Memorial at St Nicholas’s Church, Worth, West Sussex commemorating Sub-Lieutenant Lionel Graham Cameron Thompson RN d. 1916
Location
St Nicholas's Church, Worth, West Sussex, England
Transcript
'Sub-Lieutenant Lionel Graham Cameron Thompson R.N. H.M.S. Indomitable, youngest son of Sir Thomas Raikes Thompson Bt. and of Alice his wife, who was killed in the service of his country in the North Sea on 21 March 1916 aged 20'
Details
Type: Brass plaque Position: West end Vessel: HMS Indomitable
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Thompson, Lionel Graham Cameron Age: 20 Date of Death: 21/3/1916 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Sub Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in St Luke’s Church, Kew commemorating Commander George Tyrrell RN d. 1872
Location
St Luke's Church, Kew, London, England
Transcript
'To the memory of George Tyrrell Commander Royal Navy formerly of this Parish which died at Fordbrook Ealing in the County of Middlesex May 11th 1872 in the 82nd year of his age "So he bringeth them to the haven where they would be'''
Details
People
Tyrrell, George Age: 81 Date of Death: 11/5/1872 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Lieutenant 9/1/1812. Recorder: Colin Harris 1994
Gravestone at Tynemouth Priory commemorating William Wright d. 1807
Location
Tynemouth Priory, Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM WRIGHT / MASTER MARINER SON OF ROBERT & / ELIZABETH WRIGHT OF STOCKTON / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE APRIL 19TH 1807 / AGED 35 YEARS / ALSO HERE ARE INTERRED TWO CHILDREN / OF JOHN & MARY ANN WRIGHT / OF NORTH SHIELDS / who died in infancy.'
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Henry Valentine RN d. 1907
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of our late shipmate Henry VALENTINE, A.B. of H.M.S. 'Sandpiper' who died on 30th August 1907 aged 20 years. This stone is erected by the officers and crew as a token of esteem', 'Tread lightly on the strangers grave / He came far oer the sea / No mother watched his dying bed / Nor voice said live for me. / Sudden and short his notice was / Messmates and Shipmates mourn, / And long will think upon his name / Gone never to return'
Details
Description: Headstone, cross within a circle above the inscription. Type: Headstone Vessel: HMS Sandpiper
People
Valentine, Henry Age: 20 Date of Death: 30/8/1907 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at Brompton Cemetery, London commemorating Francis Pettit Smith d. 1874, inventor of the screw propeller
Location
Brompton Cemetery, London, England
Transcript
'NEAR THIS SPOT / ARE INTERRED THE REMAINS / OF / SIR FRANCIS PETTIT SMITH RN / LATE CURATOR OF THE / PATENT OFFICE MUSEUM / SOUTH KENSINGTON / WHO DIED 12TH FEBRUARY / AGED 66 YEARS / THIS MONUMENT/ HAS BEEN ERECTED / BY A FEW FRIENDS, TO COMMEMORATE / THE SERVICES / HE RENDERED HIS COUNTRY / IN CONNECTION WITH THE SCREW PROPELLER.'
Details
Description: Ragged cross on plinth. Inscription within gothic arch. Lead letters. Type: Cross Materials: Stone
People
Smith, Francis Pettit Age: 66 Date of Death: 12/21874 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Inventor Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: 1808-1874 Inventor of the 4-bladed screw propeller for steamships, first demonstrated by the 'Archimedes' in 1838. Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 85.
Gravestone at Portree, Isle of Skye commemorating Henry George Cramer RN d. 1859
Location
Portree Graveyard, Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Transcript
'TO / THE MEMORY OF H G CRAMER R.N. / OF / H.M.S. PORCUPINE / WHO DIED HERE / 29 MARCH 1859 / AGED 39 / This stone is erected by / the Captain and officers of / HMS Porcupine / as a testimony of their regard and friendship'
Details
Description: Carved with a flower head above the inscription. Type: Gravestone Vessel: HMS Porcupine
People
Cramer, Henry George Age: 39 Date of Death: 29/3/1859 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Sailmaker Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Born circa 1820 at Hampstead, Middlesex. See 1851 Census. Served in HMS 'Alban' during the Crimea War in the Baltic. Bibliography: TNA ADM 38/4479. Recorder: Vice-Admiral Sir Roderick Macdonald
Monument in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London commemorating Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy RN d. 1732
Location
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England
Transcript
'Near the west door of the Choir lieth interr'd the body of Sir THOMAS HARDY Knt. who died the 16 of August 1732, in the 67 year of his life and according to the directions of his will was buried in the same grave as his wife, who died the 28 of April 1720. He was born in Jersey and descended from Clement Le Hardy who removed from France and settled in that island and was made a Justice (commonly call'd there a Jurat) in 1381, and was succeeded in the same office by his son and grandson: his great grandson Clement was made a Lieutenant Governor, and had the office of Bailiff (or cheif magistrate) of the island, with the Seigneurie de Meleche confer'd upon him for life by Henry the 7, as a reward for the most important service he had rendered him when Earl of Richmond, after the disappointment he had met with in his first attempt upon England when being separated from the rest of his fleet by a storm he landed privately in Jersey, intending to stay there till he could obtain leave from the French King to come into his dominions, and was shelter'd at the house of the said Clement, who protected him and convey'd him safely to Normandy at the hazard of his own life, notwithstanding a proclamation from Richard the 3 for apprehending the said Earl, had been publish'd in the Island; his descendants have on all occasions distinguish'd themselves to the utmost of their power by their loyalty and fidelity to the Crown.
SIR THOMAS HARDY, to whose memory this monument is erected, was bred in the Royal Navy from his youth, and was made a Captain in 1693. In the expedition to Cadiz under Sr. George Rook he commanded the Pembrook, and when the fleet left the coast of Spain to return to England, he was order'd to Lagos bay, where he got intelligence of the Spanish galeons being arriv'd in the harbour of Vigo under convoy of 17 French men of war, commanded by Mons. Chateau Renaud, upon which he sail'd immediately in quest of the English fleet and notwithstanding he had been several days separated from it, by his great diligence and judgement he joyn'd it and gave the Admiral that intelligence which engag'd him to make the best of his way to Vigo, where all the forementioned galeons and men of war were either taken or destroy'd. After the success of that action, the Admiral sent him with an account of it to the Queen who order'd him a considerable present and knighted him; some years afterwards he was made a Rear Admiral and receeiv'd several other marks of favour and esteem from her Majesty, and from Her Royal Consort, Prince George of Denmark, Lord High Admiral of England.
He married Constance, daughter of Colonel Hook, Lieutenant Governor of Plymouth, a Lady of great virtue and merit, by whom he had several children, three of which survived him, a son and two daughters; the eldest married to George Chamberlayne of Wardington in the County of Oxford, Esqr. the sone and youngest daughter unmarried'
Details
Description: In front of a pyramid-shaped back plate in a niche, an effigy reclining on a sarcophagus with paw feet. Hardy is shown in in Roman costume with a cherub holding an urn at his feet. Type: Monument Position: Nave inside west door Materials: Coloured marble Artists: Henry Cheere
People
Hardy, Thomas Age: 66 Date of Death: 16/8/1732 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: The arms are Hardy impaling Hook(e). Admiral Hardy married Constance Hook, who died 1720. Bibliography: Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964); K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946). Recorder: B. Tomlinson Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
