Gravestone at Holy Trinity Old Church, Bothenhampton, Dorset, commemorating Alfred Angel d. 1866
Location
Holy Trinity Old Church, Bothenhampton, Dorset, England
Details
Description: Carved with foul anchor and crossed flags. Type: Gravestone Materials: Sandstone, limestone Vessel: Queen of the East
People
Angel, Alfred Age: 30 Date of Death: 5/1866 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: Drowned in 'Queen of the East' foundered 1866 off the Cape of Good Hope. 'Queen of the East' of London. Sailed from Bussein for Falmouth 19/4/1866 spoken 17/5/1866 Lat 85 long 94 east Lloyd's List 5/12/1866 col 21. For full inscription see Robert Angel. Recorder: MT Morton. 18/07/1981
Gravestone at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Holy Island commemorating eleven of the crew of the SS ‘Holmbrook’ wrecked nearby in 1892
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Holy Island, Northumberland, England
Transcript
'Erected / TO THE MEMORY OF ELEVEN OF THE / CREW OF THE HOLMBROOK S.S. WHO / LOST THEIR LIVES THROUGH THE / VESSEL BEING WRECKED ON THE / FALSE EMANUEL HEAD, HOLY ISLAND, / 26 MARCH 1892, OF WHOM ARE BURIED HERE:- / W B BAINES MASTER, / JAMES SKINNER, / JOHN JAMES, / A WILKINSON, / WM. TAYLOR, / W H ROBSON, / S HAGGERSTON, / H R GUTHRIE AND ANOTHER UNIDENTIFIED / JOHN NYE'
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Description: Gothic shape with rope twist border, carved with an anchor above the inscription. Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Materials: Sandstone Vessel: SS Holmbrook
People
Baines, W. B. Age: Date of Death: 26/3/1892 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Guthrie, H. R. Age: Date of Death: 26/3/1892 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Haggerston, S. Age: Date of Death: 26/3/1892 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: James, John Age: Date of Death: 26/3/1892 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Nye, John Age: Date of Death: 26/3/1892 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Robson, W. H. Age: Date of Death: 26/3/1892 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Skinner, James Age: Date of Death: 26/3/1892 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Taylor, William Age: Date of Death: 26/3/1892 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Wilkinson, A. Age: Date of Death: 26/3/1892 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Wall tablet in the Church of St Mary and All Saints, Beaconsfield commemorating William Baker d. 1809
Location
Church of St Mary and All Saints, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory of / WILLIAM BAKER / Chief Officer of the Lady Jane Dundas East Indiaman / Only Son of HARRY and KITTY BAKER of this Place / who perished in the 32d year of his Age, on board that ship / which was lost together with the Jane Duchess of Gordon, Calcutta and Bengal, and all on board, / In a tremendous storm on her passage to England, / in March 1809 / Sincerely lamented by his Relatives and Friends'
Details
Description: Sarcophagus in relief. Type: Wall tablet Position: North wall, north aisle Materials: Blue, grey and white marble Vessel: HEIC Lady Jane Dundas
People
Baker, William Age: 31 Date of Death: 3/1809 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Chief Officer Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating William Farr d. 1885 in the loss of the ‘Speke Hall’
Location
Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Erected in affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth M A Farr, wife of Captain James Farr, who died 5th December 1890, aged 49 years. Also WILLIAM, their youngest son, Captain of the S.S. 'SPEKE HALL' who was drowned by the foundering of his ship in a cyclone in the Gulf of Aden, 3rd June 1885, aged 46 years'
Details
Position: Q739 Vessel: SS Speke Hall
People
Farr, William Age: 46 Date of Death: 3/6/1885 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Sun Shipping Co Ltd
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Notes: Sank on passage Cardiff to Bombay laden with coal. Recorder: Martin Davies, 1985
Wall tablet in Waterperry, Buckinghamshire commemorating Midshipman, Walter Edward Henley d. 1893 in the loss of HMS ‘Victoria’
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Waterperry, Buckinghamshire, England
Transcript
'TO THE DEAR AND BLESSED MEMORY OF / WALTER EDWARD HENLEY / MIDSHIPMAN R.N. / SECOND AND MUCH LOVED SON OF / ARTHUR AND MARGARET HENLEY / GRANDSON OF THE LATE / RIGHT HONBLE JOSEPH WARNER HENLEY / BORN AT WATERPERRY JANUARY 3 1877 / LOST JUNE 22ND 1893 / ON THE FOUNDERING OF H.M.S. VICTORIA / OFF THE COAST OF SYRIA WHEN 22 OFFICERS / AND 336 MEN PERISHED / The sorrows of death compassed me. / In my distress, I cried unto my GOD / and my cry came before HIM / HE sent from above HE took me / HE drew me out of many waters / THIS TABLET IS INSCRIBED BY HIS BEREAVED PARENTS'
Details
Description: Crowned foul anchor within a wreath. Inscription bordered by oak leaves. Type: Wall tablet Position: North wall nave Materials: Brass Vessel: HMS Victoria
People
Henley, Walter Edward Age: 16 Date of Death: 22/6/1893 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Wall tablet in All Saints Church, Catherington, Hampshire, dedicated to Captain Charles Napier RN d. 1847
Location
All Saints Church, Catherington, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY / OF CAPTAIN CHARLES GEORGE ELERS NAPIER R.N. / KNIGHT OF THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE TOWER AND SWORD / BORN 22ND MAY 1812, / AFTER A SHORT BUT HONOURABLE CAREER HE WAS SUDDENLY / CUT OFF AT THE AGE OF 35 YEARS / WHILST IN COMMAND OF H.M. STEAM FRIGATE / AVENGER / WRECKED NEAR THE COAST OF TUNIS, THE 20TH DEC.1847 / TRUE TO HIS MOTTO AND EVER THROUGH LIFE "READY" AT THE CALL OF HONOR & DUTY, / HIS MEMORY IS: / "SANS TACHE"'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Materials: White marble Vessel: HMS Avenger
People
Napier, Charles George Elers Age: 35 Date of Death: 20/12/1847 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: DOSSIER. Bibliography: William O'Byrne 'A Naval Biographical Dictionary' (London, 1849) p. 804.
Wall plaque at the Old Library, Bedford Place, Southampton, commemorating Wallace Hartley, George Krins, Roger Bricoux, W.T. Brailey, J. Woodward, J.F. Clarke, J.L. Hume, P.C. Taylor d. 1912 in the loss of ‘Titanic’
Location
Old Library, Bedford Place, Southampton, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY / OF THE / HEROIC MUSICIANS / OF THE S.S. 'TITANIC' / W. HARTLEY / G. KRINS / R. BRICOUX / W.T. BRAILEY J. WOODWARD / J.F. CLARKE J.L. HUME / P.C. TAYLOR / THEY DIED AT THEIR POSTS LIKE MEN / ERECTED BY THE MEMBERS / AND FRIENDS / OF THE AMALGAMATED MUSICIANS / UNION / SOUTHAMPTON BRANCH / UNVEILED BY / HIS WORSHIP THE MAJOR / COUNCILLOR H. BOWYER... / APRIL 19TH 1913'
Details
Description: With a relief showing a figure representing grief in front of the sinking ship. Four bars of 'Nearer my God to Thee' underneath. Type: Wall plaque Materials: Marble Vessel: RMS Titanic
People
Brailey, W. T. Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Bandsman Organisation: Bricoux, Roger Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Bandsman Organisation: Clarke, J. F. Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Bandsman Organisation: Hartley, Wallace Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Bandsman Organisation: Hume, John Law Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Bandsman Organisation: Krins, George Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Bandsman Organisation: Taylor, P. C. Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Bandsman Organisation: Woodward, J.
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Notes: Memorial destroyed in 2nd World War. Actually unveiled by Councillor W. Bagshaw. A replica was erected at the Municipal Mutual Building, unveiled 1990. Bibliography: Brian Ticehurst 'The Titanic, Southamptons Memorials' (Poole, 1987) (illustration); 'Southampton Times and Hampshire Express' (April 12 1913).
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
