Cross in St Ives, Cornwall commemorating Stephen Legg d. 1872
Location
Barnoon Cemetery, St Ives, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / STEPHEN LEGG / DROWNED AT SEA / IN SHIP ALMIRA SEPT 1872 / AND OF ELLEN LEGG WIDOW OF THE ABOVE / DIED AT AYR APRIL 12TH 1924 / AGED 81 YEARS'
Details
Description: Celtic cross with lead lined letters.
Type: Cross Materials: Granite Vessel: Almira
People
Legg, Stephen Age: Date of Death: 9/1872 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Wall tablet at St Peter’s Church, Frimley commemorating Harold Wilson Gambier RN d. 1893 in the collision between HMS ‘Victoria’ and HMS ‘Camperdown’
Location
St Peter's Church, Frimley, Surrey, England
Transcript
'Sacred / to the Memory of / HAROLD WILSON GAMBIER / MIDSHIPMAN OF H.M.S. "VICTORIA" / AGED 17 YEARS. / WHO PERISHED IN THE COLLISION BETWEEN THAT SHIP / AND H.M.S. "CAMPERDOWN / OFF TRIPOLI SYRIA / ON THE 22ND OF JUNE 1893 / HE WAS THE ONLY AND BELOVED SON OF / CAPTAIN J.W. GAMBIER, R.N., J.P., / AND OF CATHERINE MURDOCH, HIS WIFE; / OF MYLNCROFT, FRIMLEY, SURREY.' [on the black marble below] 'AND THE SEA SHALL GIVE UP HER DEAD'
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Description: Family arms above inscription which has a rope twist border with cannon balls in the corners. An anchor fouled with a chain in relief below. Type: Wall tablet Position: South aisle, south wall Materials: White marble on black marble Artists: Gaffin Vessel: HMS Victoria, HMS Camperdown
People
Gambier, Harold Age: 17 Date of Death: 22/6/1893 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: DOSSIER Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 48. Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 2007
Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating George How and George his son both d. 1860
Location
Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'In memory of Thomas, son of George and Eleanor C. How, who departed this life January 7th. 1858, aged 2 years and 10 months. Also of the above GEORGE HOW, Master Mariner of this port, who was lost coming from Brazil, February 1860, aged 40 years. also GEORGE, son of the above, who was lost with his Father February 1860, aged 12 years'
Details
Type: Headstone Position: M849
People
How, George Age: 40 Date of Death: 2/1860 Cause of Death: Vessel loss Rank / Occupation: Master mariner Organisation: How, George Age: 12 Date of Death: 2/1860 Cause of Death: Vessel loss Rank / Occupation: Master mariner Organisation:
Memorial at St Andrew’s church, Lutwyche, Australia to Claudius Buchanan Whish d. 1890 in the loss of the ‘Quetta’
Location
St Andrew's church, Lutwyche, Australia, Rest of the World
Details
Type: Wall plaque Vessel: Quetta
People
Whish, Claudius Buchanan Age: 73 Date of Death: 28/2/1890 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation:
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Notes: Sugar planter and member of the Queensland Legislative Council. Born 5 Jan 1827. Drowned with wife in wreck of the 'Quetta' off the NE tip of Australia. Bibliography: 'Chowkidar' vol. v, no. 6, p. 123 (Autumn 1990).
Memorial at St Mark’s Church, Liverpool commemorating Alfred Grocott d. 1859 in the wreck of the ‘Lady Head’
Location
St Mark's Church, Upper Duke Street, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Alfred Grocott- son of John Cooper Grocott and Charlotte lost in the wreck of the Lady Head in Kromme Bay near Cape St Francis Lat 34 long 25, 20 April 1859 aged 18. There is sorry [sic] [sorrow?] on the sea, It cannot be quiet'
Details
Vessel: Lady Head
People
Grocott, Alfred Age: 18 Date of Death: 20/4/1859 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 3, p. 594. Church demolished in 1913. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
Cross in Borough Cemetery, Harwich, commemorating Frederick William Mead d. 1907
Location
Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, England
Transcript
'IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON / FREDERICK WILLIAM MEAD / WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN THE 'BERLIN' DISASTER / 21st FEBRUARY 1907 / AGED 18 YEARS. / DEEPLY MOURNED / REST IN PEACE'
Details
Description: Cross on three tier pedestal. Inlaid inscription. Type: Cross Position: Area B. Group of three graves beneath yew tree. Materials: White marble Artists: Barham Vessel: SS Berlin
People
Mead, Frederick William Age: 18 Date of Death: 21/2/1907 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Steward Organisation: Great Eastern Railway Company
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Notes: Grave is one of three all from the SS 'Berlin'. See also George Easter and Ernest Edward Salter. Recorder: M.E. Manton 1997
Memorial in Morwenstow, Cornwall dedicated to those sailors shipwrecked aboard the ‘Caledonia’ and ‘Alonzo’.
Location
Church of St Morwenna and St John the Baptist, Morwenstow, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / SHIPWRECKED SAILORS BURIED / IN THIS CHURCHYARD / "UNKNOWN AND YET WELL-KNOWN"/ HE SENT FROM ON HIGH / HE TOOK ME: HE DREW / ME OUT OF GREAT WATERS'
Details
Materials: Granite Date Erected: 1924 Vessel: Caledonia; Alonzo
People
Kent, Alexander Age: 23 Date of Death: 8/9/1842 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Macdonald, David Age: 17 Date of Death: 8/9/1842 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Peter, John Stevenson Age: 29 Date of Death: 8/9/1842 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Tasker, William Age: Date of Death: 8/9/1842 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Apprentice Organisation: Wallace, David
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Notes: Erected 1924. Burial place of the seamen from the 'Caledonia' wrecked in 1842 and others including the captain of 'Alonzo' of Stockton. Originally the place was marked by three upturned keels and oars arranged in a cross. These are now gone though 'Caledonia's' figurehead remains. The figurehead is depicted in the Hawker memorial window, in the church. Bibliography: E.W.F. Tomlin 'The church of St Morwenna and St John the baptist, Morwenstow, Cornwall: a guide and history', (1982). Jeremy Seal 'The wreck at Sharpnose Point' (New York, 2001). Recorder: Dr Pieter van der Merwe 1985
Memorial at Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar commemorating the crew of the ‘Citizen’ of Aberdeen, lost 1869
Location
Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Transcript
[West Panel eroded] 'ERECTED...OF DUNBAR IN MEMORY OF...' [Centre Panel] 'WILLIAM HALL / WILLIAM CRAWFORD / THOMAS MOSS / JOHN KELLY / THOMAS MASSIE / WILLIAM SMITH / CREW OF THE 'CITIZEN' OF ABERDEEN' [East panel] 'DROWNED / OFF / DUNBAR HARBOUR / DURING THE STORM / 15TH JUNE 1869' [Below] "'THE SEA HATH SPOKEN EVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE SEA" ISA XXIII 4'
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Description: Three gothic panels under a canopy. Type: Memorial Position: 50 yards north of church Materials: Sandstone Artists: P. & G. Cunningham Vessel: Citizen
People
Crawford, William Age: Date of Death: 15/6/1869 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Hall, William Age: Date of Death: 15/6/1869 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Kelly, John Age: Date of Death: 15/6/1869 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Massie, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 15/6/1869 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Moss, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 15/6/1869 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Smith, William Age: Date of Death: 15/6/1869 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: DOSSIER. Bibliography: 'Scotsman' (17 June 1869). Recorder: John Steele 1988
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters