Category Archives: Recreation

Recreation

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating John Goddard d. 1896

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'JOHN GODDARD aged 18 Drowned from the yacht "Mariposa" in Southampton Water July 13 1896"

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Mariposa

People

Goddard, John
Age: 18
Date of Death: 13/7/1896
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: yacht crew
Organisation:

Extra

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

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Recreation

All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints’ Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Herbert Dent d. 1904

Location

All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'HERBERT DENT / Aged 36 / Drowned from Yacht 'Glory’ / off Southwold / June 26, 1904 / Buried in this Churchyard'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Glory

People

Dent, Herbert
Age: 36
Date of Death: 26/6/1904
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: yacht crew
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

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

JSON

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  "transcript": "'HERBERT DENT / Aged 36 / Drowned from Yacht 'Glory’ / off Southwold / June 26, 1904 / Buried in this Churchyard'",
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Recreation

St Peter's Church, Woodmancote, West Sussex, England

Wall tablet at St Peter’s Church, Woodmancote, West Sussex commemorating Lieutenant Alistair Colin Davidson RNVR d. 1949 in a yachting accident

Location

St Peter's Church, Woodmancote, West Sussex, England

Transcript

'In proud and loving memory of / Alistair Colin Davidson / Lieutenant R.N.V.R / 1923-1949 / Son of Sir Nigel and Lady Davidson / of Terry's Cross'

Details

Description: Rectangular, plain tablet with inscribed lettering engraved in Roman Majuscules coloured blue.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Grey marble

People

Davidson, Alistair Colin
Age: 26
Date of Death: 1949
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RNVR
Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Extra

Notes: Drowned in yachting accident off coast of Sweden.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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  "transcript": "'In proud and loving memory of / Alistair Colin Davidson / Lieutenant R.N.V.R / 1923-1949  / Son of Sir Nigel and Lady Davidson / of Terry's Cross'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet at St Peter’s Church, Woodmancote, West Sussex commemorating Lieutenant Alistair Colin Davidson RNVR d. 1949 in a yachting accident</p>",
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    "notes": "Drowned in yachting accident off coast of Sweden.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS)",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Recreation

Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Memorial at Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Cecil Barnard, d. 1934 off Bergen, Norway.

Location

Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'CECIL R. BARNARD lost off yacht 'HEPATICA' Bergen, Norway July 18th 1934 aged 19'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Plot 5
Vessel: Hepatica

People

Barnard, Cecil R.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 18/7/1934
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Yacht crew
Organisation: Unknown

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  "transcript": "'CECIL R. BARNARD lost off yacht 'HEPATICA' Bergen, Norway July 18th 1934 aged 19'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Cecil Barnard, d. 1934 off Bergen, Norway.</p>",
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Recreation

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Frederick Norton d. 1896

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Frederick Norton aged 27 Lost from the yacht 'Ailsa' off Cape St Vincent January 31 1896'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Ailsa

People

Norton, Frederick
Age: 27
Date of Death: 31/1/1896
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: yacht crew
Organisation:

Extra

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

JSON

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  "location": "All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England",
  "transcript": "'Frederick Norton aged 27 Lost from the yacht 'Ailsa' off Cape St Vincent January 31 1896'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Frederick Norton d. 1896</p>",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Recreation

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Joseph Godfrey d. 1894

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'JOSEPH GODFREY aged 24 Drowned at Garth, Menai Straits while in charge of yacht 'Seagull' May 16 1894 & buried at Bangor'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Seagull

People

Godfrey, Joseph
Age: 24
Date of Death: 16/5/1894
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: yacht crew
Organisation:

Extra

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

JSON

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  "location": "All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England",
  "transcript": "'JOSEPH GODFREY aged 24 Drowned at Garth, Menai Straits while in charge of yacht 'Seagull' May 16 1894 & buried at Bangor'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Joseph Godfrey d. 1894</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "bibliography": "Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).",
    "recorder": "",
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Recreation, Vessel Loss

St David's Church, Hubberston, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Memorial at St David’s Church, Hubberston, Pembrokeshire commemorating Thomas William Farmer d. 1863 in the loss of the yacht ‘Typhus’

Location

St David's Church, Hubberston, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Transcript

'In memory of Thomas William son of Robert Farmer Master Mariner who was accidentally drowned by the foundering of the yacht Typhus in a squall at Pembroke Dock May 14 1863 aged 20 years and 8 months'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Typhus

People

Farmer, Thomas William
Age: 20
Date of Death: 14/5/1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: David Saunders, 1993

JSON

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  "location": "St David's Church, Hubberston, Pembrokeshire, Wales",
  "transcript": "'In memory of Thomas William son of Robert Farmer Master Mariner who was accidentally drowned by the foundering of the yacht Typhus in a squall at Pembroke Dock May 14 1863 aged 20 years and 8 months'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St David’s Church, Hubberston, Pembrokeshire commemorating Thomas William Farmer d. 1863 in the loss of the yacht ‘Typhus’</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Recreation","Vessel Loss"],
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  "extra": {
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    "recorder": "David Saunders, 1993",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Recreation

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Robert Death d. 1886

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'ROBERT DEATH aged 37 drowned off Southport from the Yacht 'Aytoun' June 3 1886 and buried at Southport'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Aytoun

People

Death, Robert
Age: 37
Date of Death: 3/6/1886
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: yacht crew
Organisation:

Extra

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

JSON

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  "transcript": "'ROBERT DEATH aged 37 drowned off Southport from the Yacht 'Aytoun' June 3 1886 and buried at Southport'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Robert Death d. 1886</p>",
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    "bibliography": "Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).",
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Recreation, Vessel Loss

University College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Memorial at University College, Oxford commemorating the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley d. 1822

Location

University College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Transcript

'SHELLEY'

Details

Description: Nude statue in white marble of the drowned Shelley on top, supported by bronze winged lions with a mourning muse between them, an apple tree behind her. The whole on a stepped plinth in coloured marble.
Type: Free standing monument
Position: North corner quad
Materials: White, coloured marble; bronze
Artists: E. Onslow Ford, Basil Champneys
Vessel: Don Juan

People

Shelley, Percy Bysshe
Age:
Date of Death: 8/7/1822
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Poet
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Poet, drowned in yachting accident. Monument commissioned by Lady Shelley for Shelley's grave in Rome, but would have overlapped adjoining plot.
Bibliography: H.W. Janson 'Nineteenth-century Sculpture' (London, 1985) pp. 243-4; Dr Garnet 'The Shelley Monuments', 'Illustrated London News' (May 21 1892) p. 627. Francis Haskell 'The Shelley Memorial', 'Oxford Art Journal' (1978) vol i, pp.3-6.

JSON

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  "location": "University College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England",
  "transcript": "'SHELLEY'",
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    "description": "Nude statue in white marble of the drowned Shelley on top, supported by bronze winged lions with a mourning muse between them, an apple tree behind her. The whole on a stepped plinth in coloured marble.",
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    "notes": "Poet, drowned in yachting accident. Monument commissioned by Lady Shelley for Shelley's grave in Rome, but would have overlapped adjoining plot.",
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Recreation

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Boat-shaped memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating Joshua Richard Compston d. 1996

Location

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Transcript

'THE DIVISION BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH IS MERELY PERIPHERAL' round gunwale ' WHO WOULD TRUE VALOUR SEE LET HIM COME HITHER' stern 'BON VOYAGE' side 'FN'.

Details

Description: Recumbent effigy lying in a dinghy.
Type: Memorial
Materials: Stone
Artists: Zebedee Helm

People

Compston, Joshua Richard
Age: 25
Date of Death: 5/3/1996
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Joshua Compston, an art dealer who enjoyed messing about in boats. 'FN' the initials of his company 'Factual Nonsense.'
Bibliography: Ed. James Stevens Curl 'Kensal Green Cemetery: the origins and development of the cemetery of All Souls, Kensal Green, London' p.227.
Photographer: Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh ©RMG

JSON

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  "transcript": "'THE DIVISION BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH IS MERELY PERIPHERAL' round gunwale ' WHO WOULD TRUE VALOUR SEE LET HIM COME HITHER' stern 'BON VOYAGE' side 'FN'.",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters