WAS SPENT. / OF THE THREE BRETHEREN ALEXANDER'S SON / (SOLE SCION HE IN WHOM THEIR LINE SURVIVED) / WITH ENGLISH FEELING AND THE DEEPER SENSE / OF FILIAL DUTY CONSECRATES THIS TOMB'

Details

Description: Inscription surrounded by gothic tracery, the Hood arms and supporters in high relief above. A relief at the base of the memorial shows Samuel Hood as Captain of the Frigate 'Juno' rescuing three sailors from a wreck in St Anne's harbour, Jamaica on 3 February 1791.

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South Transept
Artists: Lucius Gahagan
Vessel: Pomona, Hercules; Mars

People

Hood, Arthur
Age:
Date of Death: 1775
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hood, Alexander
Age: 40
Date of Death: 21/4/1798
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hood, Samuel
Age: 52
Date of Death: 24/12/1814
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Inscription by Robert Southey.

Bibliography: Hore, Peter 'Nelson's Band of Brothers: Lives and Memorials' (Barnsley, 2015) p. 25.
Photographer: Anne Michell

JSON

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    "artists": "Lucius Gahagan",
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Lifesaving

Cathedral, Rochester, Kent, England

Memorial tablet in Rochester Cathedral commemorating Commander Henry Lushington Comyn Robinson RN d. 1872

Location

Cathedral, Rochester, Kent, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / HENRY LUSHINGTON COMYN ROBINSON, / COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY, / SON OF REV. THOMAS ROBINSON D.D. / CANON OF THIS CATHEDRAL. / CADET IN H.M.S. ALARM AT NICARAGUA 1847. HE WAS THANKED / BY 1ST SEA LORD, ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE COCKBURN G.C.B. / FOR SAVING LIFE FROM WRECK. / AS SENIOR MATE OF H.M.S. AJAX, COMMANDED A FIELD-PIECE / AT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FORTS AT BOMARSUND: / WAS MENTIONED IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH DISPATCHES, / AND ESPECIALLY PROMOTED 1854, / LIEUTENANT OF H.M.S. MALACCA, WAS LANDED IN THE TRENCHES / BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, 1854-55. / SERVED IN H.M.S. ESK, IN NEW ZEALAND WAR, 1864-66. / AFTER 4 YEARS CONTINUOUS SERVICE, / HE WAS APPOINTED TO H.M.S. ABOUKIR, JAMAICA, AUGUST 1871, / THOUGH SUFFERING HE JOINED HIS SHIP, / BUT IN TWO MONTHS WAS INVALIDED, / AND DIED AUGUST 16. 1872, AGED 40 YEARS. / BRAVE-GENEROUS-AFFECTIONATE / EVEN UNTO DEATH / LOYAL TO DUTY. / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS WIDOW, / CHRISTINA, DAUGHTER OF THOMAS THOMPSON ESQ. / CAPTAIN ROYAL NAVY'

Details

Description: Inscription tablet in form of a scroll, facsimile medals above, a sword below
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Nave
Materials: Marble
Artists: J. Bedford

Event

New Zealand War

Event Date

1860-1866

Event Category

19th century conflicts in the Pacific

People

Robinson, Henry Lushington Comyn
Age: 40
Date of Death: 16/8/1872
Cause of Death: Died of injuries
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Brother of
Bibliography: R. J Trett 'A short guide to the service memorials of Rochester Cathedral'. Barbara Tomlinson ‘Commemorating the seafarer: monuments, memorials and memory’ (London, 2015) pp. 75-76.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1995
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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{
  "post_id": "3247",
  "id": "M3702",
  "location": "Cathedral, Rochester, Kent, England",
  "transcript": "'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / HENRY LUSHINGTON COMYN ROBINSON, / COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY, / SON OF REV. THOMAS ROBINSON D.D. / CANON OF THIS CATHEDRAL. / CADET IN H.M.S. ALARM AT NICARAGUA 1847. HE WAS THANKED / BY 1ST SEA LORD, ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE COCKBURN G.C.B. / FOR SAVING LIFE FROM WRECK. / AS SENIOR MATE OF H.M.S. AJAX, COMMANDED A FIELD-PIECE / AT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FORTS AT BOMARSUND: / WAS MENTIONED IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH DISPATCHES, / AND ESPECIALLY PROMOTED 1854, / LIEUTENANT OF H.M.S. MALACCA, WAS LANDED IN THE TRENCHES / BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, 1854-55. / SERVED IN H.M.S. ESK, IN NEW ZEALAND WAR, 1864-66. / AFTER 4 YEARS CONTINUOUS SERVICE, / HE WAS APPOINTED TO H.M.S. ABOUKIR, JAMAICA, AUGUST 1871, / THOUGH SUFFERING HE JOINED HIS SHIP, / BUT IN TWO MONTHS WAS INVALIDED, / AND DIED AUGUST 16. 1872, AGED 40 YEARS. / BRAVE-GENEROUS-AFFECTIONATE / EVEN UNTO DEATH / LOYAL TO DUTY. / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS WIDOW, / CHRISTINA, DAUGHTER OF THOMAS THOMPSON ESQ. / CAPTAIN ROYAL NAVY'",
  "content": "<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M3702-Robinson-Henry-Lushington-Comyn-d.-1872-Rochester-Cathedral.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42421\" width=\"344\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M3702-Robinson-Henry-Lushington-Comyn-d.-1872-Rochester-Cathedral.jpg 844w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M3702-Robinson-Henry-Lushington-Comyn-d.-1872-Rochester-Cathedral-255x300.jpg 255w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M3702-Robinson-Henry-Lushington-Comyn-d.-1872-Rochester-Cathedral-768x903.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" /></figure>\n\n\n<p>Memorial tablet in Rochester Cathedral commemorating Commander Henry Lushington Comyn Robinson RN d. 1872</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Lifesaving"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Inscription tablet in form of a scroll, facsimile medals above, a sword below",
    "type": "Wall tablet",
    "position": "Nave",
    "materials": "Marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "J. Bedford",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"New Zealand War",
    "date": "1860-1866",
    "category": "19th century conflicts in the Pacific"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Robinson, Henry Lushington Comyn","age":"40","dateofdeath":"16/8/1872","causeofdeath":"Died of injuries","rankOccupation":"Commander RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Brother of",
    "bibliography": "R. J Trett 'A short guide to the service memorials of Rochester Cathedral'. Barbara Tomlinson ‘Commemorating the seafarer: monuments, memorials and memory’ (London, 2015) pp. 75-76.",
    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson 1995",
    "photographer": "B. Tomlinson"  }
}

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters