Gravestone in Christ Church, Widley, Hampshire commemorating Captain John Philips RN d. 1915 and other naval members of his family
Location
Christ Church, Widley, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'In Loving Memory / Of / John Phillips / Captain Royal Navy / Born 15 June 1836 / Died 19 Oct 1915 / Also Martha / Dearly Loved Wife Of The Above / Born 2nd June 1841 Died 22nd June 1921.' [East side of plinth] 'Also Of / Their / Daughter / Anne Eveline Phillips / Born 25 March 1866 / Died November 1927. / Also Of Owen Tudor Hood Phillips / Commander R.N. / Who Died Oct 18 1935 Age 52.' [North side of plinth] 'Also Of / Paymaster Captain / Richard Hood Grant Phillips / Died Sept 24th. 1935.' [South side of plinth] 'Also Albert Markham Hood Phillips Royal Navy His Third Son [East side of grave curb] Commander of HMS Bulwark Born 20 March 1876 Lost with his ship at Sheerness 28 November 1914' [North side of grave curb]
Details
Description: Large family grave with a plinth surmounted by a cross surrounded by a curb stone. Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Vessel: HMS Bulwark
People
Phillips, Albert Markham Hood Age: Date of Death: 28/11/1914 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy Phillips, John Age: 79 Date of Death: 19/10/1915 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Phillips, Owen Tudor Hood Age: 52 Date of Death: 18/10/1935 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy Phillips, Robert Hood Grant Age: Date of Death: 24/9/1935 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Paymaster Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: HMS 'Bulwark' exploded while taking ammunition on board at Sheerness.
Gravestone at Port Campbell, Victoria, Australia commemorating Arthur Mitchell and Reginald Jones d. 1878 in the loss of the ‘Loch Ard’
Location
Cliff top, Port Campbell, Victoria, Australia, Rest of the World
Transcript
'IN MEMORY / OF / ARTHUR MITCHELL / AND REGINALD JONES / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE WRECK / OF THE LOCH ARD / 1ST JUNE 1878'
Details
Type: Gravestone Vessel: Loch Ard
People
Jones, Reginald Age: Date of Death: 1/6/1878 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Loch Line Mitchell, Arthur Age: Date of Death: 1/6/1878 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: General Shipping Company
Extra
Notes: 'Loch Ard' wrecked on Mutton Bird Island, Victoria, Australia on a voyage from London to Melbourne. Bibliography: D.E. Charlwood 'The wreck of the Loch Ard: end of a ship, end of an era' (Sydney, 1971)
Memorial at St David’s Church, Hubberston, Pembrokeshire commemorating Thomas William Farmer d. 1863 in the loss of the yacht ‘Typhus’
Location
St David's Church, Hubberston, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Transcript
'In memory of Thomas William son of Robert Farmer Master Mariner who was accidentally drowned by the foundering of the yacht Typhus in a squall at Pembroke Dock May 14 1863 aged 20 years and 8 months'
Memorial in Colne cemetery, Lancashire commemorating Wallace Henry Hartley, d. 1912, bandmaster on ‘Titanic’
Location
Public cemetery, Colne, Lancashire, England
Transcript
'In / Loving Memory / OF / WALLACE HENRY. / THE BELOVED SON OF / ALBION AND ELIZABETH / HARTLEY, / FORMERLY OF COLNE, / WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN THE / S.S. TITANIC DISASTER / ON APRIL 15TH 1912 / AGED 33 YEARS, / AND WAS INTERRED / ON MAY 18TH 1912' on open hymn book on base 'NEARER MY / GOD TO THEE / NEARER TO / THEE'
Details
Description: A draped broken column on an inscribed plinth. Hartley's violin in relief at the base. Type: Monument Vessel: RMS Titanic
People
Hartley, Wallace Henry Age: 33 Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Bandsman Organisation: White Star Line
Extra
Notes: The tune of 'Nearer my God' in the Methodist version. Bibliography: John P. Eaton and Charles A. Haas 'Titanic, a journey through time'(Yeovil, 1999). Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Memorial in Stranger’s Cemetery, Fortuneswell, Dorset, commemorating James Jones d. 1869
Location
Stranger's Cemetery, Fortuneswell, Dorset, England
Transcript
'In memory / of / James JONES / of Talybont / Cardiganshire / who was drowned / at Portland / by the wreck of/the schooner SALTHIEL / on the 12th Sept 1869 / aged 14 years / and 8 months / Prepare to meet thy God'
Details
Position: 165 Vessel: Salthiel
People
Jones, James Age: 14 Date of Death: 12/9/1869 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: