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Car park, Falmouth, Cornwall, England

Memorial in Cornwall dedicated to those lost during Operation Chariot 1942

Location

Car park, Falmouth, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'OPERATION CHARIOT / FROM THIS HARBOUR 622 SAILORS / AND COMMANDOS SET SAIL FOR / THE SUCCESSFUL RAID ON ST. NAZAIRE / 28TH MARCH 1942 168 WERE KILLED / 5 VICTORIA CROSSES WERE AWARDED / DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF / THEIR COMRADES BY / THE ST. NAZAIRE SOCIETY'

Details

Type: Memorial
Materials: granite, bronze

Event

St Nazaire Raid

Event Date

1942

Event Category

1939 - 1945 Second World War

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Parish church, East Ham, London, England

Memorial at East Ham, London commemorating George Story d. 1874

Location

Parish church, East Ham, London, England

Transcript

'In affectionate remembrance. / GEORGE STORY / OF THIS PARISH / BORN 21ST AUGUST 1804 AT SEA ON BOARD H.M.S. TEMERAIRE / DIED ON 10TH MAY 1874. BROTHER THOU ART GONE BEFORE ME / AND THY SOUL I TRUST IS FLOWN / WHERE TEARS ARE WIPED FROM EVERY EYE / AND SORROW IS UNKNOWN. / WHERE MEN ARE SURE TO MEET THE GOOD / WHOM ON EARTH THOU LOVEST BEST / WHERE THE WICKED CEASE FROM TROUBLING AND THE WEARY ARE AT REST / ALSO OF / MARY ANN THOMPSON / SISTER TO THE ABOVE / DIED 22ND FEBRUARY 1921'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard against front wall
Vessel: HMS Temeraire

People

Story, George
Age: 70
Date of Death: 10/5/1874
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Gravestone at Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating William Harvey Hooper d. 1833

Location

Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the memory of / William Harvey Hooper Esq / late Secretary of the / Royal Hospital Greenwich / who died 8th November 1833 / aged 41 years / Lord now lettest Thou thy / servant Depart in Peace / according to thy word Luke 2nd 29th v. / also of / Richard Goodwin Keats Hooper / second son of the above / who died 20th July 1841 / aged 7 years 10 months / Yea though I walk through / the / valley of the shadow of Death I will / fear no evil for thou art with me / Thy Rod and Thy staff / they comfort me. Ps 23rd 4th v'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Enclosure

People

Hooper, William Harvey
Age:
Date of Death: 8/11/1833
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich

Extra

Notes: PRO Greenwich Hospital Memorial Inscriptions 99618.
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Maryport Maritime Museum, Maryport, Cumbria, England

Plaque in Maryport, Cumbria commemorating  John. A. Jeffery d. 1967, James R. Tennant d. 1972 and Charles F. Dadd d. 1972

Location

Maryport Maritime Museum, Maryport, Cumbria, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN JOHN A. JEFFREY / SENIOR PILOT / LOST AT SEA WHILE BOARDING / THE PILOT LAUNCH / 15 OCTOBER 1967 / AND / CAPTAIN JAMES R. TENNANT / RETIRED SENIOR PILOT / DIED 13TH APRIL 1972 / ALSO / MR CHARLES F. DADD / ASSISTANT MISSIONER / AT WORKINGTON FOR 33 YEARS / DIED 29TH APRIL 1972 / MAY I HEAR THEE SAY TO ME, / 'FEAR NOT, I WILL PILOT THEE!'

Details

Type: Plaque
Materials: Metal, wood

People

Jeffrey, John A.
Age:
Date of Death: 15/10/1967
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Pilot
Organisation: Trinity House
Tennant, James R.
Age:
Date of Death: 13/4/1972
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Pilot
Organisation: Trinity House

Extra

Notes: Originally erected in the Seaman's Bethel, Workington, in 1872
Recorder: Patricia Barber 2007
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Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China commemorating Thomas Pennington d. 1861

Location

Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Erected by Alexr. Athson, master of the British ship 'James Potons' of Ayr in memory of Tho. PENNINGTON, his apprentice boy who died on board at this port on the 1st. January 1861. Through the effects of a fall into the hold. Deeply regretted'

Details

Vessel: James Potons

People

Pennington, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 1/1/1861
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Apprentice
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas
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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating George Eade d. 1884

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'GEORGE EADE aged 26 lost from the Yacht 'Psyche' off Whitstable July 31 1884'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Psyche

People

Eade, George
Age: 26
Date of Death: 31/7/1884
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).
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St Nicholas's Church, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St Nicholas’s church, Liverpool commemorating Thomas Riley d. 1829

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Thos. Riley, Pilot, drowned 4th August 1829 aged 35'.

Details

People

Riley, Thomas
Age: 35
Date of Death: 4/8/1829
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Pilot
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 1, p. 101. Church destroyed by enemy action in 1940. Rebuilt in 1952 but only two non-maritime memorials retained.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
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Landican Cemetery, Landican, Merseyside, England

Ledger at Landican Cemetery commemorating Lieutenant Samuel Spencer RN d. 1850

Location

Landican Cemetery, Landican, Merseyside, England

Transcript

'SACRED / to the memory of / SAMUEL SPENCER ESQ. / Lieut. R.N. / who departed this life / Decr. 19th 1850 / Aged 71 years / also / CHARLOTTE MATILDA SPENCER / second daughter of the above / who departed this life / March 6th 1870'

Details

Type: Ledger

People

Spencer, Samuel
Age: 71
Date of Death: 19/12/1850
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Moved from St Mary's Birkenhead.
Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 137.
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St Michael's Church, Inveresk, East Lothian, Scotland

Memorial at St Michael’s Church, Inveresk, East Lothian, Scotland commemorating Admiral David Milne, RN, d. 1845

Location

St Michael's Church, Inveresk, East Lothian, Scotland

Transcript

'In memory of Admiral Sir David Milne, GCB &c. For 60 years he served his country in the Royal Navy; his gallant deeds are recorded in her annals. In all the relations of private life he was upright, exemplary, and esteemed. He expired at sea on the 5th of May 1845, aged 82 years, whilst returning to his native home from Devonport, at which station he had been for the three previous years Commander-in-Chief. Here are deposited the remains of Grace, wife of Rear-Admiral David Milne, who died at Bordeaux, in France, the 4th of October 1814, where she had gone for the recovery of her health. Her remains were brought to this country by her affectionate husband, and re-interred here the 18th of February 1815. She was eldest daughter of Sir Alexander Purves of Purves, Bart., by Mary Home, daughter of Sir James Home of Coldinghame, Bart., in the County of Berwick.'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Milne, David
Age: 82
Date of Death: 5/5/1845
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: David Steele 1988
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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Gravestone in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating William Bolton d. 1850

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of / William Bolton / who departed this life on / the 24th day of February 1850 / Aged 67 years / deceased was one of the British / Seamen who fought at the / memorable / Battle of Trafalgar on Board of / H.M.S. Timerara [sic]'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Timerara

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Bolton, William
Age: 67
Date of Death: 24/2/1850
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Manuscript in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 6, p. 245.
Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 31.
Recorder: Captain J P Brand, Friends of Merseyside Maritime Museum
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