Category Archives: Lifesaving

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

Memorial at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk commemorating Lieutenant John Williams RN & RNLI d. 1925

Location

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Lieut John Owen Williams RN JP, 26 years Hon. Sec. of Aldeburgh Branch of RNLI died 30 Dec 1925 aged 81 Divisional Officer Coastguard'

Details

People

Williams, John Owen
Age: 81
Date of Death: 30/12/1925
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: HM Coastguard, RNLI, Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967

JSON

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Lifesaving

St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh, Northumberland, England

Memorial at St Aidan’s Church, Bamburgh, Northumberland commemorating Grace Horsley Darling, d. 1842

Location

St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh, Northumberland, England

Transcript

'Grace Horsley Darling / Born November 24 1815 / Died October 20 1842 / Aged 26 years'

Details

Description: A gothic tomb, with a recumbent figure under canopy holding an oar. It now has decorative metalwork round its parapet
Type: Memorial
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Portland stone [figure], sandstone
Date Erected: 1844
Artists: Hicks and Charles Wood, C. Raymond Smith

People

Darling, Grace Horsley
Age: 26
Date of Death: 20/10/1842
Cause of Death: Tuberculosis
Rank / Occupation: Lighthouse keeper’s daughter
Organisation: (father) Trinity House

Extra

Notes: Grace Darling lived on Longstone, Farne Islands, where her father was the Trinity House lighthouse keeper. On 7th September 1838, the steamship, Forfarshire, carrying 62 people, was wrecked in a storm. Grace and William together rescued five survivors and William returned to rescue a further four people. A further nine passengers were saved by a passing sloop.

William and Grave were awarded the Silver Medal for bravery by the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (known known as the RNLI).

The original statue is in the church. The memorial originally had a pitched roof. By 1885 the stone had deteriorated badly, shortly after restoration was completed in 1893, it blew down in a gale and was restored again by Alnwick architect F.R. Wilson.

Bibliography: 'Illustrated London News' (22 Jan 1848) p. 43. Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach, Catherine Morris 'Public Sculpture in North-East England (Liverpool University Press, 2000).
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson ©RMG

JSON

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Fishing, Lifesaving

St Mary's Church, Broadwater, West Sussex, England

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Broadwater, West Sussex commemorating eleven fisherman drowned in an attempt to save the crew of the ‘Lalla Rookh’ in 1850

Location

St Mary's Church, Broadwater, West Sussex, England

Transcript

'THIS TABLET / IS ERECTED AS A MEMORIAL / OF THE ELEVEN FISHERMEN OF WORTHING, / WHO ON THE 25TH NOVEMBER 1850 / GALLANTLY PUT OFF IN A OPEN BOAT / TO ASSIST A VESSEL; THE LALLA ROOKH, IN DISTRESS / BUT PERISHED IN THEIR HUMANE ATTEMPT / AND ALSO A MEMORIAL/OF THE GREAT MERCY OF THE ALMIGHTY / WHO SO STIRRED THE HEARTS OF THE BENEVOLENT / THAT THE LARGE SUM OF / FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS AND UPWARDS / WAS RAISED AS A RELIEF AND SUPPORT / FOR THE BEREAVED FAMILIES, / AND AS AN ENCOURAGEMENT OF BRAVE EXERTION IN THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY / LEAVE THY FATHERLESS CHILDREN, I WILL PRESERVE THEM ALIVE / AND LET THY WIDOWS TRUST IN ME JEREMIAH 49, 11 / SORROW NOT, EVEN AS OTHERS WHICH HAVE NO HOPE 1 THESS. 4, 13 / JESUS SAID, I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE; / HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME, THOUGH HE WERE DEAD / YET SHALL HE LIVE JOHN 11, 25 / A DAY IS COMING IN WHICH IT SHALL BE SAID, / THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD WHICH WERE IN IT REV 20, 13 / THE ELEVEN SUFFERERS WERE / *HENRY BACON AGED 48 YEARS LEAVING A WIDOW AND SIX CHILDREN / *JOHN BELVILLE 49 A WIDOW AND FIVE CHILDREN / *JAMES EDWARDS 46 A WIDOW AND TWO CHILDREN / *STEPHEN EDWARDS 40 A WIDOW AND FOUR CHILDREN / *WILLIAM HOSKINS 37 A WIDOW AND FOUR CHILDREN / HENRY NEWMAN AGED 47 A WIDOW AND EIGHT CHILDREN / JOHN NEWMAN 26 A WIDOW AND ONE CHILD / *JAMES NEWMAN SENR AGED 51 A WIDOW AND SEVEN CHILDREN / *JAMES NEWMAN JUNR AGED 21 UNMARRIED / HENRY SLAUGHTER AGED 28 AN AGED FATHER / WILLIAM WICKS AGE 26 AGED PARENTS / THOSE MARKED * ARE BURIED IN THE ADJOINING BURIAL GROUND'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Stone
Vessel: Lalla Rookh

People

Bacon, Henry
Age: 48
Date of Death: 25/11/1850
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Belville, John
Age: 49
Date of Death: 25/11/1850
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Edwards, James
Age: 46
Date of Death: 25/11/1850
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Edwards, Stephen
Age: 40
Date of Death: 25/11/1850
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Hoskins, William
Age: 37
Date of Death: 25/11/1850
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Newman, Henry
Age: 47
Date of Death: 25/11/1850
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Newman, James
Age: 51
Date of Death: 25/11/1850
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Newman, James
Age: 21
Date of Death: 25/11/1850
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Newman, James
Age: 21
Date of Death: 25/11/1850
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Slaughter, Henry
Age: 28
Date of Death: 25/11/1850
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Wicks, William
Age: 26
Date of Death: 25/11/1850
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p.131; Robb Blann 'A town's pride, Victorian lifeboatmen and their community' (Worthing, 1990) p. 10.

JSON

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Lifesaving

Holy Trinity Church, Skipton, North Yorkshire, England

Wall tablet in Holy Trinity Church, Skipton commemorating Lieutenant Alexander Charles Birtwhistle RN d. 1855

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Skipton, North Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / ALEXANDER CHARLES BIRTWHISTLE / LIEUTENANT R.N. / OF H.M.S. ST GEORGE, WHO DIED AT THE / ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL HASLAR 1ST JUNE 1855 / ELDEST SON OF JOHN BIRTWHISTLE ESQRE / DEPTY LIEUT. FOR THE STEWARTRY OF KIRKCUDBRIGHT N.B. / AND MARTHA MARIA HIS WIFE. / HE SERVED WITH DISTINCTION THROUGH THE CHINESE WAR AND IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD / & RECEIVED A MEDAL FROM THE ROYAL HUMANE / SOCIETY FOR HIS GALLANTRY IN SAVING LIVES OF SEAMEN.'

Details

Description: Marble on a slate base. A foul anchor above the inscription tablet, below, crossed flags with a wreath in the centre which bears Birtwhistle's Royal Humane Society Medal and China War Medal. Supported by brackets, three grenades below each bracket.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North side of Nave
Materials: marble, slate
Artists: D.A. Bowd
Vessel: HMS St George

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Birtwhistle, Alexander Charles
Age:
Date of Death: 1/6/1855
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Lifesaving

Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Memorial at Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating William Butcher, RNLI, d. 1936

Location

Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'WILLIAM CHARLES BUTCHER (our brother) for 30 years a member of the Lowestoft lifeboat died May 17th 1936 aged 63'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Plot 17

People

Butcher, William Charles
Age: 63
Date of Death: 17/5/1936
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman
Organisation: RNLI

Extra

JSON

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Lifesaving

St John's Church, Pendeen, Cornwall, England

Gravestone in Pendeen, Cornwall dedicated to George Sheppard d. 1898

Location

St John's Church, Pendeen, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'In loving memory of George Henry Sheppard, Chief Officer H.M. Coast guard Pendeen who died Sept 25 1898, aged 49 yrs "Oh for the touch of a vanished hand and the sound of a voice that is still''

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: SS 'Oria'

People

Sheppard, George Henry
Age: 49
Date of Death: 25/9/1898
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Coastguard
Organisation: HM Coastguard

Extra

Notes: Mr G.H. Shephard, Chief Officer of Coastguard, Pendeen died of injuries following a fall on a cliff. The men of the coastguard station and other local people were attempting to assist the crew of the steamer 'Oria' aground at Pendeen Cove. She was eventually refloated.
Bibliography: 'Royal Cornwall Gazette', August 25, 1898 and Sepetember 29, 1898. 'Cornish Echo, August 26, 1898. See http://www.stoneyburn.ca/Pendeen/Wrecks/ORIA.php
Recorder: E.R. Stage

JSON

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    "bibliography": "'Royal Cornwall Gazette', August 25, 1898 and Sepetember 29, 1898. 'Cornish Echo, August 26, 1898. See http://www.stoneyburn.ca/Pendeen/Wrecks/ORIA.php",
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Lifesaving

St Gunwalloe, Gunwalloe, Cornwall, England

Gravestone in Gunwalloe, Cornwall, of Joseph Dale, d. 1808

Location

St Gunwalloe, Gunwalloe, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Joseph Dale who was drowned in the act of saving another person's life. 8th April 1808 in the 22nd year of his age. When softest pity mov'd his breast / another life to save / Himself alas! a victim fell / to the relentless wave / But tho the mortal part be dead / His spirit lives above / where he may bathe from danger free / in seas of heavenly love'

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Dale, Joseph
Age: 21
Date of Death: 8/4/1808
Cause of Death: Maritime Accident
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: Cyril Noall and Grahame Farr 'Wreck and rescue round the Cornish coast' vol. iii (Truro, 1964-65).

JSON

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Lifesaving, Vessel Loss

Sea front, Fleetwood, Lancashire, England

Obelisk on the seafront, Fleetwood, Lancashire commemorating James Abram and George Greenall d. 1890 whilst attempting to rescue the crew of the ‘Jean Campbell’

Location

Sea front, Fleetwood, Lancashire, England

Transcript

'...Who lost their lives in the storm of November 1890 whilst heroically endeavouring to save others'

Details

Type: Obelisk
Vessel: Osprey

People

Abram, James
Age:
Date of Death: 11/1890
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Greenall, George
Age:
Date of Death: 11/1890
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: The crew of a local fishing smack 'Osprey' sighted the schooner 'Jean Campbell' in distress, a small boat was launched manned by George Wilson, James Abram and George Greenall. It was swamped, sank and only George Wilson was saved. The 'Jean Campbell' was wrecked at Norbreck with three lives lost.
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 48.

JSON

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  "id": "M2193",
  "location": "Sea front, Fleetwood, Lancashire, England",
  "transcript": "'...Who lost their lives in the storm of November 1890 whilst heroically endeavouring to save others'",
  "content": "<p>Obelisk on the seafront, Fleetwood, Lancashire commemorating James Abram and George Greenall d. 1890 whilst attempting to rescue the crew of the ‘Jean Campbell’</p>\n\n\n<p></p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Lifesaving","Vessel Loss"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Obelisk",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Osprey"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Abram, James","age":"","dateofdeath":"11/1890","causeofdeath":"Maritime accident","rankOccupation":"","organisation":""},{"name":"Greenall, George","age":"","dateofdeath":"11/1890","causeofdeath":"Maritime accident","rankOccupation":"","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "The crew of a local fishing smack 'Osprey' sighted the schooner 'Jean Campbell' in distress, a small boat was launched manned by George Wilson, James Abram and George Greenall. It was swamped, sank and only George Wilson was saved. The 'Jean Campbell' was wrecked at Norbreck with three lives lost.",
    "bibliography": "David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 48.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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St Botolph's Church, Postman's Park, London, England

Memorial tile at Postman’s Park, City of London commemorating Joseph William Onslow d. 1885

Location

St Botolph's Church, Postman's Park, London, England

Transcript

'JOSEPH WILLIAM / ONSLOW / LIGHTERMAN. WHO WAS / DROWNED AT WAPPING / ON MAY 5 1885 / IN TRYING TO SAVE A BOY'S LIFE'

Details

Description: Painted tile. The tiles are protected by a tiled lean-to roof.
Type: Memorial tile
Position: Churchyard
Date Erected: 1899
Artists: William de Morgan, Ernest George

People

Onslow, Joseph William
Age:
Date of Death: 5/5/1885
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lighterman
Organisation:

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Notes: A memorial logia or cloister, set up at his own expense by the sculptor and painter G. F. Watts.
Bibliography: Philip Ward-Jackson 'Public Sculpture of the City of London' (Liverpool, 2003)pp. 295-98.

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  "id": "M3654",
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  "transcript": "'JOSEPH WILLIAM / ONSLOW / LIGHTERMAN. WHO WAS / DROWNED AT WAPPING / ON MAY 5 1885 / IN TRYING TO SAVE A BOY'S LIFE'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial tile at Postman’s Park, City of London commemorating Joseph William Onslow d. 1885</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Lifesaving"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Painted tile. The tiles are protected by a tiled lean-to roof.",
    "type": "Memorial tile",
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    "dateErected": "1899",
    "artists": "William de Morgan, Ernest George",
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    "notes": "A memorial logia or cloister, set up at his own expense by the sculptor and painter G. F. Watts.",
    "bibliography": "Philip Ward-Jackson 'Public Sculpture of the City of London' (Liverpool, 2003)pp. 295-98.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool, England

Window in Liverpool Anglican Cathedral commemorating Grace Darling d. 1842

Location

Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Grace Darling and all our Courageous maidens 1815-1842'

Details

Description: Portrait of Grace Darling, a view of a lighthouse on a rock, scrolling foliage and an angel holding an inscribed scroll.
Type: Window
Position: Lady Chapel
Materials: Glass
Artists: James Hogan, James Powell & Sons

People

Darling, Grace
Age: 26
Date of Death: 20/10/1842
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: 'The Builder' (8 January 1915) p.33.

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  "id": "M6137",
  "location": "Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool, England",
  "transcript": "'Grace Darling and all our Courageous maidens 1815-1842'",
  "content": "<p>Window in Liverpool Anglican Cathedral commemorating Grace Darling d. 1842</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Lifesaving","Vessel Loss"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Portrait of Grace Darling, a view of a lighthouse on a rock, scrolling foliage and an angel holding an inscribed scroll.",
    "type": "Window",
    "position": "Lady Chapel",
    "materials": "Glass",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "James Hogan, James Powell & Sons",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "'The Builder' (8 January 1915) p.33.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters