Memorial at Disaster Bay, Nunavut, Canada, commemorating Isaac Burnett and George Harris, RN, d. 1854
Location
Disaster Bay, Nunavut, Canada, Rest of the World
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / ISAAC BURNETT, / CAPTAIN OF THE MAINTOP, H.M.S. 'ASSISTANCE', / AND / GEORGE HARRIS / ALSO OF THAT SHIP, DOING DUTY ON BOARD H.M.S. TENDER / 'PIONEER' / BOTH DEPARTED THIS LIFE UNDER SCORBUTIC AFFECTION, AS UNDER / GEORGE HARRIS / ON THE 10TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1854, AGED 33 YEARS; / ISAAC BARNETT / ON THE 27TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1854, AGED 27 YEARS; / DESERVEDLY LAMENTED BY THEIR SHIPMATES. / A FURTHER MEMORIAL WILL BE DEPOSITED AT BEECHEY ISLAND, / CONTAINING THE NAMES OF ALL WHO / HAVE UNFORTUNATELY YIELDED / TO THE EFFECTS OF / ARCTIC SERVICE IN THIS EXPEDITION’ / ‘OFF THIS SPOT H.M.S. ‘ASSISTANCE’ AND TENDER WINTERED, / IN 1853-54, AGROUND.
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Description: Lead plate over double grave Type: Plaque Materials: Lead Vessel: HMS Assistance
People
Barnett, Isaac Age: 27 Date of Death: 27/1/1854 Cause of Death: Scurvy Rank / Occupation: Captain of the maintop Organisation: Royal Navy Harris, George Age: 30 Date of Death: 9/1/1854 Cause of Death: Scurvy Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: DOSSIER: Both fell victim to scurvy, although the former laboured primarily under scorbutic affection of the ankle. / Their remains lie interred on shore in Disaster Bay, where H.M.S. Assistance and tender wintered, 1853-4. / Blessed are those who die in the Lord.
Bibliography: George F McDougall 'The eventful voyage of H.M. Discovery ship 'Resolute' to the Arctic Regions' p. 427.
The last of the Arctic voyages; being a narrative of the expedition in H. M. S. Assistance, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C. B., in search of Sir John Franklin, during the years 1852-53-54, Lovell Reeve, Covent Garden, London, 1855
Wall tablet in St Mary’s Church, Bury, Lancashire commemorating Lieutenant Frederick Hornby RN d. 1848
Location
St Mary's Church, Bury, Lancashire, England
Transcript
'To the memory of / FREDERICK JOHN HORNBY, Lieutenant R.N. / Fourth son of / the Revd Geoffrey and the Honble GEORGIANA HORNBY. / He was born July 1st 1819 / and sailed in May 1845 / in H.M.S. TERROR / with the Arctic Expedition / under Rear Admiral Sir John Franklin / never alas to return / Not our will but thine O Lord be done'
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Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble on slate Vessel: HMS Terror
People
Hornby, Frederick John Age: Date of Death: circa 1848 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Bibliography: A.G.E. Jones 'Polar Portraits: collected papers' (Whitby, 1992) p. 137.
Memorial at Cenotaph, Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada, dedicated to H.H. Sainsbury, RN d. 1853
Location
Cenotaph, Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred / TO THE MEMORY OF / Mr. H.H. SAINSBURY, / Mate, / LATE OF H.M. SHIP INVESTIGATOR, / WHO DIED ON BOARD / H.M. SHIP RESOLUTE, / OFF CAPE COCKBURN, NOVEMBER 14TH, 1853, / AGED 26 YEARS. / Relieved from earthly sorrow, / Which on my heart hath press'd, / I thank the gentle hand Divine / Which lays this heart to rest'
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Description: Lead plate fixed to octagonal wooden memorial surmounted by a ball
Type: Plaque Materials: Lead, wood Date Erected: 1854 Vessel: HMS Investigator, HMS Resolute
People
Sainsbury, H. H. Age: 26 Date of Death: 14/11/1853 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Mate Organisation: Royal Navy
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Bibliography: Sir Edward Belcher 'The Last of the Arctic Voyages: being an narrative of the expedition in HMS Assistance under the command of Sir Edward Belcher, CB, in search of Sir John Franklin, during the years 1852-53-54' (London, 1855). 'Further papers relative to the recent Arctic expedition in search of Sir John Franklin and the crews of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror' (HMSO, 1855) p. 63.
Plaque dedicated to Rear-Admiral Bedford Pim d. 1886, in St Nicholas Church, Bristol.
Location
St Nicholas Church, Bristol, England
Transcript
'To the / Glory of God / and in remembrance of his servant / Bedford Clapperton Tryvillion Pim / (Rear Admiral of the British Navy) / Who died at Deal, September 30th 1886, aged 61 years / This tablet, together with the central West window was placed / in this church in the Jubilee year of / her most Gracious Majesty's Reign / to perpetuate the memory of one of her most faithful seamen / by the pilots of the British Empire and United States / and as an universal and international tribute of loving respect / and admiration for one, who in the later years of his life / endeared himself to them all by his manly and persistent efforts / to preserve to them their just rights and privileges; as well as to / every other seaman of his Country by his untiring exertions on / their behalf; to promote their moral and social position as well / as their welfare and safety upon the seas. / The North West Passage found! Then eighteen months / The ice-bergs being vast, the gallant ship hemmed in / The staunch Investigator. Her crew plunged in despair / Dragged through the weary days with patience rare / Sad thoughts of home and kin embittered every heart / Sentenced with famine dread, so soon with life to part / No hope - still God protected - On yonder icey rock / A form appears. Is not of fox or bear, the sight doth mock / Breathless, each eye doth strain, each voice is mute / Oh joy - life yet - A brother man! Pim of the Resolute. G. Marshall'
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Description: Engraved with British and USA flags and exotic animals.
Type: Plaque Position: Staircase Materials: Brass Vessel: HMS Magpie
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
People
Pim, Bedford Clapperton Trevelyan Age: Date of Death: 30/9/1886 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Removed to St Nicholas from The Missions to Seamen Institute in 1981.
Alongside his extensive contributions to polar exploration, Admiral Pim also served in the Crimea War and later in Britain's ongoing activities in far-Asia throughout the 19th century. Bibliography: Josephine Teague 'The Missions to Seamen Church and Institute Bristol'.
Wall monument in St Paul’s Cathedral, London commemorating Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his four companions who perished on their return from the South Pole 1912
Location
St Paul's Cathedral, London, England
Transcript
"DEATH IN SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY" / IN MEMORY OF / CAPT. ROBERT FALCON SCOTT, CVO RN. / DR EDWARD ADRIAN WILSON / CAPT. LAWRENCE EDWARD GRACE OATES / LIEUT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS / AND PETTY OFFICER EDWARD EVANS / WHO DIED ON THEIR RETURN JOURNEY FROM THE SOUTH POLE / IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH 1912. / Inflexible of Purpose, steadfast in Courage, Resolute in Endurance / in the face of Unparalleled Misfortune. Their Bodies are lost in / the Antarctic ice but the memory of their Deeds is an Everlasting Monument'
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Description: Architectural surround, a circular relief portrait of Scott above and a relief of a sledge party manhauling below. Type: Wall monument Materials: Bronze Artists: Nicholson Babb
People
Bowers, Henry Robertson Age: Date of Death: 3/1912 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RIM Organisation: Royal Indian Marine Evans, Edward Age: Date of Death: 17/2/1912 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer RN Organisation: Royal Navy Oates, Lawrence Edward Grace Age: Date of Death: 17/3/1912 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain Organisation: British Army Scott, Robert Falcon Age: 43 Date of Death: 3/1912 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Wilson, Edward Adrian Age: Date of Death: 3/1912 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: The inscription written by George Nathaniel Curzon. Bibliography: National Archives WORK20/82 Recorder: B. Tomlinson Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Wall monument in Irton, Cumbria, dedicated to Admiral Skeffington Lutwidge d. 1814
Location
St Paul's Church, Irton, Cumbria, England
Transcript
'To the MEMORY of / SKEFFINGTON LUTWIDGE, of Holm Rook, Esquire / Admiral of the Red / Who commanded in 1773, H.M.S.Carcass, On a voyage / Of Discovery towards the North Pole / He bore many high and important Commands / With honor to himself and advantage to the public Service. / In private Life / He was distinguished by the sweetness of his Manners, / A kind Relation and a warm friend / He died on the 15th Day of August in the Year 1814, / In the 78 Year of his Age. / His remains were deposited near this Place. In the same Grave with CATHERINE, his Wife, / Daughter of Richard Harvey Bateson of Londonderry, Esq / This Monument is dedicated by their grateful Nephew/Major S: Lutwidge'
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Description: Surmounted by pyramid on which is a carving of naval trophies.
Type: Wall monument Position: East wall of nave Materials: White and grey marble Vessel: HMS Carcass
People
Lutwidge, Skeffington Age: 78 Date of Death: 15/8/1814 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Red Organisation: Royal Navy
Portrait bust at St Ann’s Church, Portsmouth Dockyard depicting Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock d. 1907 also commemorated are Vice-Admiral J.W.L. McClintock d. 1920 and Lieutenant J.L.E. McClintock RN d. 1941
Location
St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'In proud and grateful memory of 3 gallant seamen. / Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock KCB b. 1819 d. 1907. / Vice Admiral J.W.L. McClintock CB b. 1874 d. 1920. / Lt. J.L.E. McClintock b. 1911 died in action 1941. / So He brings them into the deserved haven', 'ADMIRAL SIR F. LEOPOLD MCCLINTOCK K.C.B. from a bust made by his Daughter 1898.'
McClintock, Francis Leopold Age: 88 Date of Death: 1907 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy McClintock, J. W. L. Age: Date of Death: 1920 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy McClintock, J. L. E. Age: 31 Date of Death: 1941 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock d.1907 was an arctic explorer. Bibliography: P. Clissold 'Ships and Monuments in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 58, p. 208 (Greenwich, 1972). Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating Vice-Admiral Sir Robert John Le Mesurier McClure d. 1873
Location
Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England
Transcript
'In Memory of Vice Admiral Sir Robert John le M. McClure C.B. Born 28 January 1807 died 17 October 1873. As Captain of HMS 'Investigator' AD 1850-54 he discovered and accomplished the Northwest Passage "Thus we launch into this formidable frozen sea"', 'SPES MEA IN DEO'
McClure, Robert John Le Mesurier Age: 76 Date of Death: 17/10/1873 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Polar explorer.
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