Memorial in Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon commemorating Frederick Cove d. 1874 & Frank Cove d. 1876
Location
Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England
Details
Vessel: Nellie
People
Cove, Frederick John Age: 16 Date of Death: 27/2/1874 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Apprentice Organisation: Unknown Cove, Frank Age: 15 Date of Death: 10/3/1876 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Apprentice Organisation: Unknown
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Notes: Frederick John and Frank, sons of Elizabeth and Edward Cove of Salcombe. Frank died on passage from Rio of yellow fever. Indentured to Edward Windsor Cove. Frederick John drowned at sea. Both on board 'Nellie'. Recorder: P. Cove; E.R. Stage
Wall tablet at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Rye commemorating Lieutenant James Proctor RN d. 1809 in the loss of HMS ‘Sealark’
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Rye, East Sussex, England
Transcript
'(To Anne & Nathaniel Proctor).....Also to the memory of Lieut James Proctor RN, their second son aged 29 years who was lost off The Texel 18th June 1809 when in command of HM Schooner 'Sealark''
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Description: Grey marble on black baseplate. Type: Wall tablet Position: North transept, north wall Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Sealark
People
Proctor, James Age: 29 Date of Death: 18/6/1809 Cause of Death: vessel loss Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: 'Sealark', Cutter. Built Brixham 1/8/1806. Wrecked 18 June 1809. Bibliography: Nigel Llewellyn 'East Sussex Church Monuments 1530-1830' (Sussex Record Society, 2011)
Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Frederick John Simons d. 1924
Location
All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England
Transcript
'FREDERICK JOHN SIMONS / aged 67 / lost with the old / training ship “Marlborough" / in the English Channel / Nov: 29 1924'
Details
Type: Memorial tile Vessel: Marlborough
People
Simons, Frederick John Age: 67 Date of Death: 29/11/1924 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Unknown
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Notes: HMS 'Marlborough' 1855 later 'Vernon' II, sank while under tow to the breakers at Osea Island on 29 November 1924 owing to her unseaworthy condition. Four lives were lost.
Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)
Memorial at Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada commemorating Ernest King, d. 1912 in the loss of ‘Titanic’
Location
Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Rest of the World
Transcript
‘IN / LOVING MEMORY OF / ERNEST WALDRON KING / CURRIN RECTORY / CLONES, IRELAND / DIED ON DUTY S.S. ’TITANIC' APRIL 15 1912 / AGED 28 YEARS / "NOTHING IN MY HAND I BRING / SIMPLY TO THY CROSS I CLING"'
Wall tablet in the Abbey, Romsey, Hampshire commemorating Arthur Ward d. 1912 in the sinking of ‘Titanic’
Location
Abbey, Romsey, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF HIS SERVANT / ARTHUR WARD / ENGINEER OFFICER / WHO DIED IN THE BRAVE FULFILMENT OF HIS DUTY IN THE / FOUNDERING OF S.S. 'TITANIC' APRIL 15th 1912 THIS / TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY A FEW OF HIS FELLOW TOWNS / MEN AND FRIENDS / LEST WE FORGET'
Memorial in St Michael’s Church, Shute, Devon commemorating Charles Templer, HEIC, d. 1786
Location
St Michael's Church, Shute, Devon, England
Transcript
'consurgunt nautae et magno clamore morantur' / 'fractosque legunt in gurgite remos' Virg. / Sacred to the memory of / CHARLES BECKFORD TEMPLER / Who, on the 6th Night of January 1786 / Perish`d in the HALSEWELL East-India-Man, / in STUDLAND BAY: / This Monument, / In Testimony of mutual Regard between the / Unhappy Victim, and his tributary Friend and Brother, / is erected by / Sr JOHN WILLIAM POLE Bart. / Ob:Ao Ae+ 16.
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Description: White marble tablet on a green marble base. Towards the top, a white marble plaque within which is a round bas-relief of a shipwreck. Above an urn with swags. Below the inscription tablet a painted coat of arms. Type: Wall tablet Position: Interior Materials: Marble Vessel: 'Halsewell'
People
Templer, Charles Beckford Age: 16 Date of Death: 6/1/1786 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Midshipman Organisation: HEIC
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Notes: Sir John William Pole was Charles Templer's brother-in-law
Memorial at Old Cemetery, Cobh, County Cork commemorating two passengers on the Lusitania, Inez and George Ley Vernon. George Ley Vernon died 7th May 1915 when the vessel was torpedoed. Inez committed suicide in New York in July 1915.
Location
Old Cemetery, Cobh, County Cork, Republic of Ireland
Transcript
'IN TENDER MEMORY OF / INEZ AND GEORGE LEY VERNON / BOTH YOUNG BEAUTIFUL AND GIFTED / VICTIMS OF THE LUSITANIA CRIME / MAY 7 1915'
Details
Type: Headstone Position: Private grave 651 Materials: Stone Vessel: SS Lusitania
People
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Notes: George Ley Pearce Vernon was an American-born British citizen and former concert singer who was acting as an arms importation agent, selling rifles to Russia. His French wife, Inez was a professional violinist. Inez’s sister, actress Rita Jolivert, was also on the journey from England to the United States when the Lusitania was torpedoed. Both Inez and Rita both survived the vessel sinking. However, Inez committed suicide by shooting herself around 22nd July 1915 in New York. Rita brough her sister’s ashes to Ireland after the war.
George Vernon was also known as George Butler.
Bibliography: Patrick O'Sullivan 'Lusitania, unravelling the mysteries' (Cork, 1998) p. 86 (photo).
Memorial at St James’s Church, Sandys, Bermuda commemorating officers and men who died in the loss of HMS ‘Valerian’ in the hurricane of 1926
Location
St James Church, Sandys, Bermuda, Rest of the World
Transcript
'To the glory of God, and in memory of the four officers and eighty-four men of H.M.S. 'Valerian', who were drowned when the ship foundered in the hurricane of the 22nd of October 1926, off the coast of Bermuda.'
Memorial at St John’s Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Charles Clark, George Dann, George Garner, William Dann, crew of the ‘Free Lance’, d. 1903
Location
St John's Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'In memory of the crew of the 'Free Lance' who left Lowestoft on 24 Feb 1903 and never returned. Charles CLARK Skipper, George DANN, mate, George GARNER, 3rd hand, William BLOWERS, 4th hand, William DANN, Cook' [not exact]
Details
Vessel: Free Lance
People
Blowers, William Age: Unknown Date of Death: 2/1903 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: 4th hand Organisation: Unknown Clark, Charles Age: Unknown Date of Death: 2/1903 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Unknown Dann, George Age: Unknown Date of Death: 2/1903 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Mate Organisation: Unknown Dann, William Age: Unknown Date of Death: 2/1903 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Cook Organisation: Unknown Garner, George Age: Unknown Date of Death: 2/1903 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: 3rd hand Organisation: Unknown
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Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan
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