Wall tablet in St Margaret’s Church, Rochester, Kent commemorating Captain Francis Percy RN d. 1741
Location
St Margaret's Church, Rochester, Kent, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory of / Captain FRANCIS PERCY /(a descendant of that most Noble and / Ancient family of ALNWICK CASTLE / NORTHUMBERLAND) who served 47 Years / in the Royal Navy. / In the Years 1700 he was blown up in the CARLISLE / And was providentially one of the seven that were saved / out of 200 Men. / In 1704 He was dangerously wounded in the / engagement between the English and French Fleets in the Mediterranean /In 1707 He was cast away on the Rocks of SCILLY / with Sir CLOUDESLEY SHOVEL & miraculously preserved. / He was at the burning of the French and Spanish Fleets / at Vigo: He was at the Taking of GIBRALTAR where He / boarded and Burnt a 28 Gun Ship. He was likewise at the / Sieges of COPENHAGEN, MATA-GUARDA Fort, BARCELONA; / OSTEND & TOULON; in all which Actions He acquitted himself with Bravery and Honour. / Worn out in the Service of his Country & long afflicted / with the Gout and Stone He now resteth in Peace / the best reward of all his Labours / He died February 16 1741/2 Aged 67'
Details
Description: Two skulls and flowering urn above, cherub's heads and swags at the top of the inscription tablet. Winged cherub's heads and floral garlands down sides. Below, a skull with shell-shaped wings and a shell shaped cartouche. Type: Wall tablet Position: South gallery Materials: Marble
Event Category
1701-1714 War of the Spanish Succession
People
Percy, Francis Age: 67 Date of Death: 16/2/1741 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: There is a memorial to his son in Portsmouth Cathedral. He was also named Francis Percy, and died 12 June 1733 whilst serving on his Majesty's ship 'Edinburgh'. Bibliography: Canon S.W. Wheatley 'Historical Notes: Rochester St Margaret' (Rochester, 1996) p. 23. Recorder: B. Tomlinson Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Wall monument in Saltash, Cornwall dedicated to three naval officers of the Drew family, drowned 1798-9
Location
St Stephen's Church, Saltash, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of / JOHN & JAMES DREW, Captains of his Majesty's Navy, / Also JAMES W. DREW Acting Lieutenant. / The First and Third were unfortunately drowned in crossing Cawsand Bay, Jany 11th / 1798 the Second was Unfortunately Shipwrecked & Drowned in Sailing up the Delaware; / 25th May Following / This Monument is Erected by the Surviving Afflicted Relatives.'
Details
Description: A pyramid in relief with profile portraits of the three officers. Female mourners support a semi-circular relief of a ship sinking off-shore above the inscription, Triton and Neptune in the corners. There is another relief of a shipwreck on the apron. Type: Wall monument Materials: Marble
People
Drew, John Age: Date of Death: 11/1/1798 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Drew, James W. Age: Date of Death: 11/1/1798 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Acting Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy Drew, James Age: Date of Death: 25/5/1799 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at All Saints’ and St Margaret’s Church, Pakefield, Suffolk commemorating Francis Mullender and Charles Mullender d. 1917 in the loss of the ‘Fleurette’
Location
All Saints' and St Margaret’s Church, Pakefield, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'Edward, husband of Rachel Ann Mullender who died 14 June 1919 aged 79, also Francis Mullender aged 44 years and Charles Mullender aged 39, beloved sons of the above who were lost at sea out of the LT FLEURETTE on 13 Feb 1917. Also Rachel Ann Mullender, wife of the above who died 2 Nov 1923 aged 83'
Details
Position: Churchyard Vessel: Fleurette
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Mullender, Francis Age: 44 Date of Death: 13/2/1917 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: 3rd Hand Organisation: Robert W Linder, Lowestoft Mullender, Charles Age: 39 Date of Death: 13/2/1917 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Robert W. Linder, Lowestoft
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Notes: Hit by UC 47 (Paul Hundius) but not sunk. The fishing smack came ashore 1 mile NE of Godrevy lighthouse, Cornwall, on 13 February 1917 in rough seas. All the crew of five were missing, presumed drowned. Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967
Gravestone at All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, commemorating Benjamin Catchpole d. 1907
Location
All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, England
Transcript
'In / Loving Memory / of / BENJAMIN CATCHPOLE / THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF / ELIZA CATCHPOLE / WHO LOST HIS LIFE ON THE S.S. BERLIN / 21ST FEBY. 1907 / AGED 48 YEARS / THY WILL BE DONE.'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Materials: Stone Vessel: SS Berlin
People
Catchpole, Benjamin Age: 48 Date of Death: 21/2/1907 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Great Eastern Railway Company
Window in St Michael’s Church, Horwood, Devon dedicated to Joshua Downing, d. 1899
Location
St Michael's Church, Horwood, Devon, England
Transcript
'IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE / OF JOSHUA DOWNING / WHO WAS BORN IN THIS PARISH / MAY 1ST 1856 AND LOST / HIS LIFE BY THE WRECK OF / THE STEAM SHIP STELLA / OFF THE CASQUETS IN THE / CHANNEL ISLANDS / MARCH 30TH 1899. THESE WINDOWS / ARE DEDICATED / BY SOME OF HIS FOLLOW MEMBERS / OF THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE'
Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery commemorating Thomas Dickinson d. 1903 in the wreck of the SS ‘Mexicano’
Location
Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Erected to the memory of my beloved husband THOMAS DICKINSON, Chief Engineer of S.S.'MEXICANO', wrecked off Cape Hatteras, 16 September 1903, aged 49 years'
Details
Type: Headstone Position: 2.933 Vessel: SS Mexicano
People
Dickinson, Thomas Age: 49 Date of Death: 16/9/1903 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer Organisation:
Headstone at St Martin’s Church, Cheriton, Kent commemorating Edward George Tavenor, RN d. 1880 in the loss of HMS ‘Atlanta’
Location
St Martin's Church, Cheriton, Kent, England
Transcript
'...Also of / EDMUND GEORGE TAVENOR / son of the above/who was lost at sea / on H.M.S. Atlanta 1880 / We cannot bend beside his grave / For he sleeps in the secret sea / And not one gently whispering wave / Will tell the place to me / But though unseen by human eyes / Though mortals know it not / His Father knoweth where he lies / And angels guard the spot ...'
Details
Type: Headstone Position: T307 Vessel: HMS Atlanta
People
Tavenor, Edmund George Age: Unknown Date of Death: 12/2/1880 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Maureen Criddle 'St Martins Church, Cheriton Monumental inscriptions' part I, p. 15, no. T307. (Folkestone and District Family History Society 1983). HMS 'Atlanta' was a training ship which foundered in 1880.
Monument at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London commemorating Lieutenant Sir Charles Harbord and Sir Clement Cottrell RN d. 1672 .
Location
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England
Transcript
'To preserve and unite the memory of two faithfull friends who lost their lives at sea together May XXVIII MDCLXXII'
'Sr. Charles Harbord Knt. third son of Sr Charles Harbord Knt. his Majesties, Surveyor General and first Lieutenant of the Royal James under the most Noble and Illustrious Captain Edward Earle of Sandwich, Vice-Admirall of England, which after a terrible fight maintained to admiration against a squadron of the Holland fleet for above six houres, neere the Suffolk coast, having put off two fireships, at last being utterly dissabled and few of her men remaining unhurt was by a third unfortunately set on fire but he (though he swam well) neglected to save himselfe as some did and out of perfect love to that worthy lord (whom for many yeares he had constantly accompanyed in all his honourable imployments, and in all the engagements of the former warr) dyed with him at the age of XXXII, much bewailed of his father whom he never offended, and much beloved of all for his knowne Piety, Vertue, loyalty, fortitude and fidelity.'
'Clement Cottrell Esqr. eldest son of Sir Charles Cottrell Knight, Master of the Ceremonies, and his assistant to have succeeded in that office, for which he was very fit, having a tall handsome person, a graceful winning behaviour, and great natural parts, much improved by study and by converse in most Courts of Europe, where firm to the Church of England, he learned not their vices but customs and languages understanding seven and speaking four of them as of his own though but XXII years of old; yet not content to serve his King and Country at home only, his excess of courage, incited by a deep sense of honour, could not be kept from going Volunteer with the Earl of Sandwich with whom he had been in Spain when his Excellency was there [as] AMR EXTRY [Ambassador Extraordinary], and with whom (after having returned unwounded into his ship, from being the first man that had boarded a Dutch one of LX gun and pulled down the ensign of it with his own hand) he also perished universally lamented'
Details
Description: Relief showing 'Royal James' being attacked by a fireship and the Dutch squadron under Van Tromp. (RCHM) 'Black and white marble wall monument consisting of a high base with trophies and a bas-relief of a sea fight and above two large inscribed panels each with a cartouch of arms and having a common cornice and broken voluted pediment.' Type: Monument Position: Nave Materials: Black and white marble Artists: William de Keyser Vessel: HMS 'Royal James'
Event
Battle of Solebay 1672
Event Category
1672-1674 Third Anglo-Dutch War
People
Cottrell, Clement Age: 22 Date of Death: 28/5/1672 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Royal Navy Harbord, Charles Age: 32 Date of Death: 28/5/1672 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Surveyor General and first Lieutenant Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Sir Clement Cotterell and Sir Charles Harbord were both killed at Southwold, Suffolk. Information on attribution from Simon Watney, it is not entirely certain. Bibliography: K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946) p. 97; 'An Inventory of the historical Monuments in London' vol. i 'Westminster Abbey' (London, 1925-9) 58a. Recorder: Timothy Wilson 1979
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
