Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating James Barberry d. 1870 in the loss of the ‘City of Boston’
Location
Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Jane, the beloved wife of Richard Barberry, who fell asleep in Jesus, June 21st 1871, aged 38 years. Also JAMES BARBERRY, nephew of the above, who was lost in the S.S. CITY OF BOSTON about the end of January 1870, aged 21 years'
Details
Position: Section M Materials: Granite Vessel: SS City of Boston
People
Barberry, James Age: 21 Date of Death: 1/1870 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Steward Organisation: Inman Line
Extra
Notes: The 'Liverpool Mercury' gives his name as James Burberry. Recorder: Martin Davies. April, 1985
Memorial at St Nicholas’s Church, Harwich, commemorating Captain William Hewett RN d. 1840
Location
St Nicholas's Church, Harwich, Essex, England
Transcript
'Captain William Hewett, Royal Navy, and the Officers and crew of Her Majesty's Ship Fairy who all perished off Southwold in the storm of 13 November 1840, while engaged in the survey of the North Sea. This tablet is erected by the officers and crew of HM Ship Shearwater appointed to complete that survey 1841'
Details
Vessel: HMS Fairy
People
Hewett, William Age: Date of Death: 13/11/1840 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Captain Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: HMS 'Fairy'. Brig Sloop. Built 25/4/1826. Survey vessel 1830. Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969
'In loving memory of George Albert Paul, who was drowned through the wreck of the Reindeer 14th January 1879 aged 27 years'
Details
Type: Gravestone Materials: Portland stone Vessel: Reindeer
People
Paul, George Albert Age: Date of Death: 14/1/1879 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: Cutter 'Reindeer' wrecked on reef at L'Etacq, Guernsey. Bibliography: David Kreckeler 'Nineteenth Century Monumental Memorials in Guernsey and their history of nautical interest' (typescript). Recorder: David Kreckeler 1981
Gravestone at Holy Trinity Old Church, Bothenhampton, Dorset, commemorating Captain Robert Angel RN d. 1868
Location
Holy Trinity Old Church, Bothenhampton, Dorset, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of / Capt. Robert Angel / who departed this life / January 1868 / aged 69 years / In storm or tempest none more brave / than him who lies in this lone grave / while near him murmering on the shore / the sea he loves he hears no more / Also to the memory of / Alfred / son of the above / who drowned at sea / by the foundering of the ship / Queen of the East / off the Cape of Good Hope / in the 30th year of his age / Not here but in the dark blue sea / he sleeps the good the kind the free / we raise this tomb it shows how dear / he was to all who knew him here'
Details
Description: Carved with foul anchor and crossed flags. Type: Gravestone Materials: Stone
People
Angel, Robert Age: 69 Date of Death: 1/1868 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
Plaque in the Church of the Holy Spirit, Tallinn, Estonia commemorating the loss of British submarine ‘E18’ in 1916
Location
Church of the Holy Spirit, Tallinn, Estonia, Rest of the World
Transcript
'IN MEMORIAM / HM SUBMARINE E18 / 2nd June 1916 - Baltic Sea off Hiiumaa, Estonia / / EDWIN ALBERT TAYLOR BAGG, Chief Petty Officer / WILLIAM GEORGE BASS, Leading Seaman / FREDERICK CLACK, Petty Officer / DOUGLAS NOWELL COLSON DSC, Sub-Lieutenant RNR / PERCY DUFFIELD, Stoker 1st Class / CLEMENT HARRY EDWARDS, Leading Telegraphist / ERNEST ALFRED FOX, Stoker 1st Class / MAURICE HAROLD FULLER, Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class / GEORGE GABY, Telegraphist / JAMES KERR GALLOWAY, Engine Room Artificer RNR / CYRIL FRANCIS GODWARD, Able Seaman / THOMAS EDWIN GUEST, Leading Stoker / ROBERT CROSBY HALAHAN, Lieutenant-Commander RN/ ALBERT GEORGE HALL, Stoker 1st Class / HERBERT THOMAS HARRIS, Leading Stoker / CHARLES WILLIAM HOLLAND, Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class / CHARLES HUNT, Stoker 1st Class / WALTER LUKE LANDALE, Lieutenant RN / FRANK LADBROOKE MADDOX, Able Seaman / FYODOR NIKOLAEVICH MARKOVSKY, Chief Telegraphist Russian Navy / PERCY JAMES PETER NYE, Stoker 1st Class / IVAN YEFIMOVICH PANTYUKHOV, Signalman Russian Navy/ JAMES REUBEN PERCY, Leading Stoker / ARTHUR PERCY PHILLIPS, Leading Stoker / VASILIY MIKHAILOVICH POLYKARPOV, Lieutenant Russian Navy / WILLIAM GEORGE POWELL, Able Seaman / HORACE EDWARD PRITCHETT, Able Seaman / ERNEST WILLIAM RUAUX, Leading Seaman / SAMUEL ARTHUR SHEPPARD, Chief Petty Officer Stoker / WILLIAM CHADWICK SPENCER, Engine Room Artificer 1st Class / CHARLES WILLIAM TURRALL, Petty Officer/ SYDNEY AUGUSTUS WELSH, Able Seaman / FREDERICK CHARLES FRANCIS WHITE, Leading Seaman'
Details
Description: Engraved brass plate mounted on stone surround with silhouette of HM Submarine E18; details of date and position of sinking; list of the thirty British and three Russian officers and men who lost their lives; enamelled ensigns of Royal Navy (White Ensign) and Russian Navy (Cross of St Andrew). Type: Plaque Position: On wall of Chancel, to left of Altar. Materials: Brass, stone mount Artists: Meelis Pääbo, Priit Herodes. Vessel: E18
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Bagg, Edwin Albert Taylor Age: 38 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Chief Petty Officer Organisation: Royal Navy Bass, William George Age: 34 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Leading Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Clack, Frederick Age: 34 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer Organisation: Royal Navy Colson, Douglas Nowell Age: 24 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Sub-Lieutenant Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve Duffield, Percy Age: 21 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Stoker 1st Class Organisation: Royal Navy Edwards, Clement Harry Age: 22 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Leading Telegraphist Organisation: Royal Navy Fox, Ernest Alfred Age: 24 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Stoker 1st Class Organisation: Royal Navy Fuller, Maurice Harold Age: 27 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Organisation: Royal Navy Gaby, George Age: 28 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Telegraphist Organisation: Royal Navy Galloway, James Kerr Age: 28 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Engine Room Artificer Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve Godward, Cyril Francis Age: 23 Date of Death: 2/6/ 1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Guest, Thomas Edward Age: 25 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Leading Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Halahan, Robert Crosby Age: 31 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant-Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy Hall, Albert George Age: 22 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Stoker 1st Class Organisation: Royal Navy Harris, Herbert Thomas Age: 32 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Leading Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Holland, Charles William Age: 26 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Organisation: Royal Navy Hunt, Charles Age: 28 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Stoker 1st Class Organisation: Royal Navy Landale, Walter Luke Age: 27 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy Maddox, Frank Ladbrooke Age: 29 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Markovsky, Fyodor Nikolaevich Age: Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Chief Telegraphist Organisation: Russian Navy Nye, Percy James Peter Age: 23 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Stoker 1st Class Organisation: Royal Navy Pantyukhov, Ivan Yefimovich Age: Date of Death: 2/16/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Signalman Organisation: Russian Navy Percy, James Reuben Age: 28 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Leading Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Phillips, Arthur Percy Age: 33 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Leading Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Polykarpov, Vasily Mikhailovich Age: Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Organisation: Russian Navy Powell, William George Age: 45 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Pritchett, Horace Edward Age: 23 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Ruaux, Ernest William Age: 33 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Leading Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Sheppard, Samuel Arthur Age: 35 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Chief Petty Officer Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Spencer, William Chadwick Age: 34 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Organisation: Royal Navy Turrall, Charles William Age: 32 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer Organisation: Royal Navy Welsh, Sydney Augustus Age: 29 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy White, Frederick Charles Francis Age: 23 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Leading Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: E18 struck a mine and sank with all hands on 2nd June 1916. The wreck was discovered on 19th October 2009. This memorial was unveiled and dedicated at a Service of Remembrance for the crew of E18 on 30th May 2010.
Memorial in St Nicholas Church, Bristol commemorating Harold Young d. 1940,
Location
St Nicholas Church, Bristol, England
Transcript
'To the Glory of God and in loving memory of / Harold Young / a member of the crew of the / steamship Cato / who lost his life by enemy action in the / Bristol Channel on March 3rd 1940 / He brought them to the haven where they would be / psalm 107 / Erected by his loving wife Dorothy and his daughter Shirley'
Young, Harold Age: Date of Death: 3/3/1940 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Removed to St Nicholas from The Missions to Seamen Institute in 1981. 'Cato' a screw steamship built 1914 for the Bristol Steam Navigation Co. Mined off Barry, South Wales on the Bristol to Dublin route. Bibliography: Josephine Teague 'The Missions to Seamen Church and Institute Bristol'.
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