Category Archives: Polar Exploration

Church of St Mary Magdelene, Upton, Devon, England

Memorial in St Mary Magdelene, Upton commemorating William Scoresby d. 1857

Location

Church of St Mary Magdelene, Upton, Devon, England

Transcript

'In Memory of the / REV. WM. SCORESBY, / D.D., F.R.S. / Member of the / Institute of France / and various other Scientific Institutions / in Europe and America / in early life a distinguished Seaman / Renowned for his discoveries in the Arctic / Regions / Afterwards Vicar of Bradford, / And latterly Honorary Lecturer of this Church. / Pious, benevolent, devoted to science / of surprising energy,. / His friends and Admirers / in grateful recognition of his public services / And as a testimony of their regard for / his private works / Have erected this Monument. / Born at Cropton near Whitby, A.D. 1789 / Died at Torquay, March 21, A.D. 1857.'

Details

Description: Gothic wall monument with arch, gable and pinnacles. A relief below the inscription shows a ship, mast anchor and bible.
Type: Wall monument
Position: Interior

People

Scoresby, William
Age: 67
Date of Death: 21/3/1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Whaler
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: 'Illustrated London News' 2 Jan. 1858

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Extra-Mural Cemetery, Brighton, England

Memorial at Extra-Mural Cemetery, Brighton, England commemorating Edward Bransfield, RN, d.1852

Location

Extra-Mural Cemetery, Brighton, England

Transcript

‘Sacred to the memory of Edward Bransfield, Esq, the Royal Navy, Died 31st October, 1852. Age 67 years’.

Details

Type: Raised ledger
Position: Graveyard
Materials: Stone
Vessel: Williams

People

Bransfield, Edward
Age: 67
Date of Death: 31/09/1852
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master & Pilot
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: A memorial was erected to Edward Bransfield in his home village of Ballinacurra, County Cork, Ireland in January 2020, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Bransfield’s discovery of the continent of Antarctica.

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Old Harbour, Ballinacurra, County Cork, Ireland

Memorial at Ballinacurra Old Harbour, County Cork, Ireland, commemorating Edward Bransfield, RN, d. 1852

Location

Old Harbour, Ballinacurra, County Cork, Ireland

Transcript

‘EDWARD BRANSFIELD / 1785 - 1852 / Ships Master and / ANTARCTIC EXPLORER / from Ballinacurra, Co. Cork. / Leader of the first expedition / to see and chart the Antarctic / Mainland on the 30th of / January 1820’ // Rear: ‘The brig Williams’ //

Plinth: KEOHANE / FORDE / CROZIER / MCCARTHY BROS / SHACKLETON / CREAN

Details

Description: A rounded limestone menhir in the shape of a marker beacon with a carved and painted dedication to Bransfield. At the foot of the stone is a relief carved and painted penguin. On the rear is a relief carving of the brig ‘Williams’ in full sail. The monument stands on a circular plinth, with a relief map of Antarctica with the names other Irish polar explorers around the circumference.

Type: Memorial stone
Position: Old harbour, Ballinacurra
Materials: Ballinacurra limestone
Date Erected: January 2020
Artists: Matthew Thompson
Vessel: HMS Andromache, MV Williams

Event

Discovery of Antarctica

Event Date

January 1820

People

Bransfield, Edward
Age: 67
Date of Death: 31/09/1852
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master & Pilot
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Edward Bransfield, an Irish officer in the British Royal Navy. He had been impressed into the Royal Navy in 1803, at the age of 18. Bransfield became a skilled navigator. In January 1820, as an officer on the brig, MV Williams, sailing from Valparaiso, Chile, he sighted the Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica. Bransfield died on 31 October 1852 was buried in Brighton, England.

The monument commemorates the 200th anniversary of Bransfield’s discovery of the continent of Antarctica. The Edward Bransfield Committee campaigned and fundraised for the monument.

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All Saints Church, Sandon, Staffordshire, England

Memorial at Sandon Church, Staffordshire to members of the Dudley Ryder family including Captain Robert Edward Dudley Ryder VC, RN d.1986 and Major Ernle Terrick Dudley Ryder d. 1942

Location

All Saints Church, Sandon, Staffordshire, England

Transcript

'IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF / COLONEL CHARLES HENRY DUDLEY RYDER / C.B., C.I.E., D.S.O. LATE ROYAL ENGINEERS / EXPLORER & SURVEYOR GENERAL OF INDIA / BORN 28 JUNE 1868 - DIED 13 JULY 1945. / ALSO OF HIS SONS / MAJOR LISLE CHARLES DUDLEY RYDER / THE ROYAL NORFOLK REGIMENT. / BORN 31 AUGUST 1902 / KILLED IN ACTION AT LE PARADIS, FRANCE 27 MAY 1940 / BURIED AT LESTREM CEMETERY NEAR BETHUNE. / MAJOR ERNLE TERRICK DUDLEY RYDER / 2ND BATT: 1ST KING GEORGE'S OWN GURKHA RIFLES / BORN 18 APRIL 1906. LOST AT SEA BY ENEMY ACTION / OFF THE COAST OF JAVA IN FEBRUARY 1942. / CAPTAIN ROBERT EDWARD DUDLEY RYDER / V.C., ROYAL NAVY, POLAR MEDAL 1939, M.P. 1950-1955 / BORN 16 FEBRUARY 1908- DIED AT SEA 29 JUNE 1986'

Details

Description: Plain wall tablet with family crest top left and motto 'SERVATA FIDES CINERI' (Faith kept with my ancestor).
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North side of choir
Materials: Stone
Vessel: SS Ban Ho Guan, Watchdog

Event

St Nazaire Raid

Event Date

1942

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Ryder, Erle Terrick Dudley
Age: 36
Date of Death: 28/2/1942
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Major
Organisation: King George's Own Gurkha Rifles
Ryder, Robert Edward Dudley
Age: 78
Date of Death: 29/6/1986
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Major Ernle Terrick Dudley Ryder boarded SS 'Ban Ho Guan' following the fall of Singapore. The vessel foundered en route to Australia in February 1942, presumed sunk by Japanese submarine. Robert Edward Dudley Ryder was awarded the Victoria Cross for his part in the St Nazaire Raid and died on a sailing holiday on the yacht 'Watchdog'. His ashes are buried in Oxford.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 2018

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Greenwich, London, England

Obelisk at Greenwich, London commemorating Lieutenant Joseph Bellot d. 1853

Location

Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'TO THE INTREPID YOUNG / BELLOT / OF THE FRENCH NAVY / WHO IN THE ENDEAVOUR TO RESCUE / FRANKLIN / SHARED THE FATE AND THE GLORY / OF THAT ILLUSTRIOUS NAVIGATOR / FROM HIS BRITISH ADMIRERS / 1853'

Details

Type: Obelisk
Position: Riverside in front of Old Royal Naval College
Materials: Granite
Artists: P. Hardwick

People

Bellot, Joseph Rene
Age: 27
Date of Death: 11/8/1853
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant
Organisation: French Navy

Extra

Notes: 'Design for the proposed Obelisk to be erected on the Wharf at Greenwich Hospital to the memory of the late Lieutenant Bellot.' Signed and dated P. Hardwick July 1854. PRO ADM79-75.

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St Christopher's Church, Leckhampton, Gloucestershire, England

Memorial in St Christopher’s Church, Leckhampton, Gloucestershire commemorating Edward Wilson d. 1912

Location

St Christopher's Church, Leckhampton, Gloucestershire, England

Transcript

'...Also of his son Edward A. Wilson MA MB who died with Scott after reaching the South Pole 12 March 1912'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: South east churchyard

People

Wilson, Edward Adrian
Age:
Date of Death: 12/3/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: David Saunders

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St Martin's Church, Little Waltham, Essex, England

Window in St Martin’s Church, Little Waltham, Essex commemorating Admiral Edward Bird d. 1881

Location

St Martin's Church, Little Waltham, Essex, England

Transcript

'To . the Glory . of . God . and . in memory of / Admiral . Edward . Joseph . Bird / born . August . 15th . 1799 . died / November 3rd . 1881', 'S: Martin', 'S; Alban' [Gothic letters on lower part of window]

Details

Description: Figures of St Martin dividing his coat with the beggar, and St Alban holding a martyr's palm and a processional cross, both wearing gothic armour. In the tracery above, the shield of St Catherine, as for St Catherine's College Cambridge, and the shield of St Alban. Both saints within gothic architectural canopies and bases.
Type: Window
Position: Chancel south wall
Materials: Stone, lead, stained and painted glass
Date Erected: 1884
Artists: Alfred O. Hemming

People

Bird, Edward Joseph
Age: 82
Date of Death: 3/11/1881
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Bird was Lieutenant on 'Erebus' in the Antarctic expedition of 1839, and Captain of 'Investigator' in the search for Sir John Franklin.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 23/02/2002

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The Promenade, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

Statue in The Promenade, Cheltenham commemorating Edward Wilson d. 1912

Location

The Promenade, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

Transcript

'EDWARD ADRIAN WILSON / B.A., M.B., CANTAB. F.R.S. / BORN IN CHELTENHAM 1872 / CHIEF OF THE SCIENTIFIC STAFF / ARTIST AND ZOOLOGIST OF THE / BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION / 1910-1912 / AND DIED WITH CAPTAIN SCOTT / ON THE GREAT ICE BARRIER / MARCH 1912. "HE DIED AS HE LIVED A BRAVE / TRUE MAN. THE BEST OF / COMRADES AND STAUNCHEST / OF FRIENDS." (LETTER FROM CAPTAIN SCOTT).'

Details

Description: Full-length figure in sledging gear.
Type: Statue
Date Erected: 1914
Artists: Kathleen Scott

People

Wilson, Edward Adrian
Age:
Date of Death: 3/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Unveiled by Sir Clements Markham.
Bibliography: Max Jones 'The Last Great Quest: Captain Scott's Antarctic Sacrifice' (Oxford, 2003).

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Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada, Rest of the World

Memorial on Beechey Island, Canada commemorating Lieutenant Joseph Bellot d. 1853

Location

Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred / TO THE MEMORY OF / MONSIEUR BELLOT, / LIEUTENANT IN THE FRENCH NAVY, / AND / CHEVALIER OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR, / WHO ACCOMPANIED MR. KENNEDY / AND CAPTAIN INGLEFIELD / ON THEIR RESPECTIVE VISITS TO THE / ARCTIC REGIONS. Whilst attached to H.M.S. Phoenix, / under Captain Inglefield he gallantly / volunteered to convey Despatches to / Captain Sir E. Belcher, with a sledge / crew from H.M.S. North Star. In a heavy gale of wind on the 18th / August,1853, he was drowned by the / disruption of the ice near Cape Grinnell, / much lamented by the Arctic Squadron / and all who had the pleasure of know- / ing his value and noble spirit'

Details

Type: Headboard
Materials: Wood

People

Bellot, Joseph Rene
Age: 27
Date of Death: 18/8/1853
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant
Organisation: French Navy

Extra

Notes: M'Dougall, who says this inscription was placed on a headboard, gives a slightly different and shorter wording. This transcript accords with the version in the 'Illustrated London News' 28 Oct 1854 p. 421. Bellot apparently fell between two ice floes and drowned, although the incident was not witnessed.

Bibliography: George F. M'Dougall 'The eventful voyage of H.M. Discovery ship 'Resolute' to the Arctic Regions.

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St Andrew's Mission Church, Gravesend, Kent, England

Memorial windows at St Andrew’s Mission Church, Gravesend, Kent, dedicated to the crews of HMS ‘Erebus’ and ‘Terror’, lost during the ill-fated expedition of Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRGS RN  in 1845-1848.

Location

St Andrew's Mission Church, Gravesend, Kent, England

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF / PETTY OFFICERS / BROWN : SAMUEL / JOHNSON : THOMAS / RIGDEN : JAMES / WILSON : JOHN / MATE : REUBEN / REDDINGTON : PHILIP / ARTHUR : DANIEL / BELL : WILLIAM / DOWNING : JOHN / KENLEY : JOHN / MCDONALD : DAVID / RHODES : WILLIAM / FARR : THOMAS / SULLIVAN : JOHN / PEGLAR : HENRY / SINCLAIR : ROBERT / ANDREWS : JOSEPH / GODDARD : WILLIAM / HART : JAMES / MURRAY : JOHN / WATSON : THOMAS / WILSON : ALEXANDER / BROWN : JAMES W. / DARLINGTON : THOMAS / HONEY : SAMUEL / SMITH WILLIAM / DUNN : FRANCIS / HICKEY : CORNELIUS / DIGGLE : JOHN / WALL : RICHARD / FOWLER : WILLIAM / GEORGE : EDWARD / HOAR : EDMUND / JOPSON : THOMAS / A:B'S &CT / ARMITAGE : THOMAS / AYLMORE : RICHARD / BAILEY : JOHN / BATE : JOHN / BERRY : ALEXANDER / BEST : CHARLES / BRIDGENS : JOHN / CANN : GEORGE / CHAMBERS : GEORGE / CLOSSAM : WILLIAM / COOMBES : CHARLES / COWIE : JOHN / CRISPE : SAMUEL / EVANS : THOMAS / FERRIER : ROBERT / GEATER : JAMES / GIBSON : WILLIAM / GOLDING : ROBERT / HANDFORD : JOHN / HARTNELL : THOMAS / JERRY : WILLIAM / JOHNS : ROBERT / JOHNSON : CHALRES / JOHNSON : WILLIAM / KINNAIRD : GEORGE / LAWRENCE : EDWIN / LEYS : DAVID / LLOYD : HENRY / MANSON : MAGNUS / MCCONVEY : THOMAS / MARK : WILLIAM / MORFIN : JOHN / ORREN : WILLIAM / PLATER : THOMAS / POCOCK : FRANCIS / SAIT : HENRY / SEELEY : ABRAHAM / SHANKS : WILLIAM / SINCLAIR : WILLIAM / SMITH : LUKE / STRICKLAND : JOHN / STRONG : WILLIAM / TADMAN : THOMAS / THOMPSON : GEORGE / TIMMS : DAVID / WALKER : JAMES / WENTZALL : WILLIAM / WILLIAMS : GEORGE / WORK : THOMAS / YOUNG : DAVID / ROYAL MARINES &C / BRYANT : DANIEL / TOZER : SOLOMON / HEDGES : WILLIAM / PATERSON : ALEXANDER / DALY : JAMES / HAMMOND : JOHN / HEALY : JOSEPH / HEATHER : WILLIAM / HOPCROFT : ROBERT / PILKINGTON : WILLIAM / REED : WILLIAM / WILKS : HENRY / THE BRAVE CREWS OF H.M.S. EREBUS & TERROR WHO SAILED FROM THE THAMES MAY MDCCCXLV / AND SHARED THE SAD BUT NOT INGLORIOUS FATE OF THEIR COMMANDER / SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. / THESE 3 WINDOWS ARE DEDICATED BY HIS WIDOW WHO PLACED THEM IN THIS MISSION / CHURCH FOR SEAMEN ERECTED IN MEMORY OF R:ADMIRAL SIR F:BEAUFORT K:C:B: / WHO WAS THE FAITHFUL FRIEND OF HER HUSBAND THE UNWEARIED ADVOCATE OF / THE SEARCH FOR THE LOST SHIPS AND HER WISEST COUNSELLOR'

Details

Description: The windows depict Christ, St Andrew and St Peter.
Type: Memorial; windows
Materials: Brass
Artists: Clayton & Bell
Vessel: HMS 'Erebus', HMS 'Terror'

People

Andrews, Joseph
Age: about 38
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Hold
Organisation: Royal Navy
Armitage, Thomas
Age: about 43
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Gun Room Steward
Organisation: Royal Navy
Arthur, Daniel
Age: about 38
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster
Organisation: Royal Navy
Aylmore, Richard
Age: about 27
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Gunroom Steward
Organisation: Royal Navy
Bailey, John
Age: about 24
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Bates, John
Age: about 27
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Bell, William
Age: about 39
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster
Organisation: Royal Navy
Berry, Alexander
Age: about 35
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Best, Charles
Age: about 25
Date of Death: c.1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Bridgens, John
Age: about 29
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Subordinate Officer's Steward
Organisation: Royal Navy
Brown, Samuel
Age: about 30
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Boatswain's Mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
Brown, James W.
Age: about 31
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Caulker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Bryant, Daniel
Age: about 34
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Sergeant
Organisation: Royal Marines
Cann, George
Age: about 26
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Chambers, George
Age: about 21
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: 1st Class boy
Organisation: Royal Navy
Clossam, William
Age: about 28
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Coombes, Charles
Age: about 32
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Cowie, John
Age: about 35
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Crispe, Samuel
Age: about 27
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Daly, James
Age: about 34
Date of Death: ca, 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marines
Darlington, Thomas
Age: about 32
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Caulker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Diggle, John
Age: about 39
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Ship's Cook
Organisation: Royal Navy
Downing, John
Age: about 37
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster
Organisation: Royal Navy
Dunn, Francis
Age: about 28
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Caulker's Mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
Evans, Thomas
Age: about 21
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: 1st Class Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy
Farr, Thomas
Age: about 35
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Maintop
Organisation: Royal Navy
Ferrier, Robert
Age: about 32
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Fowler, William
Age: about 29
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Paymaster and Purser's Steward
Organisation: Royal Navy
Geater, Joseph
Age: about 35
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
George, Edward
Age: about 24
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Paymaster and Purser's Steward
Organisation: Royal Navy
Gibson, William
Age: about 25
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Subordinate Officer's Steward
Organisation: Royal Navy
Goddard, William
Age: about 42
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknowne
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Hold
Organisation: Royal Navy
Golding, Robert
Age: about 22
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: 1st Class Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hammond, John
Age: about 31
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marines
Handford, John
Age: about 31
Date of Death: c. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hart, James
Age: about 36
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Leading Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hartwell, Thomas
Age: about 26
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Healey, Joshua
Age: about 32
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marines
Heather, William
Age: about 38
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marines
Hedges, William
Age: about 34
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Corporal
Organisation: Royal Marines
Hickey, Cornelius
Age: about 27
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Caulker's Mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hoar, Edmund
Age: about 26
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain's Steward
Organisation: Royal Navy
Honey, Samuel
Age: about 25
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Blacksmith
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hopcraft, Robert
Age: about 41
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marines
Jerry, William
Age: about 32
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Johns, Robert
Age: about 27
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Johnson, Charles
Age: about 31
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Johnson, William
Age: about 48
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Johnson, Thomas
Age: about 31
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Boatswain's Mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
Jopson, Thomas
Age: about 30
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain's Steward
Organisation: Royal Navy
Kenley, John
Age: about 47
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster
Organisation: Royal Navy
Kinnaird, George
Age: about 26
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Lawrence, Edwin
Age: about 33
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Leys, David
Age: about 30
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Lloyd, Henry
Age: about 29
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
MacDonald, David
Age: about 49
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster
Organisation: Royal Navy
Male, Reuben
Age: about 30
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Forecastle
Organisation: Royal Navy
Manson, Magnus
Age: about 31
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Mark, William
Age: about 36
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Leading Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
McConvey, Thomas
Age: about 27
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Morfin, John
Age: about 28
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Murray, John
Age: about 46
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Sailmaker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Orren, William
Age: about 37
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Paterson, Alexander
Age: about 34
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Corporal
Organisation: Royal Marines
Peglar, Henry
Age: about 40
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Foretop
Organisation: Royal Navy
Pilkington, William
Age: about 31
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marines
Plater, Thomas
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation:
Pocock, Frances
Age: about 27
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Reddington, Philip
Age: about 31
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Forecastle
Organisation: Royal Navy
Reed, William
Age: about 31
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marines
Rhodes, William
Age: about 35
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster
Organisation: Royal Navy
Rigden, James
Age: about 34
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain's Coxswain
Organisation: Royal Navy
Sait, Henry
Age: about 26
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Seeley, Abraham
Age: about 37
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Shanks, William
Age: about 32
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Sims, David
Age: about 27
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Sinclair, William
Age: about 33
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Sinclair, Robert
Age: about 28
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Foretop
Organisation: Royal Navy
Smith, William
Age: about 31
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Blacksmith
Organisation: Royal Navy
Smith, Luke
Age: about 30
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Strickland, John
Age: about 27
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Strong, William
Age: about 25
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Sullivan, John
Age: about 31
Date of Death: about 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Maintop
Organisation: Royal Navy
Tadman, Thomas
Age: about 31
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Thompson, George
Age: about 30
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Tozer, Solomon
Age: about 37
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Sergeant
Organisation: Royal Marines
Walker, James
Age: about 32
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Wall, Richard
Age: about 48
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Ship's Cook
Organisation: Royal Navy
Watson, Thomas
Age: about 43
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Carpenter's Mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
Wentzall, William
Age: about 36
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Wilks, Henry
Age: about 31
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marines
Williams, George
Age: about 38
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Wilson, Alexander
Age: about 30
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Carpenter's Mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
Wilson, John
Age: about 35
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain's Coxswain
Organisation: Royal Navy
Work, Thomas
Age: about 44
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Young, David
Age: about 18
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: 1st Class Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Notes: Includes list of names. Presented by Lady Franklin to the St Andrew's Waterside Mission Church.
Bibliography: 'The Builder' October 19, 1872
Recorder: E. Young

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