Gravestone at Holy Trinity Old Church, Bothenhampton, Dorset, commemorating Thomas Jarvis d. 1864
Location
Holy Trinity Old Church, Bothenhampton, Dorset, England
Transcript
'Thomas Roots Jarvis / Second son of John Jarvis / (Harbour Road) who was drowned / by stranding of the ship Dessert [sic] / Flower of Liverpool on the Long Bank / off Wexford on the 4th March 1864 / aged 38 years. / "He sunk no human power his life could save / No hand could snatch him from his watery grave / a grave indeed he little thought to find / when England and his friends, he left behind" / Also the above named John Jarvis / who died January 26th 1867 / aged 74 years / [rest illegible]'
Details
Description: Carved with a weeping willow. Type: Gravestone Materials: Stone Vessel: Desert Flower
People
Jarvis, Thomas Roots Age: 38 Date of Death: 4/3/1864 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Wall tablet at St George’s Church, Beckenham commemorating members of the Dennis family who died in the wreck of the emigrant ship ‘Northfleet’ in 1873
Location
St George's Church, Beckenham, London, England
Transcript
'CATHERINE ANN, daughter of James Dennis, / Sexton of Beckenham, and Catherine his wife; / Thomas Webb, her husband, and their three / infant children, Henry, Thomas Frederick, and / Mary Elizabeth, were all drowned, together / with nearly three hundred more, on the night, / of January 22ND, 1873, in the emigrant ship / Northfleet, wrecked off Dungeness when / outward bound for Australia. / Their neighbours / have erected this tablet to their memory. / 'It is I; be not afraid'. / Matthew. xiv-27'
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Description: Plain rectangular tablet in mottled marble. Type: Wall tablet Position: South aisle lower Materials: Marble Vessel: Northfleet
People
Webb, Catherine Ann Age: Date of Death: 22/1/1873 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Webb, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 22/1/1873 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Webb, Henry Age: Date of Death: 22/1/1873 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Webb, Mary Elizabeth Age: Date of Death: 22/1/1873 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Webb, Thomas Frederick Age: Date of Death: 22/1/1873 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation:
Wall tablet in St Mary’s Church, Wolborough, Devon commemorating Lieutenant Samuel Babb RN and others lost in the brig ‘Brothers’ 1817
Location
St Mary's Church, Wolborough, Devon, England
Transcript
'SACRED / To the Memory of / SAMUEL BABB, LIEUT. RN Aet 30 / and also of / JOHN BABB Merchant Aet 25. / Who, together with the whole crew of thirteen / souls were shipwrecked and drowned in the / brig Brothers off Castiglioncello near / Leghorn, March 6 1817 / "They were lovely and pleasant in their lives and in their death they were not divided" 2 Saml. 23'
Details
Description: A large flaming urn with scrolled shoulders set on a larger rectangular background. It rests on a concave bracket. Type: Wall tablet Position: South wall Materials: Marble Artists: Coulman Vessel: Brothers
People
Babb, Samuel Age: 30 Date of Death: 6/3/1817 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy Babb, John Age: 25 Date of Death: 6/3/1817 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Merchant Organisation: Unknown
Wall tablet in St Helen’s Church, Cornhill-on-Tweed commemorating Thomas Haggerston Collingwood d. 1859 in the loss of HMS ‘Heron’
Location
St Helen's Church, Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / HENRY COLLINGWOOD / OF LILBURN TOWER / AND CORNHILL HOUSE ESQUIRE / WHO DIED JULY 26TH 1827 AGED 70 YEARS. / MARY ANNE WIDOW OF THE ABOVE / DIED 17TH FEBRUARY 1852 AGED 74 YEARS. / H.J.W. COLLINGWOOD ESQUIRE / HIS ELDEST SON DIED APRIL 14TH 1840 AGED 37 YEARS. / HENRY ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE H.J.W. COLLINGWOOD / DIED AT CORNHILL 22ND AUGUST 1836. / AGED 11 YEARS. / THOMAS HAGGERSTON / FOURTH SON OF H.J.W. COLLINGWOOD / LOST AT SEA MAY 9TH 1859 AGED 28 YEARS. / FREDERICK, SIXTH SON OF / H.J.W. COLLINGWOOD DIED AT TORQUAY FEBRUARY 10TH 1867 / AGED 29 YEARS. / FRANCES THE BELOVED WIFE OF / GEORGE CALDWELL DICKINS / LATE OF THE 21ST R.N.B. FUSILIERS AND 46TH REGIMENT / ELDEST DAUGHTER OF H.J.W. COLLINGWOOD, DIED AT PORTOBELLO N.B. SEPTEMBER 14TH 1867 / AGED 39 YEARS /
Details
Description: Gothic style inscription tablet with a cross in relief at the top and a black base. Type: Wall Tablet Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Heron
People
Collingwood, Thomas Haggerston Age: 28 Date of Death: 9/5/1859 Cause of Death: Vessel loss Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Lost in HMS 'Heron' which foundered in a tornado of the West Coast of Africa. Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 38.
Memorial window in St Margaret of Antioch, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, dedicated to Robert Crone, Bryan Eades and Graham Evans who died in the ‘Herald of Free Enterprise’, 6th March 1987
Location
Church of St Margaret of Antioch, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent, England
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY OF / ROBERT CRONE / BRYAN EADES / GRAHAM EVANS / MEN OF THIS VILLAGE / WHO DIED IN THE HERALD OF FREE ENTERPRISE / DISASTER 6TH MARCH 1987'
Details
Description: Three light window depicting Christ walking on the water, the ferry in Townsend Thoresen livery in the background, with the white cliffs with a lighthouse on the summit to the right. Type: Window Materials: Glass, lead Artists: Goddard & Gibbs Vessel: Herald of Free Enterprise
People
Crone, Robert Age: 48 Date of Death: 6/3/1987 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Senior chief engineer Organisation: Townsend Thoresen Eades, Bryan Age: 47 Date of Death: 6/3/1987 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Senior purser Organisation: Townsend Thoresen Evans, Graham Age: 43 Date of Death: 6/3/1987 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Electrician Organisation: Townsend Thoresen
Extra
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Britain's maritime memorials & mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996). Recorder: B. Tomlinson Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Shotley, Suffolk commemorating Lieutenant-Commander Julian Tenison, RN d.1916
Location
St Mary's Church, Shotley, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'Lt Cmdr Julian TENISON RN Captain of submarine E4 KIA 15 Aug 1916 after two years service in the Great War aged 31 only son of Charles and Isabel Tenison'
Details
Position: Naval cemetery Vessel: E 4
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Tenison, Julian Tenison Age: 31 Date of Death: 15/8/1916 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Died in a collision between submarines 'E4' and 'E41' during a training exercise. Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967
Memorial in the Anglican Cathedral Church of St George, Jerusalem commemorating Lieutenant Martin Keith-Roach RN d. 1940
Location
Anglican Cathedral Church of St George, Jerusalem, Israel, Rest of the World
Transcript
'To the Glory of God and in gratitude for the life of Lieutenant Martin Keith-Roach D.S.C., Royal Navy. Officer of St. John of Jerusalem. First Lieutenant H.M. Submarine 'Triad'. Killed in action 1940 aged 27 years. "He only lived but till he was a man, the which no sooner had his prowess confirmed in the unshrinking station where he fought, but like a man he died"'
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Position: Nave Vessel: HMS Triad
Event Category
1939-1945 Second World War
People
Keith-Roach, Martin Age: 27 Date of Death: 15/10/1940 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: HM submarine 'Triad' lost in action with the Italian submarine ''Enrico Toti' 15 October 1940. The Commonwealth War Graves Commision gives Keith-Roach's date of death as the 20 October. Recorder: Alex Chatwin 1982
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
