Memorial at Toxteth Park, Cemetery commemorating members of the Nagle family. Robert d. 1868, William d. 1872 and James d. 1880
Location
Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'In affectionate remembrance of Anne, daughter of Robert and Dora Nagle, died 22nd March 1861. Also ROBERT, eldest son, Master of the schooner DENBY, who was lost in the month of February 1868, while on his passage from Patagonia to Chupat, aged 35. WILLIAM, 3rd son, Chief Officer of the ship BERTRAM RIGBY of L'pool, who was washed overboard in a hurricane on the 24 June 1872, while on a voyage from London to Bombay, aged 32. JAMES, youngest son, who died on the 27th. May 1880, on board the S.S.SORATA, while on his passage from Sydney to London, aged 38, and JOHN, second son, who died at Tamworth, Australia, on the 16th. January 1881, aged 43'
Details
Type: Headstone Position: H817 Vessel: Bertram Rigby, Denby, SS Sorata
People
Nagle, Robert Age: 35 Date of Death: 2/1868 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Nagle, William Age: 32 Date of Death: 24/6/1872 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Chief Officer Organisation: Nagle, James Age: 38 Date of Death: 27/5/1880 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Memorial at St Nicholas’s Church, Harwich, commemorating Anthony Deane d. 1716?
Location
St Nicholas's Church, Harwich, Essex, England
Transcript
'Anthony Deane, late an alderman of this borough and many years commander of one of HM Post Office Packets who departed this life March XII MDCCXVI[?] in the 74th year of his age'
Details
People
Deane, Anthony Age: 73 Date of Death: 12/3/1716? Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
Wall tablet in St Laurence Church, Seale commemorating Lieutenant Charles Philip Woodrow Cross RN d. 1940
Location
St Laurence Church, Seale, Surrey, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / CHARLES PHILIP WOODROW CROSS / LIEUT ROYAL NAVY / SON OF MR & MRS CHARLES F. CROSS / OF DAVID'S VERE, SEALE. / KILLED IN ACTION IN H.M.S. HARDY / AT NARVIK 10TH-APRIL 1940 / AGED 26 YEARS'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: Aisle, south wall Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Hardy
Event
Narvik
Event Date
1940
Event Category
1939-1945 Second World War
People
Cross, Charles Philip Woodrow Age: 26 Date of Death: 10/4/1940 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Plaque in the Church of St Martin of Tours, Exminster, Devon commemorating John Cockburn Jessop Teague, RMLI d. 1915
Location
Church of St Martin of Tours, Exminster, Devon, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF CAPTAIN JOHN COCKBURN JESSOP TEAGUE ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY (RETIRED) OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW AND ELDEST SON OF THE REVEREND JOHN JESSUP TEAGUE MA VICAR OF THIS PARISH 1894-1905. CAPTAIN COCKBURN TEAGUE, CALLED UP FOR ACTIVE SERVICE AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE EUROPEAN WAR AUGUST 1914, TOOK PART IN THE DEFENCE OF ANTWERP, WHERE HE WAS WOUNDED, RECOVERED, AND AFTERWARDS FELL IN ACTION AT DARDANELLES ON MAY 14TH 1915 IN THE THIRTY THIRD YEAR OF HIS AGE. THE SOULS OF THE FAITHFUL ARE IN THE HAND OF GOD'
Details
Description: Cross above inscription tablet
Type: Plaque Position: Interior, south wall Materials: Black and white marble
Event
Dardanelles Campaign
Event Date
1915
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Teague, John Cockburn Jessup Age: 32 Date of Death: 14/5/1915 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Captain Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Macau commemorating Captain Sir Humphrey le Fleming Senhouse RN d. 1841
Location
Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Captain Sir Humphrey le Fleming SENHOUSE R.N. C.B. & K.C.B. of Seascale in the County of Cumberland, Senior Officer in Command in the British Fleet in the China Seas, who died on board H.M.S. 'Blenheim' at Hong Kong on the 13th June 1841, aged 60 years, from the effects of a fever contracted during the zealous performance of his arduous duties at the capture of the heights of Canton in May 1841. This monument was erected in testimony of esteem and respect for their distinguished and lamented chief, by the Officers of the Army and Navy composing the China Expedition in 1841'
Details
Vessel: HMS Blenheim
Event
First China War
Event Date
1840-2
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
People
Senhouse, Humphrey Age: Date of Death: 14/6/1841 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Discrepency in the dates of death on Senhouse's two memorials. DNB gives his date of death as 14 June 1841. Opium Wars. Bibliography: J.H. Braga 'Tombstones in the English Cemeteries in Macau'; Lawrence Phillips 'British and American Naval Tombs on the China Coast', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 67, p. 370 (Greenwich, 1981).
Gravestone at St Michael’s Church, Sittingbourne, Kent commemorating John Farrington d. 1845, Henry Farrington d. 1850 and George Farrington d. 1869
Location
St Michael's Church, Sittingbourne, Kent, England
Transcript
‘SACRED / to the memory of / CAPTN JOHN FARRINGTON / who lost his life by falling / overboard / on the 18th day of September 1845 / aged 58 years / Also HENRY son of the above / died on February 23rd 1850 / aged 26 years / Also HENRY RAWLINGS / Grandson of the above / died March 16th 1856 / aged 16 days / Also George son of the above / died January 18th 1869 / aged 49 years'
Details
Description: Carved with a draped urn Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard
People
Farrington, John Age: 58 Date of Death: 18/9/1845 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Unknown Farrington, George Age: 49 Date of Death: 18/1/1869 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Bargemaster Organisation: Unknown Farrington, Henry Age: 26 Date of Death: 23/2/1850 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Bargemaster Organisation: Unknown
Ledger in Church of St Andrew the Great, Cambridge commemorating Commander James Cook RN d. 1794
Location
Church of St Andrew the Great, Cambridge, England
Transcript
'MR HUGH COOK / DIED 21ST DECR 1793. AGED 17 YEARS. / JAMES COOK ESQ. / DIED 25th JANY 1794, / AGED 30 YEARS / ALSO .ELIZABETH COOK / THEIR MOTHER / OB 13 MAY 1835 / AETAT. 93'
Details
Type: Ledger Position: Floor of Nave Vessel: HMS Spitfire, HMS Thunderer
People
Cook, James Age: 30 Date of Death: 25/1/1794 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: A.J. Richardson 1989 Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Obelisk at Victoria Park, Portsmouth commemorating the officers and men of HMS ‘Royal Sovereign’ who died during the commission of 1899-1902
Location
Victoria Park, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
[Right hand side of plinth] 'HMS / ROYAL SOVEREIGN / 1899 - 1902' [Front] 'ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS AND MEN / IN MEMORY OF / THOSE KILLED IN / A GUN ACCIDENT ON BOARD / HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN / OFF PLATCA / NOVEMBER 9TH 1901 / WHILST DISCHARGING THEIR / DUTY.', 'CAPT. H.W. SPURWAY, R.M.A. / C. PRIMMER CH. ARMr / F. OSBORNE P.O. 1st Cl / L. COLBORNE ARMr / H. GARDNER PO 2nd Cl / C. CONNOR Ld SEAm', 'ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO DIED DURING THE / COMMISSION', 'MR R.E. JOHNSTON M.D. / H.J. CUDDLEYFORD M.A. W.W. MASON A.B. / R. HEARD CH. STO. C. NEWMAN A.B. / W. WALKER P.O. 1TC D. RUNDLE STO. / A. MITCHELL A.B. A. JORDAN STO.'
Details
Description: Lead letters. Type: Obelisk Materials: Stone Artists: White Bros. Vessel: HMS Royal Sovereign
People
Colbourne, L. Age: Date of Death: 9/11/1901 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Chief Armourer Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery Connor, C. Age: Date of Death: 9/11/1901 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Leading Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Cuddleyford, H.J. Age: Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master at Arms Organisation: Royal Navy Gardner, H. Age: Date of Death: 9/11/1901 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer 1st Class Organisation: Royal Navy Heard, R. Age: Date of Death: 1899-1900 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Chief Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Johnston, R.E. Age: Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Surgeon Organisation: Royal Navy Jordon, A. Age: Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Mason, W.W. Age: Date of Death: 1899-1900 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Mitchell, A. Age: Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Newman, C. Age: Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Osborne, F. Age: Date of Death: 9/11/1901 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer 1st Class Organisation: Royal Navy Primmer, C. Age: Date of Death: 9/11/1901 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Chief Armourer Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery Rundle, D. Age: Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Spurway, Humphry W. Age: 26 Date of Death: 9/11/1901 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Captain RMA Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery Walker, W. Age: Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: The incident was caused by the premature ignition of a cartridge in a six inch gun before the breech had been closed. Captain Spurway and the men were buried at sea. Bibliography: 'Evening News' 11 Nov. 1901 Recorder: B. Tomlinson Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
