Memorial at the Church of St Margaret of Antioch, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent commemorating Commander Donald Mansfield RNR d. 1966
Location
Church of St Margaret of Antioch, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent, England
Transcript
'In / loving memory / of / Commander / DONALD MANSFIELD, R.D., R.N.R. / Master Mariner / 10 March 1880-16 December 1966 / and of his beloved wife / AGNES / 15 March 1880-18 August 1974'
Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Alfred Lawrence d. 1906
Location
Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of / Arthur Lawrence A.B. / H.M.S. 'RUSSELL' / who was drowned off Portland / July 4th 1906 / aged 21 years. This stone is erected as a / mark of esteem and respect by / the ship's company of H.M.S. 'RUSSELL''
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Church of England (old) 372 Vessel: HMS Russell
People
Lawrence, Arthur Age: 21 Date of Death: 4/7/1906 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial tablet in Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, commemorating John Henry Francis, Chief Mate, d. 1862
Location
Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World
Transcript
'To the Memory of / JOHN HENRY FRANCIS / Late Chief Mate of / the British Ship / CHILO, who died on / board that ship / on the 28th April 1862 / Aged 37 years / He was the third son / of WILLIAM SKEGGS / FRANCIS of Belle / Grove near Welling / in the county of Kent / England'
Details
Type: Tablet Position: North wall N35 A212 Vessel: 'Chilo'
People
Francis, John Henry Age: 37 Date of Death: 28/4/1862 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Chief Mate Organisation: Unknown
Extra
Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney 1988) p. 195.
Memorial in Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, New York, United States of America, commemorating Lieutenant Augustus Ludlow, USN d. 1813
Location
Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, New York, United States of America, Rest of the World
Transcript
'In memory of / Lieutenant AUGUSTUS C. LUDLOW / of the United States Navy / Born in Newburgh, 1792, died in Halifax 1813. Scarcely was he twenty-one years of age / when, like the blooming Euryalus, he accompanied his beloved Commander to battle. / Never could it have been more truly said / 'His amor unus erat pariterque in bella ruebant.' [Aeneid IX 182] [One love united them and side by side they entered combat]. / The favourite of Lawrence and second in command, / he emulated the patriotic valour of his friend on the bloody decks of the Chesapeake and / when required, like him yielded with courageous resignation his spirit to Him who gave it'
Details
Vessel: USS Chesapeake
Event
War of 1812
People
Ludlow, Augustus C Age: 21 Date of Death: 6/1813 Cause of Death: War Casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant USN Organisation: United States Navy
Extra
Notes: See Capt. James Lawrence on same monument. Both Captain Lawrence and Lieutenant Ludlow were mortally wounded when their ship engaged HMS Shannon on 1 June 1813. USS Ludlow was named after him.
Monument at Church of St Mary and St Nicholas, Leatherhead commemorating Admiral James Wishart d. 1723
Location
Church of St Mary and St Nicholas, Leatherhead, Surrey, England
Transcript
[Translation from Latin) 'Beneath this place are buried the remains of James Wishart, a most illustrious man. Descended from an ancient Scottish family, he migrated to Holland in early youth. He crossed to England in command of a company with that great Prince of Orange, later King William III, to free the English churches and laws from Roman superstition and tyranny. Later devoting himself entirely to service at sea, he fulfilled the duties of a ships's captain under the King of most illustrious memory with such constant skill in naval affairs, such loyalty, such courage and good fortune that he never surrendered, either to the seas or the enemy, any ship to which he was commissioned either as officer or as commander. If he was not honoured by King William as he was by his successor, that is to be attributed to the premature death of the King, whose opinion of him was fully equal to his deserts. But what William left unfinished was completed by Her Serene Majesty Queen Anne of blessed memory. The distinction of capturing or firing French and Spanish ships in the Port of Vigo was chiefly his, though having been sent elsewhere he had no part whatever in the disaster. The Queen appointed him Rear-Admiral of the Blue; then, on his return from successfully escorting Charles III to Barcelona, and after the victory won over the French at Malaga, where he had command of a flagship, she knighted him. Later she appointed him as naval member of the Council of her most illustrious husband George, Prince of Denmark, Lord High Admiral of England. On his death she appointed Wishart one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty and Admiral of the Blue squadron, and finally Admiral of the White and Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean. Struggling long against ill-health, he preserved the same courage and constancy which he had shown in prosperity, and triumphed over death with the same intrepid spirit with which he had shown his contempt of the enemy. He died on 31st May 1723 at the age of 64. William Wishart Principal of Edinburgh University, gave instructions for this monument to be erected to the memory of a most dear brother who had served his country so well'
Details
Description: Arms and crest above the inscription tablet which is surrounded by naval trophies, a relief of a warship below. Type: Monument Position: North wall Materials: Marble Artists: Edward Stanton, Christopher Horsnaile
People
Wishart, James Age: 64 Date of Death: 31/5/1723 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: D.B. Ellis 'Admiral Sir James Wishart (1659-1723)', 'Leatherhead & District Local History Society: Proceedings' vol. v, no. 4 (1991) p. 106-111.
Brass plaque at St Ann’s Church, Portsmouth Dockyard commemorating midshipmen of HMS ‘Warspite’ drowned in a canoe accident in 1891
Location
St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY / READ ADMIRAL HOTHAM, / CAPTAIN LAMBTON, AND OFFICERS OF / H.M.S. "WARSPITE" / TO THE MEMORY OF / RALPH CALDWELL / BORN JUNE 21ST 1874: / HONBLE ARTHUR A. MONTMORENCY / BORN OCTOBER 25TH 1874: / PERCIVAL A.H. BROWN, / BORN MARCH 7TH 1874: / DOUGLAS C. JOHNSTONE, / BORN FEBRUARY 19TH 1874: / MIDSHIPMEN OF H.M.S. WARSPITE / WHO WERE DROWNED AT ESQUIMAULT / JULY 17TH 1891 / 'OURS ARE THE TEARS, THOUGH FEW, SINCERELY SHED, / WHEN OCEAN SHROUDS AND SEPULCHRES OUR DEAD.'
Details
Description: Tablet with a border of oak leaves, a naval crown and foul anchor above the inscription. The upper corners are filled with a design of olive branches. Type: Plaque Materials: Brass Artists: Matthew Vessel: HMS Warspite
People
Brown, Percival A.H. Age: 16 Date of Death: 17/7/1891 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy Caldwell, Ralph Age: 16 Date of Death: 17/7/1891 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Midshipman Organisation: Royal Navy de Montmorency, Arthur A. Age: 17 Date of Death: 17/7/1891 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy Johnstone, Douglas C. Age: 16 Date of Death: 17/7/1891 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: The four midshipman drowned in a boat accident, during shore leave involving two locally-purchased canoes. There is another memorial to them in the form of a free-standing granite cross at Esquimalt, Canada. Recorder: B. Tomlinson Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Tomb at St Matthias’s Church, Poplar commemorating Captain Samuel Jones d. 1734
Location
St Matthias's Church, Poplar, London, England
Transcript
'...He engaged a superior force of the French off Cape Ravella in 1706, and off Beachy head in 1707; and with signal bravery and conduct put them to flight'
Details
Description: Bas relief showing a ship, an urn on the top. Type: Tomb Position: Churchyard
People
Jones, Samuel Age: Date of Death: 1734 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Extra
Bibliography: A.E. Daniell 'London Riverside Churches' (London, 1897) p. 284.
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
