Memorial at Governor’s Green, Old Portsmouth commemorating Algerine Class minesweepers and their crews
Location
Governor's Green, Old Portsmouth, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
"LET THERE BE A WAY THROUGH THE WATER" / THESE TREES AND MEMORIAL STONE / WERE COMMEMORATED ON 14 MAY 2000 / REMEMBERING WITH PRIDE AND GRATITUDE THE MEN AND / THE SHIPS OF THE "ALGERINE" CLASS OF FLEET MINESWEEPERS / OPERATING IN THE ROYAL NAVY 1942-1961 / AND THOSE WHO ALSO SERVED IN ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY ESCORTS / OF THE "ALGERINE" CLASS / ACUTE / ALARM / ALBACORE / ALGERINE / ANTARES / ARCTURUS / ARIES / BRAMBLE / BRAVE / CADMUS / CHAMELEON / CHEERFUL / CIRCE / CLINTON / COCKATRICE / COQUETTE / COURIER / ESPIEGLE / FANCY / FANTOME / FELICITY / FIERCE / FLY / FLYING FISH / FRIENDSHIP / GOLDEN FLEECE / GOZO / HARE / HOUND / HYDRA / JASEUR / JEWEL / LAERTES / LARNE / LENNOX / LIBERTY / LIGHTFOOT / LIONESS / LOYALTY / LYSANDER / MAENAD / MAGICIENNE / MAMELUKE / MANDATE / MARINER / MARMION / MARVEL / MARY ROSE / MELITA / MICHAEL / MINSTREL / MOON / MUTINE / MYRMIDON / MYSTIC / NERISSA / NIGER / OCTAVIA /ONYX/ ORCADIA / ORESTES / OSSORY / PELORUS / PERSIAN / PICKLE / PINCHER / PLUCKY / PLUTO / POLARIS / POSTILLION / PROMPT / PROVIDENCE / PYRRHUS / RATTLESNAKE / READY / RECRUIT / REGULUS / RIFLEMAN / RINALDO / ROMOLA / ROSAMUND / ROSARIO / ROWENA / SEABEAR / SERENE / SKIPJACK / SPANKER / SQUIRREL / STORMCLOUD / SYLVIA / TANGANYIKA / THISBE / TRUELOVE / VESTAL / WATERWITCH / WAVE / WELCOME / WELFARE / ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY ESCORTS / BORDER CITIES / FORT FRANCIS / KAPUSKASING / MIDDLESEX / NEW LISKEARD / OSHAWA / PORTAGE / ROCKCLIFFE / SAULT STE MARIE / ST. BONIFACE / WALLACEBURG / WINNIPEG'
Details
Description: A flat granite slab engraved with the inscription and the badge of the Algerines Association. Type: Memorial Materials: Granite Vessel: HMS Alarm, HMS Albacore, HMS Algerine, HMS Antares, HMS Arcturus, HMS Aries, HMS Bramble, HMS Brave, HMS Cadmus, HMS Chameleon, HMS Cheerful, HMS Circe, HMS Clinton, HMS Cockatrice, HMS Coquette, HMS Courier, HMS Espiegle, HMS Fantome, HMS Felicity, HMS Fierce, HMS Fly, HMS Flying Fish, HMS Friendship, HMS Golden Fleece, HMS Gozo, HMS Hare, HMS Hound, HMS Hydra, HMS Jaseur, HMS Jewel, HMS Laertes, HMS Larne, HMS Lennox, HMS Liberty, HMS Lightfoot, HMS Lioness, HMS Loyalty, HMS Lysander, HMS Maenad, HMS Magicienne, HMS Mameluke, HMS Mandate, HMS Mariner, HMS Marmion, HMS Marvel, HMS Mary Rose, HMS Melita, HMS Michael, HMS Minstrel, HMS Moon, HMS Mutine, HMS Myrmidon, HMS Mystic, HMS Nerissa, HMS Niger, HMS Octavia, HMS Onyx, HMS Orcadia, HMS Orestes, HMS Ossory, HMS Pelorus, HMS Persian, HMS Pickle, HMS Pincher, HMS Plucky, HMS Pluto, HMS Polaris, HMS Postillion, HMS Prompt, HMS Providence, HMS Pyrrhus, HMS Rattlesnake, HMS Ready, HMS Recruit, HMS Regulus, HMS Rifleman, HMS Rinaldo, HMS Romola, HMS Rosamund, HMS Rosario, HMS Rowena, HMS Seabear, HMS Serene, HMS Skipjack, HMS Spanker, HMS Squirrel, HMS Stormcloud, HMS Sylvia, HMS Tanganika, HMS Thisbe, HMS Truelove, HMS Vestal, HMS Waterwitch, HMS Wave, HMS Welcome, HMS Welfare, HMCS Border Cities, HMCS Fort Francis, HMCS Kapuskasing, HMCS Middlesex, HMCS New Liskeard, HMCS Oshawa, HMCS Portage, HMCS Rockliffe, HMCS Sault Ste Marie, HMCS St Boniface, HMCS Wallaceburg, HMCS Winnipeg
Memorial at Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Frank Morris, d. 1909
Location
Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'FRANK husband of HENRIETTA MORRIS was drowned from the smack WESTWARD HO on April 17 1909 aged 37, also of HENRIETTA MORRIS wife of the above died Jul. 6. 1919 aged 47, also FRANK son of the above died Nov. 27 1915 aged 23'.
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Type: Gravestone Position: Plot 12 Vessel: Westward Ho
People
Morris, Frank Age: 37 Date of Death: 17/4/1909 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Unknown
Gravestone in Rame, Cornwall dedicated to James Pearse d. 1859
Location
St German's Church, Rame, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'Sacred / TO THE MEMORY OF / WILLIAM THOMAS PEARSE / son of / ISAAC AND SUSANNA PEARSE / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE DECEMBER / 10TH 1861 AGED 41 YEARS / Also JAMES L.E. PEARSE / BROTHER OF THE ABOVE / MASTER MARINER WHO DIED ON BOARD / THE BARQUE CONRAD AT CALLAO AND / BURIED AT LIMA BAY MARCH 28TH 1859 / AGED 29 YEARS / ALSO IN MEMORY OF / MARY BURLACE / WHO DIED IN THE YEAR 1802'
Memorial at Nunhead Cemetery, London commemorating Captain A. P. Wall HEIC d. 1884
Location
Nunhead Cemetery, London, England
Transcript
'In Loving Memory / of / CAPTN A.P. WALL / LATE H.E.I.C.S. / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / 26TH DECEMBER 1884 / BY BOREAS' BLAST AND NEPTUNE'S WAVES / I'VE TOSSED TO AND FRO, / IN SPITE OF ALL, BY GOD'S DECREE / I HARBOUR HERE BELOW. / AND HERE AT LAST NOW DO I LIE / WITH MANY OF MY FLEET / IN HOPE AGAIN TO SET SAIL / MY SAVIOUR CHRIST TO MEET/ Also in memory of / MARGARET WALL WIDOW OF CAPT. WALL / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 20TH JANUARY 1892 / AGED 70 YEARS 'THY WILL BE DONE'
Details
Description: Gravestone with lead letters. Foul anchor carved on base. Type: Gravestone
People
Wall, A. P. Age: 86 Date of Death: 26/12/1884 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master HEIC Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Chest tomb at St Andrews, Torquay, Devon commemorating Samuel Crockwell d. 1845
Location
St Saviours now St Andrews, Torquay, Devon, England
Transcript
'Samuel Crockwell died August 22nd 1831 age 63 years. He was a respectable Tradesman of Torquay for 38 years and a most affectionate parent. Also of Samuel Crockwell, grandson of the above who was lost on a voyage from the West Indies to Newfoundland November 1845 age 23 years. Also of Henry Crockwell son of Samuel and Mary Crockwell who died on his voyage from the West Indies August 22nd aged 22 years ...'
Details
Type: Chest-tomb Position: Churchyard
People
Crockwell, Samuel Age: 23 Date of Death: 11/1845 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Unknown Crockwell, Henry Age: 22 Date of Death: 22/8/1818 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Unknown
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Notes: Commemorates eight other members of the family. DOSSIER. Recorder: Mrs J.A. Benson
Memorial in St Leonard’s Church, Bursledon, Hampshire, commemorating Philemon Ewer d. 1750
Location
St Leonard's Church, Bursledon, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'In Memory of / MR PHILEMON EWER, / who died the 13th day of December / A.D. 1750 aged 49 Years. / During the late war with France & Spain / He build Seven large Ships of war / for His Majesty's Service. / In the Execution of that important Trust / He gained, and deserved, the Reputation / of an ingenious Artist / and excellent workman / and an honest Man. / All his Undertakings were crowned with Success, / And all his Industry justly rewarded / With a fair Character & a plentiful Fortune; / The first of which he left for ye Imitation / The second for the Support & Enjoyment / Of his numerous Family; / who in Gratitude erected / This Monument / A:D: 1754'
Details
Description: Architecturally framed inscription tablet with arms above, a wood, half-model of a ship on the base. Type: Wall tablet Position: South transept Materials: Marble, slate; plaster; wood Artists: J. Nutcher
People
Ewer, Philemon Age: 49 Date of Death: 13/12/1750 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Shipbuilder Organisation:
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Notes: DOSSIER. Bibliography: P. Clissold 'Ships and Monuments in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 58, p. 209 (Greenwich, 1972); Nikolaus Pevsner and David Lloyd 'The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight' (Harmondsworth, 1967). Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
Memorial at Our Lady of Asumption, Mullikulam, Sri Lanka commemorating John Gerrit Freywer d. 1836
Location
Our Lady of Asumption, Mullikulam, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of JOHN GERRIT son of MATTHEW FREYWER commander of the government barque WELLINGTON born 3rd April 1812 died 5th May 1836 aged 24 years'
Details
Position: Churchyard Vessel: Wellington
People
Freywer, John Gerrit Age: 24 Date of Death: 5/5/1836 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
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Notes: DOSSIER. Formerly Ceylon. Recorder: C. Flintham
Wall memorial in Bristol Cathedral commemorating William Burton, RM d. 1828
Location
Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM BURTON Esq. / the last of the respectable family of that name / in the county of RUTLAND / who died September 29th 1817 / Aged 80 Years. / He was without Guile / Candour and Truth marked him / for their own / Also Mary Wife of the above / who departed this life Decr. 25th 1828 Aged 78 Years' [panel below] 'Also of WILLIAM HENRY STRANGWAYS R.M. / Nephew of the above; who died at Bath, 3rd January 1841 / Aged 53 Years / Also of MARIANNE his Widow, who died at Brighton / 10th March 1872, and was buried at Norwood; Surrey / Aged 63 Years'
Details
Description: Wall tablet carved with a draped urn above. A shield of arms above and below.
Type: Wall memorial Position: South Transept Materials: Marble
People
Strangways, William Henry Age: 53 Date of Death: 2/1/1841 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Royal Marines
Extra
Notes: Sighted B. Tomlinson 2008 Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Memorial at St Peter’s Church, Port Royal, Jamaica commemorating the officers and seaman of HMS ‘Rainbow’ who died of fever in 1835
Location
St Peter's Church, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the World
Transcript
'To the officers and seamen of H.M.S. 'Rainbow' who died of fever at Port Royal between 31 July and 28 Octr. 1835. Edwd. GREY, Lieut., Wm. Hen. RUDLAND, Surgeon, Fras. W. MEREWHETHER, Mate, Hen. F. DAVIES, Midshipmen, Edwd. W. BENNETT, Robt. ELLIS Clerk, Wm. CLEMENTS, Jno. O'DONNELL, Wm. CROWTHER, Thos. COX, Seamen/ Hen. THOMPSON & Wm. PORCH, Marines. Jas. GOUBIN, Jas. HALSTEAD, Geo. SWELLING & Geo. PATIENCE, Boys. Erected by the Capt. & surviving officers'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: Nave Vessel: HMS Rainbow
People
Bennett, Edward W. Age: Date of Death: 1835 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy Clements, William Age: Date of Death: 1835 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Cox, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 1835 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Crowther, William Age: Date of Death: 1835 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Davies, Henry F. Age: Date of Death: 1835 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy Ellis, Robert Age: Date of Death: 1835 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Clerk Organisation: Royal Navy Goubin, James Age: Date of Death: 1835 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Boy Organisation: Royal Navy Grey, Edward Age: Date of Death: 1835 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy Halstead, James Age: Date of Death: 1835 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Boy Organisation: Royal Navy Merewhether, Francis W. Age: Date of Death: 1835 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Mate Organisation: Royal Navy O'Donnell, J. Age: Date of Death: 1835 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Patience, George Age: Date of Death: 1835 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Boy Organisation: Royal Navy Porch, William Age: Date of Death: 1835 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Marines Rudland, William Henry Age: Date of Death: 1835 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN Organisation: Royal Navy Swelling, George Age: Date of Death: 1835 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Boy Organisation: Royal Navy Thompson, Henry Age: Date of Death: 1835 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Marines
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Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875).
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
