Gravestone in Helston, Cornwall commemorating Henry Trengrouse d. 1854
Location
St Michael's Church, Helston, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'IN PIOUS / AND EVER GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF / HENRY TRENGROUSE / OF THIS BOROUGH / WHO PROFOUNDLY IMPRESSED BY THE / GREAT LOSS OF LIFE BY SHIPWRECK / RENDERED MOST SIGNAL SERVICE TO / HUMANITY BY DEVOTING THE GREATER / PORTION OF HIS LIFE AND MEANS TO / THE INVENTION AND ADOPTION OF THE / "ROCKET APPARATUS" / FOR COMMUNICATING BETWEEN / STRANDED SHIPS AND THE SHORE, / WHEREBY MANY THOUSANDS OF / LIVES HAVE BEEN SAVED' [On plinth] 'THEY REST FROM THEIR LABOURS, / AND THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM'
Details
Description: A carving of an anchor and chain on a rock. Inscription on a scroll.
Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard opposite main door Materials: Stone, granite plinth Artists: Spargo
People
Trengrouse, Henry Age: Date of Death: 1854 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Memorial at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk commemorating John Pearce, RNLI, d. 1859
Location
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'John Pearce drowned by the upsetting of the Aldboro' Life Boat 21 Dec 1859 aged 39'
Details
People
Pearce, John Age: 39 Date of Death: 21/12/1859 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: RNLI
Extra
Notes: Three crew members were lost when their lifeboat capsized in rough seas. Other crew members were T. Cable and P.F. Green. Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967
Gravestone at the Church of St Margaret of Antioch, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent commemorating John Hatch RN Chief Officer of the Coastguard d. 1837
Location
Church of St Margaret of Antioch, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent, England
Transcript
'To the memory of ANN HATCH, wife of JOHN HATCH, RN Chief Officer of the Coastguard St Margaret's Bay who departed this life the 12th day of September 1837 aged 45 years. Here also repose the remains of the above JOHN HATCH who died at the residence of his son JOSEPH at Crouch End, Hornsey, N. London on Wed 25 Feb. 1863 in the 72nd year of his age Deeply lamented A.H. 1837 J.H.1863'
Hatch, John Age: 71 Date of Death: 25/2/1863 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Chief Officer Organisation: HM Coastguard, Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: 'The Monumental Inscriptions in the Church and Churchyard of St Margaret of Antioch, St Margaret At Cliffe, Kent' Kent Family History Society (Canterbury, 1980). Recorder: E.R. Stage
Memorial window in All Saints Church, Weston commemorating Emma Dawson d. 1880, patron of the ‘The Redcar Order of Free Gardeners’ and depicting the lifeboat they sponsored
Location
All Saints Church, Weston, North Yorkshire, England
Details
Description: Three light window depicting the Good Samaritan with below a lifeboat on the left and a group of women and children on the right. In the lower centre section, insignia relating to the friendly society - the Redcar Order of Free Gardeners. With the help of their patron, Emma Dawson, they raised the money for a new lifeboat at Redcar. This was known officially as the 'United Free Gardener' and unofficially as 'Emma'. The window was erected by the society in memory of Emma Dawson. Type: Window Position: Squire's parlour Date Erected: 1882 Artists: Wailes & Strang Vessel: 'United Free Gardener', 'Emma'
Extra
Bibliography: Jane Hedley 'The Lifeboat Window', 'NADFAS Church Recorder News and Views' 2006, p.11
Memorial at St Columb’s Cathedral, Londonderry, Londonderry, Northern Ireland commemorating Captain John McNeill Boyd, RN d. 1861
Location
St Columb's Cathedral, Londonderry, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Transcript
‘{Below statue] 'I know that my Redeemer liveth', [Below] 'IN MEMORY OF / JOHN MCNEILL BOYD, R.N. / WHO / ON THE MRNING OF THE 9TH FEBY 1861 / SACRIFICED HIS OWN LIFE / IN THE NOBLE ACT OF SAVING THE LIVES OF OTHERS/ BY OBEYING, WITH THE BAVE COMPANIONS OF HIS FATE / THE NEVER-DISREGARDED CALL TO DANGER AND TO DUTY. / TO COMMEMORATE / THE NAME, THE CAREER AND THE DEATH / OF ONE IN WHOM WERE SIGNALLY UNITED, / THE HIGH QUALITIES OF THE INTREPID COMMANDER, / THE ACCOMPLISHED SAILOR, THE WARM FRIEND / AND THE CONSISTANT CHRISTIAN, / THIS MONUMENT / IS ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF / HIS NATIVE CITY / OBIIT 9 FEB. 1881 / AETAT SUAE / XLIX’
Details
Description: A statue of Hope holding an anchor and pointing heavenwards, above a relief showing Boyd pointing seawards instructing a sailor to throw a life-line. The whole supported on winged cherubs' heads, between which is an oval inscription tablet. Type: Monument 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: Boyd, the captain of HMS 'Ajax' drowned off Dun Loaghaire (Kingstown) in attempting to save the crews of the ship ‘Neptune’, the 'Industry' and the 'Mary'. Boyd, along with five crew and twenty-one townspeople, lost their lives in the rescue attempt. Boyd was posthumously awarded three medals - the RNLI Silver Medal, the Tayleur Fund Gold Medal and the Sea Gallantry Medal.
Boyd was buried with full military and naval honours in Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin on 5th March 1861.
Wall tablet in St Paul’s Cathedral, London commemorating Admiral Sir Harry Holdworth Rawson d. 1910
Location
St Paul's Cathedral, London, England
Transcript
'TO THE BELOVED AND HONOVRED MEMORY OF ADMIRAL SIR HARRY HOLDSWORTH RAWSON G.C.B. G.C.M.G. / BORN NOV. 5TH 1843. PASSED ON NOV. 3RD. 1910 / HE ENTERED THE ROYAL NAVY 1857. / AND RETIRED 1908 AFTER 51 YEARS OF CONTINUOVS ACTIVE SERVICE / SERVED IN CHINA WAR 1851-61. / WAS PRESENT AT CAPTVRE OF PEIHO, TAKV FORTS AND PEKIN COMMANDED THIRTEEN HVNDRED CHINESE TROOPS AT DEFENCE OF NINGPO, / WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED AND SEVERAL TIMES MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES / PRINCIPAL TRANSPORT OFFICER EGYPTIAN WAR 1882 / ADC TO QUEEN VICTORIA 1890, / ON INTERNATIONAL SIGNAL COMMITTEE 1892-95 / COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND WEST COAST OF AFRICA 1895-98. / IN COMMAND OF EXPEDITION AGAINST M'WALE AND CAPTURE OF M'WALE IN 1895. / BOMBARDMENT OF ZANZIBAR 1897. / COMMANDED THE BENIN EXPEDITION AND CAPTVRED BENIN 1897. / COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF CHANNEL SQUADRON 1898-01 / GOVERNOR OF NEW SOVTH WALES 1902-09 / HELD THE HVMANE SOCIETY'S MEDAL AND CIVIC CROSS OF BELGIVM FOR SAVING LIFE AT SEA THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS RELATIVES'
Details
Description: Arms, enamelled above. The inscription in an architectural surround, a naval crown and foul anchor flanking the base, on which are Rawson's medals within a laurel wreath.
Gravestone at St Aidan’s Church, Bamburgh commemorating Grace Horsley Darling d. 1842 and her father William Darling d. 1865
Location
St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh, Northumberland, England
Transcript
'IN / MEMORY OF / THOMASIN DARLING Wife / OF WILLIAM DARLING OF THE FERN / ISLANDS WHO DIED OCTR 16TH 1848 / AGED 74 YEARS / ALSO OF / GRACE HORSLEY Darling / their Daughter who died Oct. 20 / 1842 Aged 26 Years / ALSO OF JOB HORSLEY DARLING / their son who died Decr 6th 1830 / Aged 20 Years / The above WILLIAM DARLING late / of the Langstone Light and the Beloved Husband of THOMASIN DARLING who / died at Bamburgh May 28th 1865 / Aged 79 Years. Also of / THOMASIN DARLING their Daughter / who died Aug 13th 1886 aged 78 Years'
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Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Materials: Stone
People
Darling, Grace Horsley Age: 26 Date of Death: 20/10/1842 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Darling, William Age: 79 Date of Death: 28/5/1865 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lighthouse keeper Organisation: Trinity House
Gravestone at St Hilda’s Church, South Shields commemorating William Wouldhave d. 1821
Location
St Hilda's Church, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England
Transcript
'ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION 1921', 'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / WILLIAM WOULDHAVE, / WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 28TH; 1821, AGED 70 YEARS, / Clerk of this Church and Inventor of the Invaluable Blessing to Mankind/THE LIFEBOAT, / Heaven genius scientific gave / surpassing vulgar boast, yet he from soil / so rich, no golden harvest reaped, no wreath / of laurel glean'd. None but the sailor's heart: / Nor that ingrate, of palm unfading this, / Til shipwrecks cease or life-boats cease to save / Hannah Wouldhave / wife of the above / who died March 28th 1824 / aged 78 years'
Details
Description: Laid horizontal. Carved with a lifeboat. Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Materials: Granite Date Erected: 1921
People
Wouldhave, William Age: Date of Death: 1821 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Life boat designer Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Also commemorated by clock tower on seafront. Bibliography: John Gilmore 'Storm Warriors, life boat work on the Goodwin Sands' (London, 1874) p. 26. Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Memorial in Westminster Abbey, London commemorating William Wragg d. 1777
Location
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM WRAGG ESQ OF SOUTH CAROLINA WHO WHEN THE / AMERICAN COLONIES REVOLTED FROM GREAT BRITAIN INFLEXIBLY MAINTAIN'D HIS / LOYALTY TO THE PERSON AND GOVERNMENT OF HIS SOVEREIGN AND WAS THEREFORE / COMPELL'D TO LEAVE HIS DISTREST FAMILY AND AMPLE FORTUNE, IN HIS PASSAGE / TO ENGLAND BY THE WAY OF AMSTERDAM HE WAS UNFORTUNATELY SHIPWRECK'D / AND DROWNED ON THE COAST OF HOLLAND THE 3D DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1777 / IN HIS STRONG NATURAL PARTS AND LOVE OF JUSTICE AND HUMANITY / IMPROVED BY EDUCATION FORMED THE VALUABLE CHARACTER OF A GOOD MAN / AND LEFT THOSE WHO HAVE SURVIVED HIM TO DEPLORE THE LOSS OF A MOST / TENDER HUSBAND, AFFECTIONATE PARENT, KIND MASTER, AND WARM FRIEND. / HIS SORROWING AFFLICTED SISTER IN ENGLAND CAUSED THIS MONUMENT / TO BE ERECTED 1779'
Details
Description: Above the inscription, a sarcophagus on dolphin feet in relief carved with a scene of a shipwreck, the Dutch coast in the background. A mourning female figure in classical dress to one side of it. A scallop shell flanked by dolphins in the pediment of the sarcophagus. Wragg is shown at the stern of the ship. Tom Skene, Wragg's slave, is shown rescuing Wragg's son in the foreground. Both survivors cling to a piece of wreckage. Type: Monument Position: South choir aisle Materials: Marble Artists: Richard Hayward
Event Category
1775-1783 American Revolutionary War
People
Wragg, William Age: 63 Date of Death: 3/9/1777 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Unknown
Extra
Notes: Skene was freed by the boy's mother and given land near the Wragg family plantation.
Bibliography: Holgar Hoock 'Empires of the Imagination' pp.76-78. Recorder: A.J. Richardson 1980
Memorial in Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Plympton, Devon commemorating William Tucker d. 1866 and his two brothers, all of whom served in the Royal Navy
Location
Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Plympton, Devon, England
Transcript
'Erected by the officers and crew of H.M.S. Rapid in affectionate memory of their late shipmate William F.M. Tucker, born 24th February 1866, died at Sydney, Australia 21st December 1897. And of his two brothers Joseph D. Tucker late H.M.S. Crescent born 21st July 1871, died at Hong Kong China 12 December 1894. And Edward F. Tucker, late of HMS Jackal born 26th July 1869, died through drowning attempting to save his shipmate at Dornoch, Scotland 21st May 1895'
Details
Description: Broken column on plinth. Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Materials: Red granite Vessel: HMS Crescent, HMS Jackal, HMS Rapid
People
Tucker, Joseph David Age: 23 Date of Death: 12/12/1894 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Royal Navy Tucker, Edward Felix Age: 25 Date of Death: 21/5/1895 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Royal Navy Tucker, William Frederick Miall Age: 31 Date of Death: 21/12/1897 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: DOSSIER. 'An accident occurred at Dornoch on Tuesday night to a boat's crew of H.M. gunboat 'Jackel'. A crew of five or six men went ashore for Captain Lucas, and when about a quarter of a mile from the beach the boat was seen to capsize. There was a stiff breeze blowing at the time. Another boat was quickly dispatched from the 'Jackal', and it succeeded in saving all the crew but one, who was drowned. Another of the crew died from exhaustion. The boat was under sail at the time. One of the unfortunate men was married and leaves a widow and child, while another is a youth of twenty. The captain, who was on the beach at the time, witnessed the unfortunate occurrence, which is attributed to the sheet having been fastened.' Bibliography: 'John of Groats Journal' (24 May 1895). Recorder: Edward F. Tucker 2000
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
