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'
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
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.
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
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:
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
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.
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
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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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters