Monument in St Bartholomew’s Church, Smithfield, London, to Robert Chamberlayne d. 1615
Location
Church of St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield, London, England
Transcript
'ROBERTO R.F.CHAMBERLANIO IACOBI MAGNAE BRITANIAE FRANC= / CICI HIBERNICI PIJ FOELICIS SEMPER AVGVSTI INAVGVRATI= / ONE NOBLISS.DE BALNEO ORDINIS MILITI, CASTELLI DE SHERBVRN IN AGRO OXONIENSI DOMINO AB ANTIQVISS. / TANKERVILLAE IN NORMANDIA COMITIB. LONGA MAJORVM SE= / RIE DEMISSO.QVANTAE CVNQ.FORTVNAE / CAPACI, ANIMO MAG= / NO NATO NEC VIRTVTIR.MINORIR.QVAS DVM SIBI SVISQ. / FOVET EXTERAS NATIONES COMPLVRIMAS LVSTRAVIT MO= / RVM CALIDVS LINGVARVMQ. TERRAM POSTREMO SANCTAM / ET SEPVLCHRVM DOMINI VENERABVNDVS ADIJT SVVMQ (H=V/FATA) QVALE AVT VBI INCOMPERTO REPERIJT LITTORE SI QVI= / DEM SOLVENS ANNO VIRGINEI PARTVS MDCXV.TRIPOLIM INTER / CYPRVM.(QVANTVM CONIJCI FAS EST) FATORVM AN HOMINVM INCLE= / MENTIA COELEBS A SVIS PROCVL PERIJT. / TAM DVLCIS OLIM CONTVBERNIJ MEMOR TANTOQ.DOLORI ET DESI= / DERIO IMPAR, AMICO AMICVS MERENTI MOERENS P. / VIXIT ANNOS CERCITER XXX / COELO TEGITUR QVI NON HABET VRNAM. / [Translation] 'To Robert Chamberlayne, son of Robert by the institution of the pious happy and ever august James, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, made a knight of the most noble Order of the Bath; Lord of the Castle of Sherburn in the county of Oxford, descended by a long line of ancestors from the most ancient Earls of Tankerville in Normandy. Fit for any fortune, however great, born with an intellect and an equally great character, whilst cherishing these for himself and for his own people, he also travelled many foreign countries, skilled in their habits and languages. Eventually he reverently approached the Holy Land and the Sepulchre of our Lord, and found also (alas) his own (sepulchre) of what kind or on what shore is unknown, dying in the year of the Virgin Birth 1615. A Batchelor, far from his own people he perished by the inclemency of the weather or of man between (as far as can be guessed) Tripoli and Cyprus. A sorrowing friend, mindful of so sweet and old a companionship and unequal to support so great a grief and loss erected this (monument) (to a well deserving friend). He lived about thirty years. He is covered by heaven though he has no tomb'
Details
Description: Kneeling effigy in armour under a canopy, curtains held back by angels. At the top of the memorial the crest an coat of arms of Chamberlayne. Type: Monument Position: Presbytery north side Materials: Marble
People
Chamberlayne, Robert Age: 30 Date of Death: 1615 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation:
Extra
Notes: DOSSIER. Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
Memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Bosham, Hampshire, commemorating yachtswoman Jennifer Wornum d. 1950
Location
Holy Trinity Church, Bosham, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'In loving memory of Jennifer Wornum who lived at the Manor these gates are given. The sea claimed her at the age of 23, 1927-1950. Many waters cannot quench love. These gates were designed as his last work by her father'
Details
Type: Wrought iron gates; stone. Position: Churchyard Materials: Wrought iron Artists: Wornum Vessel: Gentleman's Agreement
People
Wornum, Jennifer Age: 23 Date of Death: 10/7/1950 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Yachtswoman Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Lost in the wreck of the yacht 'Gentleman's Agreement' near Wattamolla Beach, 35 miles south of Sydney. 10 July 1950. Bibliography: P. Clissold 'Ships and Monuments in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 58, p. 207 (Greenwich, 1972).
Wall painting at St Paul’s Church, Dover dedicated to those lost of the ‘Herald of Free Enterprise’ on 6th March 1987
Location
St Paul's Church, Dover, Kent, England
Transcript
[On a scroll painted below Christ, the red ensign and inscription] '1987 / When you pass / through the waters / I will be with you / Isaiah 43-2' [On book-shaped plaque on adjacent wall] 'And the waves beat / into the boat, so that / the boat was already / filling / Mark 4.37 / On 6th March 1987 / the 'Herald of Free Enterprise' / sailing for her home port of Dover / capsized outside the harbour of / Zeebrugge with the loss of 193 / lives. / This Baptistry / with its message of new life / through water was funded by / St Richard's school in memory / of those who died. / Fresco painted by Dr Henry Campbell MA, PhD, ACF, FRSA.'
Details
Description: The baptism of Christ with the bows of the ship shown below John The Baptist Type: Wall painting Position: N of chancel Materials: Fresco Artists: Dr Henry Campbell Vessel: 'Herald of Free Enterprise'
Extra
Notes: Car ferry 'Herald of Free Enterprise', capsized at Zeebrugge 1987. Bibliography: 'Daily Telegraph' (19 October 1988).
Vaunt in Jesmond cemetery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne commemorating Frederick Smith d. 1864 in the loss of the ‘Cygnet’ and his father also Frederick Smith d. 1886
Location
Jesmond cemetery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England
Transcript
'The Family Vault of Frederick Smith of this town. Edith Mary Smith born Septr. 10th 1857, died Decr. 14th 1859. Norah Smith born March 21st 1852, died May 1st 1860. Frederick Smith lost with the Cygnet with all hands, in the Grecian Archipelago, supposed Decr 20th 1864 in his 21st year. Margaret Smith died Jany 28th 1886. FREDERICK SMITH died March 8th 1886 (Parents of the above). In memory of MARGARET beloved wife of Henry COATES, and the last surviving daughter of Frederick and Margaret Smith, died March 5th 1897'
Details
Description: Flaming urn draped with garlands on a plinth. Type: Gravestone; Family vault Position: Plot 78 Vessel: Cygnet
People
Smith, Frederick Age: 21 Date of Death: 8/3/1886 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Trinity House, Newcastle Smith, Frederick Age: 20 Date of Death: 20/12/1864 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Memorial at St Martin’s Church, Cheriton, Kent commemorating Master James Modrel, d. 1892
Location
St Martin's Church, Cheriton, Kent, England
Transcript
'In loving / remembrance of / JAMES MODREL / aged 57 years / who lost his life while nobly doing / his duty as Commander of the ship / ‘Benvenue’ / wrecked off Sangate during the storm / of the 11 November 1891 and was here / interred 18th March 1892 "He was lost and is found" Erected by his Children'
Details
Type: Headstone Position: N879 Vessel: ‘Benvenue'
People
Modrel, James Age: Unknown Date of Death: 11/11/1891 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Unknown
Extra
Notes: The 'Benvenue' set sail from London, bound for Sydney, Australia. A report in The 'Folkestone Chronicle and Advertiser', Saturday November 14 1891 details the account of the rescue of some crew members. It names Captain James Moddrea of Liverpool.
Bibliography: Pauline Davey 'St Martins Church, Cheriton Monumental inscriptions' part II, p. 68 no. N829. (Folkestone and District Family History Society, 1985).
Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating John Doughty d. 1856
Location
Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'John Doughty, son of Thomas and Ann Doughty, who was drowned with his wife and daughter on their passage from Melbourne to New Zealand, November 1856 age 35'
Details
People
Doughty, John Age: 35 Date of Death: 11/1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation:
Extra
Notes: From an MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d.1886, vol. 8, p. 817. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
Memorial at St Cuthbert’s Church, Ackworth commemorating Robert Gulley d. 1842
Location
St Cuthbert's Church, Ackworth, West Yorkshire, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Robert Gulley son of John Gulley Esq. of Ackwoth Park, who after suffering the horrors and privations of shipwreck on the island of Formosa in the brig Ann on the night of 10th March 1842, in which vessel he was a passenger, was together with the rest of the crew taken prisoner by the Chinese and suffered the greatest privations and hardships which he bore with the most exemplary fortitude, manly and cheerful resignation to about the 18th August when he together with about 300 other British subjects was most barbarously murdered in cold blood by the Chinese authorities in the town of Ty Wan Foo aged 28 years. He was endeared to a large circle of friends for his manly virtues and kindness of heart. This tablet is erected by a bereaved and afflicted father'
Details
Position: South wall of nave Vessel: Ann
Event
First China War
Event Date
1840-42
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
People
Gulley, Robert Age: 28 Date of Death: 18/8/1842 Cause of Death: Murdered Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation:
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS DUBOIS LUKIS / BORN MARCH 16TH 1825 / WHO PERISHED IN THE WRECK OF THE EAST INDIAN SHIP RELIANCE / OFF BOULOGNE NOVEMEBR 13TH 1842'.
Details
Description: Family vault. Vessel: Reliance
People
Lukis, Thomas Dubois Age: 17 Date of Death: 13/11/1842 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Wall tablet in Salisbury Cathedral commemorating Captain Willoughby Bertie RN d. 1810.
Location
Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Transcript
'Here are deposited the Remains of / WILLOUGHBY VERE BERTIE / HE was born 20th April 1811; and died 26th July 1812 / His Father, the Honorable WILLOUGHBY BERTIE; Capt. R.N. / had perished in the SATELLITE, which he commanded, / off Cherbourg; 19th December 1810; aged 23 Years / CATHERINE, his disconsolate Mother / incribed this Marble to the memory of / her, beloved Husband, and only child.'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: North transept Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Satellite
People
Bertie, Willoughby Age: 23 Date of Death: 19/12/1810 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Sarcophagus in relief, with lions feet, anthemion acroteria. On the pediment is a relief of a rose cut down by a scythe. Bibliography: P. Clissold 'Ships and Monuments in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 58, p. 212 (Greenwich, 1972). 'Satellite' foundered in the Channel. Recorder: B. Tomlinson Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Tomb at Putney Vale Cemetery, London to Joseph Bruce Ismay d. 1937
Location
Putney Vale Cemetery, London, England
Transcript
[Tomb] ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF BRUCE ISMAY DIED OCTOBER 17TH 1937 / HIS WIFE JULIA FLORENCE ISMAY / DIED DECEMBER 31ST 1963 / THEY THAT GO DOWN TO THE SEA / IN SHIPS AND OCCUPY THEIR / BUSINESS IN GREAT WATERS / THESE MEN SEE THE WORKS OF THE / LORD AND HIS WONDERS IN THE DEEP.’ [Headstone] ‘BEHOLD ALSO THE / SHIPS WHICH THOUGH / THEY BE SO GREAT AND / ARE DRIVEN OF FIERCE / WINDS YET ARE THEY / TURNED ABOUT WITH / A VERY SMALL HELM / WHITHER SO EVER THE GOVERNOR LISTETH.’
Details
Description: Tomb carved with sailing ships and a sun burst motif and a separate headstone carved with a pattern on the back and sides Type: Memorial Materials: Stone Vessel: RMS Titanic
People
Ismay, Joseph Bruce Age: 74 Date of Death: 17/10/1937 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ship owner Organisation: White Star Line
Extra
Notes: Survivor of the 'Titanic' disaster. Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 237.
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