Brass plaque in St Mary’s Church, Netherbury, Dorset, dedicated to Lieutenant Arthur Hood RN d. 1775, Captain Alexander Hood RN d. 1798, and Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood d. 1814
Location
St Mary's Church, Netherbury, Dorset, England
Transcript
'To the Glory of God and in memory of three gallant Dorset sailors sons of Samuel Hood, Purser, Royal Navy, of Kingsland, Netherbury and Ann his wife. Lieutenant Arthur Hood RN (1733-1775) drowned whilst serving in the West Indies on board H.M.S Pomona. Captain Alexander Hood R.N. (1758-1798). Killed in the hour of victory while commanding H.M.S. Mars in her famous duel with the French ship L'Hercule and Admiral Sir Samuel Hood Bart K.B. K.S.K. sometimes M.P. for Bridport who served his country with great devotion under Lord Nelson at Santa Cruz (1797) and in command of H.M.S. Zealous at the glorious Battle of the Nile as well as at Rochfort (1806) where he lost his right arm. He was born at Kingsland 27 November 1762 and died while on active service at Madras, while commander-in-chief in the East Indies 24 November 1814'
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Type: Brass Materials: Brass Date Erected: 1914 Vessel: HMS Pomona, HMS Mars
Event
Battle of the Nile
Event Date
1798
Event Category
1793-1802 French Revolutionary War
People
Hood, Arthur Age: Date of Death: 1775 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy Hood, Alexander Age: 40 Date of Death: 21/4/1798 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Hood, Samuel Age: 52 Date of Death: 24/12/1814 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the White Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Erected 1914, paid for by public subscription. Bibliography: J.D. Spinney 'Some Naval Memorials in Dorset', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 73, p. 195, (Greenwich, 1987).
Memorial in St Peter’s Church, Bramshaw, Hampshire commemorating those from this parish lost in ‘Titanic’ 1912.
Location
St Peter's Church, Bramshaw, Hampshire, England
Transcript
[On border] ‘THERE SHALL BE NO MORE SEA (REV XXI:1)’ / ‘IN MEMORY OF / PERCY DEACON, AGED 17 YEARS, / WILLIAM DIBDEN, AGED 18 YEARS, / CHARLES HENRY DAVIES, AGED 19 YEARS, / AMBROSE HOOD, AGED 21 YEARS, / STANLEY GEORGE HICKMAN, AGED 21 YEARS, / LEONARD MARK HICKMAN, AGED 24 YEARS, / LEWIS HICKMAN, AGED 32 YEARS, / ALL OF THIS PARISH WHO WERE LOST IN THE WRECK / OF SS “TITANIC” ON APRIL 15 1912 THROUGH / COLLISION WITH AN ICEBERG, IN THE ATLANTIC. / ERECTED BY PARISHIONERS AND FRIENDS.'
Davies, Charles Henry Age: 19 Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Deacon, Percy Age: 17 Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Dibden, William Age: 18 Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Hickman, Stanley George Age: 21 Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Hickman, Leonard Mark Age: 24 Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Hickman, Lewis Age: 32 Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Hood, Ambrose Age: 21 Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: The sinking of the RMS 'Titanic' took place on the 14th April 1912. The 'Titanic' was on her maiden voyage heading from Southampton to New York when she struck an iceberg and foundered with the loss of some, 1,500+ lives. Recorder: David Saunders 1991
Gravestone at St Mary’s Church, Cardigan commemorating Thomas Harries Griffiths d. 1875 in the loss of the ‘Leading Star’
Location
St Mary's Church, Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales
Transcript
'...Also in loving memory of the above named Thomas Harries Griffiths who lost his life on board the brig Leading Star on a voyage from South Shields to Folkestone on or about the 28 November 1875 aged 40 years'
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Type: Gravestone Position: Graveyard Vessel: Leading Star
People
Griffiths, Thomas Harries Age: 40 Date of Death: 28/11/1875 Cause of Death: Vessel loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Memorial in Abney Park Cemetery, London dedicated to Henry Orfeur d. 1856 and John Orfeur d. 1862
Location
Abney Park Cemetery, Abney Park, London, England
Transcript
'The sea shall give up its dead', ' Sacred to the memory of Henry Orfeur, lost with all the crew, by the wreck of the schooner Invoice, in the Bristol Channel, Nov. 23, 1856, aged 23 years. Also John his brother, of the barque Geraldine, last heard of April 14, 1862, near the equator, aged 17 years'
Details
Vessel: Geraldine, Invoice
People
Orfeur, Henry Age: 23 Date of Death: 23/11/1856 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Orfeur, John Age: 17 Date of Death: 1862 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: Rev. Thomas B. Barker 'Abney Park Cemetery' (London, 1869) p.28.
Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating William Gilbert d. 1917
Location
All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England
Transcript
'William Gilbert / Aged 26 / Lost from H.M. / Patrol Yacht 'Zarefah’ / off the Scotch coast / May 8 1916'.
Details
Type: Memorial tile Vessel: HMY Zarefah
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Gilbert, William Age: 26 Date of Death: 8/5/1916 Cause of Death: Vessel loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Mercantile Maritime Reserve
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Notes: Minesweeper HMY 'Zarefah' mined 8 May 1917 off Orkney. The tile states 1916, rather than 1917. There is a memorial at Plymouth to 10 Mercantile Maritime Reserves who died on Zarefah, including William Gilbert.
Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)
Memorial at St Peter’s Church, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand commemorating Reverend Charles B. Haslewood d. 1863 in the loss of HMS ‘Orpheus’
Location
St Peter's Church, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred / to the Memory of / Rev. Charles B. / Haslewood, / Chaplain of H.M.S. Orpheus. / Drowned at Manukau / Heads on February 7 / 1863 / Aged 33 years'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Vessel: HMS Orpheus
People
Haslewood, Charles B. Age: 33 Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Chaplain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at East Park, Southampton commemorating the engineer officers of the ‘Titanic’ lost in 1912
Location
East Park, Southampton, England
Transcript
[On plinth below Victory] 'GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN / THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS / LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. / ST JOHN 15TH CH 13TH V.' [Below] 'TO THE MEMORY OF THE ENGINEER OFFICERS OF THE R.M.S. TITANIC, WHO SHOWED / THEIR HIGH CONCEPTION OF DUTY AND THEIR / HEROISM BY REMAINING AT THEIR POSTS / 15TH APRIL 1912 / ERECTED BY THEIR FELLOW ENGINEERS AND FRIENDS / THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.' [Left panel] 'JOSEPH BELL JONATHAN SHEPHERD / WM. E. FARQUHARSON CHARLES HODGE / JNO. H. HESKETH FRANCIS E.G. COY / NORMAN E. HARRISON JAMES FRASER / GEORGE F. HOSKING HENRY R. DYER / EDWARD C. DODDS RENNY W. DODDS / LEONARD HODGKINSON ARTHUR WARD / JAMES M. SMITH THOMAS H. KEMP / BERT. WILSON FRANK A. PARSONS / HERBERT G. HARVEY WILLIAM D. MACKIE.' [Right panel] 'ROBERT MILLAR ALFRED P. MIDDLETON / WILLIAM Y. MOYES ALBERT G. ERVINE / WILLIAM MCREYNOLDS WILLIAM KELLY / HENRY R. CREESE GEORGE A. CHISWALL / THOMAS MILLAR HUGH FITZPATRICK / PETER SLOAN ARTHUR A. ROUS / ALFRED S. ALLSOPP WILLIAM L. DUFFY / HERBERT JUPE / ALSO / THOMAS ANDREWS ARCHD FROST / ROBERT KNIGHT.'
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Description: A semicircular seat, above flanked by columns, two bronze reliefs of marine engineers, in the centre Glory, standing on a ships prow holding two wreaths. She is crowning the 'martyrs of duty'. Type: Memorial Materials: Granite, bronze Date Erected: 1914 Artists: Messrs Whitehead & Sons; Ferdinand Victor Blundstone; Romeo Rathmann Vessel: RMS Titanic
People
Alsopp, Alfred Samuel Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Junior Electrician Organisation: White Star Line Andrews, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Naval Architect Organisation: Bell, William Joseph Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Chiswall, George Alexander Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Senior Boiler Maker Organisation: White Star Line Coy, Francis Edward George Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Junior 3rd Assistant Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Creese, Henry Philip Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Deck Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Dodds, Renny Watson Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Junior 4th Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Duffy, William Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Clerk, Engineer Department Organisation: White Star Line Dyer, Henry Ryland Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Senior Assistant 4th Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Ervine, Albert Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Electrician Organisation: White Star Line Farquharson, William E. Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: 2nd Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Fitzpatrick, Hugh Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Junior Boiler Maker Organisation: White Star Line Fraser, James Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: White Star Line Frost, Archibald Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Harland & Wolff Harrison, Norman Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Junior 2nd Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Harvey, Herbert Gifford Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Junior Assitant 2nd Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Hesketh, J. H. Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: White Star Line Hodge, Charles Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Senior Assistant 3rd Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Hodgkinson, Leonard Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Senior 4th Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Hosking, George Fox Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Senior 3rd Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Jupe, Herbert Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Electrician Organisation: White Star Line Kelly, William Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Assistant Electician Organisation: White Star Line Kemp, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Extra Assistant 4th Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Knight, Robert Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Leading hand Engineer Organisation: Harland & Wolff Mackie, William Dixie Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Junior 5th Engineer Organisation: White Star Line McReynolds, William M.E. Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Junior 6th Assistant Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Middleton, Alfred Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Electrician Organisation: White Star Line Millar, Robert Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Extra 5th Assistant Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Moyes, William Young Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Senior 6th Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Parsons, Frank Alfred Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Senior 5th Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Rous, Arthur A. Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Plumber Organisation: White Star Line Shepherd, Jonathan Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: White Star Line Sloan, Peter Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Chief Electrician Organisation: Smith, James M. Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Junior 4th Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Ward, Arthur Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Junior Assistant 4th Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Wilson, B. Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Senior 2nd Assistant Engineer Organisation: White Star Line
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Notes: Unveiled on April 22 1914 by Sir Archibald Denny. Erected by subscription from the public and fellow engineers. Victor Blundstone is the sculptor and the figure of Victory is by Romeo Rathman. Bibliography: Robert Douch 'Monuments and Memorials in Southampton' (Southampton, 1968); Brian Ticehurst 'The Titanic, Southamptons Memorials' (Poole, 1987) (illustration). 'Builder' 6 June 1913 p. 651. Photographer: Barbara Tomlinson
Memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford, Suffolk commemorating Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, RN, d. 1782 in the loss of HMS ‘Cato’
Location
Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE / OF / SIR HYDE PARKER BART. / VICE ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE SQUADRON / OF H. M. FLEET, / COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF H. M. SHIPS / AT ST LUCIA, / ON THE 25TH OF MARCH 1780, / AND IN THE ACTION OFF THE DOGGER BANK / THE 5TH AUGUST 1781 / WHO WAS LOST AT SEA IN PROCEEDING TO TAKE THE CHIEF NAVAL COMMAND / IN THE EAST INDIES, / 1782, IN H. M. SHIP CATO. / THIS TESTIMONY OF RESPECT TO / THE FATHER OF SIR HARRY / IS INSCRIBED.'
Details
Type: Chest-tomb Position: Clopton Chapel Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Cato
People
Parker, Hyde Age: c. 67 Date of Death: 1782 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the Blue Organisation: Royal Navy
Plaque at Batheaston, Bath, commemorating Lieutenant Douglas Carteret Sealy d. 1922
Location
St John The Baptist's Church, Batheaston, Bath, England
Transcript
[Verse from Revelations XX:13 below and above inscription] 'To the glory of God and in Undying Memory of Lt Douglas Carteret Sealy DSC RN Youngest Son of the late Edmund Sealy Esq of Matihari, Bengal, India, Born November 23 1891 Commander HM submarine H42 lost with all hands off Europa Point, Gibraltar, March 23 1922'
Details
Type: Plaque Position: Near choir Materials: Brass Vessel: H42
People
Sealy, Douglas Carteret Age: Date of Death: 23/3/1922 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: HMS H42 was lost off Gibraltar in 1922, having been accidentally rammed by HMS Versatile whilst both were practicing maneuvers. Recorder: David Saunders 1984
Memorial at Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating George Butcher, d. 1890 in the loss of SS ‘Thanemore’
Location
Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'George Frederick BUTCHER, eldest son of George Frederick and Louisa Susan Butcher, who lost his life by the foundering in the Atlantic of the SS THANEMORE of Liverpool, November 27th 1890, aged 50 years'
Details
Vessel: SS Thanemore
People
Butcher, George Frederick Age: 50 Date of Death: 27/11/1890 Cause of Death: Vessel loss Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Johnston Line
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Notes: The SS 'Thanemore' burned and sank in heavy weather in the Atlantic, with the loss of 43 lives.
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