Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, West Bengal, India commemorating Captain John Luscombe Wood, d. 1835
Location
South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Also of Captain John Luscombe Wood, and his wife and child who perished in command / of the 'Quebec Trader' in a Tyfoon in the / China Seas in July 1835.'
Details
Vessel: Quebec Trader
People
Wood, John Luscombe Age: Unknown Date of Death: 7/1835 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Unknown
Extra
Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.128.
Monument in St Clement’s Church, Knowlton, Kent commemorating Sir John Narborough RN and James Narborough RN d. 1707 in the loss of the ‘Association’
Location
St Clement's Church, Knowlton, Kent, England
Transcript
'In Memory of / Sr. JOHN NARBROUGH Bart. / & / JAMES NARBROUGH Esq / the only surviving sons of Sr. John Narbrough Knt. / Admirall of the Fleet in the Reigns of King Charles / the 2d. and King James the 2d. who with their entirely / belov'd Father in Law Sr. CLOUDESLY SHOVEL Knt. / Rear Admirall of Great Brittain and Admirall and / Commander in Cheife of the Fleet under her Present / Majesty Queen Anne, were unfortunately Shipwreckt / in the Night upon the Rocks of Scilly the 22d. of / October 1707. / Great was the Loss of these two Young Gentlemen whose / Obliging Conversation, Constant Friendship, & Religious / Duty were the Admiration of all that knew Them. They were / Ingenious, Virtuous, Pious, / Happy in their Inclinations, Happy in their Fortunes / Unhappy only in their Fate / The Ardency of their Affection had this Peculiar in it, / That their Mutuall Impatience of living long Asunder, / was the Great Occasion of their Dying both Together, / The Elder in the 23d. and the Younger in the 22d. Years of their Age / Dame ELIZABETH SHOVEL, their disconsolate Mother / as a Perpetual Memorial of her Inexpressible Greife / Hath raised and for ever Consecrated this Monument. / Nescit Naufragium Virtus'
Details
Description: Marble tomb chest with two lamenting putti. Relief showing a shipwreck. Two flaming urns on top. Type: Monument Vessel: Association
People
Narborough, John Age: 23 Date of Death: 22/10/1707 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Navy Narborough, James Age: 22 Date of Death: 22/10/1707 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Both were stepsons of Rear Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, drowned in the wreck of his fleet wrecked on Isles of Scilly 23/10/1707. Erected by Lady Shovell. The relief is a copy of the one on Sir Cloudesley Shovell's monument in Westminster Abbey.
Bibliography: John Newman 'Buildings of England: North East and East Kent' (Harmondsworth, 1983) p. 368; Rupert Gunnis 'History in Marble', 'Country Life' vol. cxviii, pp.396-398 (25 August, 1955).
Memorial in St Brannock’s Church, Braunton, Devon commemorating John Butler d. 1895
Location
St Brannock's Church, Braunton, Devon, England
Transcript
'John and John Pascal Butler, father and son, who were together drowned off Lynmouth in the 'Wesleyana' on November 15th 1895 age 51 and 16 years. Also Walter James, son of John Butler born December 29th 1884, died April 18th 1885, and his sister Mary Ann Butler who died July 1956 aged 89'
Butler, John Pascal Age: 16 Date of Death: 15/11/1895 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Unknown Butler, John Age: 51 Date of Death: 15/11/1895 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Unknown
Wall tablet in True’s Yard Fisherfolk Museum, Kings Lynn, Norfolk commemorating members of King’s Lynn and North End Royal Naval Reserve who died on 22nd September 1914
Location
True's Yard Fisherfolk Museum, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England
Transcript
'Dedicated to the memory of the gallant / King's Lynn and Northend men of the / Royal Naval Reserve whose lives were taken / 22nd September 1914. / HMS Hogue / Phillip Barnard / Walter Waudby / HMS Aboukir / John William Fysh / Frederick Bowman / Thomas Allen / John Farr / George Rodgers / Charles Scott / HMS Cressy / John Nathaniel Rose / Henry Horsley / George Bunn / Also remembering the 1,459 officers and men who / died in this action in the service of the Country
Details
Description: Black marble wall tablet with central bronze medallion. Gold anchors on either side. Dedication and names in gold. Type: Wall tablet Materials: Black marble Artists: Colin Fysh; Paul Rose Vessel: HMS ‘Hogue'; HMS ‘Aboukir'; HMS ‘Cressy'
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
Extra
Notes: Three old and poorly defended armoured cruisers nicknamed the 'live bait squadron' sunk by 'U9' while patrolling off the Dutch coast. The 1, 459 men lost - many of them cadets or reservists, were known as Winston's war babies.
Wall tablet in Church of St Thomas A Beckett, Warblington, Hampshire, dedicated to John Walker d. 1824
Location
Church of St Thomas A Beckett, Warblington, Hampshire, England
Transcript
[On urn] 'ANNO AET 30' [Below] 'IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH [On tablet] 'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / JOHN WALKER, / COMMANDER OF THE NIGER, WEST INDIAMAN, / WHO, IN HIS PASSAGE FROM SHIELDS TO GRENADA, / WAS WRECKED ON HASBRO' SAND, / IN THE EVENING OF JANUARY 2ND. 1824 / AND, WITH HIS PILOT, / AND THE GREATER PART OF HIS CREW, PERISHED. / HE WAS A KIND AND AFFECTIONATE RELATIVE, / A GENEROUS AND SINCERE FRIEND'
Details
Description: Tablet with anthemion half acroteria, a draped flaming urn above. Type: Wall tablet Position: Chancel north wall top Materials: Black and white marble Artists: Emsworth Holder Vessel: Niger
People
Walker, John Age: 30 Date of Death: 2/1/1824 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
Extra
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Monument at St Gallgo’s Church, Llanallgo, Anglesey commemorating those lost in the wreck of the ‘Royal Charter’ in 1859
Location
St Gallgo's Church, Llanallgo, Anglesey, Wales
Transcript
[Front] 'This monument has been erected by public subscription to the memory of those who perished in the wreck of the Royal Charter off Moelfre on the coast of Anglesey on her passage from Australia to England Wednesday the 26th day of October AD 1859' [Reverse] 'There lie in this churchyard the remains of 140 of the sufferers and 45 in the churchyard of Penrhos Lligwy all of whom were buried by the pious and charitable incumbent the Rev. Stephen Roose Hughes and his brother the Rev. Hugh Robert Hughes' [East] 'The remains of many of the sufferers lie near the following churches Llanallgo, Llannigrorg, Penrhos Lligwy, Llanwenllwyfa, Llanfair, Malhafarn, Eithali and Llanbedregoch Pentraeth and Llanddona Amlwch. [West] 'The Royal Charter steam clipper of 2710 to burthen sailed from Melbourne Australia Aug 16th AD 1859 bound for Liverpool having on board 324 passengers besides a crew of 103'
Details
Type: Monument Position: Churchyard Vessel: SS Royal Charter
Extra
Bibliography: Bill Fevyer 'Joseph Rogers, seaman of the Royal Charter', 'The Lifesaving Awards Research Journal' no. 38, pp.18-22 (Feb 2000). Recorder: David Saunders 1983
Gravestone at St Oswald’s Church, Filey commemorating William and Elizabeth Agar d. 1839
Location
St Oswald's Church, Filey, North Yorkshire, England
Transcript
'In memory / OF / WILLIAM AGAR / MASTER MARINER / AGED 28 YEARS / AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE / AGED 27 YEARS / who were lost on their passage from London to / Shields during a severe gale / on the 7th January 1839'
Agar, William Age: 28 Date of Death: 7/1/1839 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master mariner Organisation: Agar, Elizabeth Age: 27 Date of Death: 7/1/1839 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation:
