Category Archives: Recreation

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Ernest James Wheeler d. 1944

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

‘ERNEST ARTHUR WHEELER / 47 / OF YACHT “WESTWARD” / DROWNED IN RIVER DART / 19 NOV. 1944'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Westward (yacht)

People

Wheeler, Ernest James
Age: 47
Date of Death: 19/11/1944
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Yacht crew
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: Yacht 'Westward' 1910. She was laid up at Dartmouth during the Second World War following the death of her owner, Thomas Benjamin Frederick Davis (1867-1942).

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)

Photographer: P Lacey

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Ancient Chapel of Toxteth, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Memorial at the Ancient Chapel of Toxteth, Liverpool commemorating John Ward Grundy d. 1868

Location

Ancient Chapel of Toxteth, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'John Ward, eldest son of John Hancock and Maria Grundy drowned while rowing on the Mersey 10th April 1868 age 20'

Details

People

Grundy, John Ward
Age: 20
Date of Death: 10/4/1868
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 5, p. 725. The other casualty in this boating accident was Mr Arthur Hamilton.
Bibliography: 'Liverpool Mercury' 13 April 1868.

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Christ Church, Scrogy Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England

Memorial at Christ Church, Newcastle to professional oarsman Robert Chambers d. 1831

Location

Christ Church, Scrogy Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England

Transcript

'THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED / BY THE FRIENDS AND ADMIRERS / OF THE LATE / ROBERT CHAMBERS; / WHO FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS / UPHELD THE HONOUR OF TYNESIDE / AS AQUATIC CHAMPION OF ENGLAND / HE DIED AT ST ANTHONY'S JUNE 4TH 1868 / AGED 37 YEARS / [East face of dado] BORN JUNE 14TH 1831'

Details

Description: Statue of Chambers (now headless) under gothic canopy.
Type: Monument
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone
Date Erected: 1862
Artists: George Burn

People

Chambers, Robert
Age: 37
Date of Death: 4/6/1868
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Oarsman
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Professional oarsman who died of TB. Rowing a major spectator sport in Tyneside before superceded by football. Memorial erected by public subscription.
Bibliography: Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris 'Public Sculpture in North-East England' (Liverpool University Press, 2000).

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All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints’ Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Ernest Coppin d. 1906

Location

All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'ERNEST C COPPIN / aged 20. / Drowned from yacht 'Kathleen’ / off Mersea / Nov: 4. 1906 / Buried in this Churchyard'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Kathleen

People

Coppin, Ernest C.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 4/11/1906
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Yacht crew
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).

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St Mary's Church, Caernafon, Gwynedd, Wales

Plaque at St Mary’s Church, Caernafon, Gwynedd commemorating Lewellyn Turner d. 1903, yachtsman

Location

St Mary's Church, Caernafon, Gwynedd, Wales

Details

Type: Plaque
Materials: Brass

People

Turner, Llewellyn
Age:
Date of Death: 18/9/1903
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commodore
Organisation: Royal Welsh Yacht club

Extra

Notes: Born 11/2/1823. Commodore Royal Welsh Yacht Club 1873.
Recorder: David Saunders 1994

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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Melville George Bowles d. 1928

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Melville George Bowles / Aged 16 / Fatally Injured on Yacht / 'Thursa' at Southampton / July 12 1928 / Buried in This Churchyard'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Thursa

People

Bowles, Melville George
Age: 16
Date of Death: 12/7/1928
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Yacht crew
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)

Photographer: P Lacey

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St Hilary's Church, Wallasey, Merseyside, England

Gravestone in St Hilary’s Church, Wallasey, Merseyside commemorating S.D. Leacock d. 1888, yacht master

Location

St Hilary's Church, Wallasey, Merseyside, England

Transcript

'S.D. Leacock RN, died 8th May 1888, aged 61 years, late master of yacht 'Rover' RYS'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Rover

People

Leacock, S. D.
Age: 61
Date of Death: 8/5/1888
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand 1985

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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating George Leonard Mackeon d. 1898

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'George Leonard Mackeon / Drowned from Yacht / 'Ailsa' in Start Bay / Aug 27 1898 aged 32 / Buried in this Churchyard'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Ailsa

People

Mackeon, George Leonard
Age: 32
Date of Death: 27/8/1898
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Yacht crew
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)

Photographer: P Lacey

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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Albert Frederick Everett d. 1929

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Albert Frederick Everett / Aged 22 / Of Yacht 'Avocet’ / Drowned at The Colne / July 22 1929 / Buried In This Churchyard'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Avocet

People

Everett, Albert Frederick
Age: 22
Date of Death: 22/7/1929
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Yacht crew
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).

Photographer: P Lacey

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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Plaque at Church of St Mary the Virgin, Henley-on-Thames commemorating Herbert Thomas Steward, President of the Leander Club d. 1915

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Transcript

'To the Memory of / Herbert Thomas Steward / Chairman of / The Committee of Management of Henley Royal Regatta / President of the Leander Club / Born 9th Nov. 1838; / Died at Henley 9th Sept. 1915; Buried at Bix Oxon / This tablet erected by some of his friends of the Leander Club'

Details

Type: Plaque
Position: Jesus Chapel
Materials: Brass

People

Steward, Herbert Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 9/9/1915
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: President
Organisation: Leander Club

Extra

Recorder: Patricia Barber 1998

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