Window in St Martin’s Church, North Perrott dedicated to Admiral Anthony Hiley Hoskins d. 1901
Location
St Martin's Church, North Perrott, Somerset, England
Transcript
'TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / ANTHONY HILEY HOSKINS ADMIRAL G.C.B. AND OF / DAME DOROTHEA HIS WIFE FROM THEIR ADOPTED DAUGHTER.'
Details
Description: Window with two lights representing Christ calming the waters and walking on the Sea of Galilee. Type: Window Materials: Glass, lead Vessel: HMS Victoria
People
Hoskins, Anthony Hiley Age: Date of Death: 21/6/1901 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Also a brass plaque commemorating the ramming and sinking of Hoskin's ship HMS 'Victoria' by HMS 'Camperdown' in 1893. His flag was retrieved from the water and laid up in the church after his funeral. Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'.
Gravestone at Tynemouth Priory commemorating James Bailey d. 1809 in the loss of the ‘Harrier’
Location
Tynemouth Priory, Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear, England
Transcript
'THE BURIAL PLACE OF / ALEXANDER AND JANE BAILEY / CULLERCOATS / JANE DAUGHTER TO THE ABOVE DIED YOUNG / JAMES SON OF THE ABOVE FOUNDERED / AT SEA ON BORD OF THE HERRIOR SLOOP / OF WAR MARCH 1811 AGED 28 YEARS / JANE WIFE OF ALEXANDER BAILEY / DIED 1814 AGED 72 YEARS / ALEXANDER BAILEY / APRIL 4 ...AGED 87 YEARS'
Gravestone at St Enddwyn’s Church, Llanenddwyn, Gwynedd commemorating Cyril Keith Lanman d. 1940 in the loss of SS ‘Aracataca’
Location
St Enddwyn's Church, Llanenddwyn, Gwynedd, Wales
Transcript
[To Cyril and Florence Lanman includes the inscription ] 'Cyril Keith their younger son, lost at sea when the S.S. Aracataca was torpedoed 29th November 1940. Aged 17 years'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Vessel: SS Aracataca
Event Category
1939-1945 Second World War
People
Lanman, Cyril Keith Age: 17 Date of Death: 29/11/1940 Cause of Death: War Casualty Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Elders and Fyffes
Calvary in Beaulieu, Hampshire dedicated to Sub-Lieutenant Philip Armstrong RN d. 1918
Location
Abbey Church, Beaulieu, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF/ PHILIP FURLONG ARMSTRONG / OF OXLEYS BEAULIEU / SUB LIEUTENANT ROYAL NAVY / BORN APRIL 1897 HE SERVED IN HM SHIPS CORNWALL, WARSPITE / ...AND HM SUBMARINES DURING THE GREAT WAR / HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS KING AND COUNTRY JANUARY 1918. ALSO IN MEMORY OF THE BROTHER OFFICERS AND / SHIPMATES OF SUB LIEUTENANT P F ARMSTRONG RN IN SUBMARINE C8 / LOST WITH ALL HANDS WHILST OPERATING IN ENEMY WATERS JANUARY 1918'
Details
Description: Figure of Christ on the cross with a figure of a man and woman (the Virgin Mary and St John) on either side.
Type: Calvary Position: South side of churchyard Materials: Wooden figures and cross on stone base Vessel: C8
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Armstrong, Philip Furlong Age: Date of Death: 1/1918 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Phillip only son of Lady Armstrong who gave the calvary which was dedicated on 11 Nov 1919. It also serves as a general Beaulieu war memorial, the names of other local casualties are listed round the base of the monument. Names of 1939-45 fallen added in 1964. Bibliography: Kenneth Jarvis, vicar 'Illustrated Guide to Beaulieu Abbey Church'; Capt H.E.R. Widnell Churchwarden 1959-73 'The Beaulieu Record' (Pioneer Publications Ltd, 1973).
Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating David Thomas King d. 1874 in the wreck of ‘La Plata’
Location
Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England
Transcript
'IN / MEMORY OF / THE REV. DAVID KING LLD / BORN IN MONTROSE MAY 20 1806 / DIED LONDON DEC 20 1883 / 'I SHALL BE SATISFIED WHEN I AWAKE / WITH THY LIKENESS' PSALM XV11.16 / DAVID THOMAS KING / SECOND SON OF DAVID AND ELIZABETH KING BORN IN GLASGOW MAY 31 1853 / DROWNED IN THE WRECK OF THE LA PLATA / NOVEMBER 29 1874 'IT IS I. BE NOT AFRAID' MATT X1V17 / ALSO OF THE ABOVE NAMED / ELIZABETH KING / DAUGHTER OF JAMES THOMPSON LLD / LATE PROFESSOR OF MATHS / IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW. / BORN BELFAST AUGUST 9 1818 / DIED IN LONDON JULY 23 1896. /'THY RIGHT HAND SHALL HOLD ME' PSALM 139.10'
Details
Description: Triangular topped headstone on a rectangular pedestal. Curbed with railings. Type: Gravestone Position: Section 21 Materials: Pink granite Vessel: 'La Plata'
People
King, David Thomas Age: 21 Date of Death: 29/11/1874 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Obelisk at Mount Bingham, St Helier Harbour, Jersey commemorating the officer and crew of the ‘Normandy’ lost 1870
Location
Mount Bingham, St Helier Harbour, Jersey, Channel Islands
Transcript
HARVEY / TO NOBLE HEROISM / NORMANDY / LOST BY COLLISION IN CHANNEL IN A FOG / H.B. HARVEY COMMANDER /J. OCKLEFORD CHIEF MATE / R. COCKS G. MARSHAM ENGINEERS / P. RICHARDSON CARPENTER/J. COLEMAN H. HOSKINS / J. WADMORE SEAMEN / A. CLEMENT BOY / J. ALLEN G. CADICK J. HEAD / W. STAIRS H. WALLER FIREMEN / G. ROLP W. ROLP TRIMMERS / GIVING UP BOATS TO PASSENGERS / STOOD BY THEIR SINKING SHIP AND / SANK WITH HER AT EARLY MORN / MARCH 17 1870 / ERECTED BY THE / FORESTERS OF JERSEY'
Allen, J. Age: Date of Death: 17/3/1870 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Cadick, G. Age: Date of Death: 17/3/1870 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Clement, A. Age: Date of Death: 17/3/1870 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Boy Organisation: Cocks, R. Age: Date of Death: 17/3/1870 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Engineer Organisation: Coleman, J. Age: Date of Death: 17/3/1870 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Harvey, H. B. Age: Date of Death: 17/3/1870 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Head, J. Age: Date of Death: 17/3/1870 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Hoskins, H. Age: Date of Death: 17/3/1870 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Marsham, G. Age: Date of Death: 17/3/1870 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Engineer Organisation: Ockleford, J. Age: Date of Death: 17/3/1870 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Chief Mate Organisation: Richardson, P. Age: Date of Death: 17/3/1870 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Carpenter Organisation: Rolp, G. Age: Date of Death: 17/3/1870 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Trimmer Organisation: Rolp, W. Age: Date of Death: 17/3/1870 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Trimmer Organisation: Stairs, W. Age: Date of Death: 17/3/1870 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Wadmore, J. Age: Date of Death: 17/3/1870 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Waller, H. Age: Date of Death: 17/3/1870 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation:
Extra
Bibliography: David Couling 'Wrecked on the Channel Islands' (London,1982) p. 120. Recorder: La Société Jersiaise
Wall tablet in Town Church, St Peter Port, Guernsey commemorating General Hubert Le Cocq d. 1911
Location
Town Church, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Transcript
'To the Glory of God / and in Loving Memory of / GENERAL HUBERT LE COCQ COLONEL COMMANDANT ROYAL ARTILLERY / BORN 14TH APRIL 1833, DIED 15TH FEBRUARY 1911 / SERVED WITH THE 3RD TROOP BOMBAY HORSE ARTILLERY / DURING THE PERSIAN WAR 1856,1857 AND THE INDIAN MUTINY CAMPAIGN / 1857 AND 1858. / RECEIVED THE THANKS OF THE GOVERNOR OF BOMBAY IN COUNCIL / AND THE SILVER MEDAL OF THE SHIPWRECKED MARINERS / ROYAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY / FOR HIS GALLANT CONDUCT AT THE WRECK OF THE TROOPSHIP JULIA / AT KURRACHEE IN 1857. / JURAT OF THE ROYAL COURT OF GUERNSEY FROM 1892 TO 1908.'
Details
Description: The top of the tablet in the shape of a gothic arch. Memorial with Royal Artillery badge and mottos 'UBIQUE', 'QUO FAS ET GLORIA DUCENT'. 'To the Glory of God 'and 'In memory of' in gothic lettering. Type: Wall tablet Position: West end of nave Materials: Marble Vessel: Julia
Event
Indian Mutiny
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
People
Le Cocq, Hubert Age: 78 Date of Death: 15/2/1911 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commandant Organisation: Royal Artillery
Extra
Notes: The Julia' was wrecked on the bar of Karachi harbour in 1857 with the loss of one sergeant, three Europeans and some Indian troupers of the Bombay Horse Artillery.
