Wall tablet in Holy Trinity Church, Burrington, Somerset commemorating Albinia Jackson d. 1810 in the loss of the East Indiaman ‘Elizabeth Hutton’
Location
Holy Trinity Church, Burrington, Somerset, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory / of ALBINIA / Wife of W:H: JACKSON Esq. / of the Honble. East India Company's / Military service Bengal Establishment. / and third Daughter of / the Revd. S:T: WYLDE Minister of this Parish; / who lost her life in the 25th year of her age / on the 27 December 1810 / in the wreck of the Elizabeth East Indiaman, / off Dunkirk on the coast of France / whilst proceeding with her Husband to Calcutta.', / 'Fair, young, and happy, loving and beloved. / A Daughter cherish'd and a Wife approv'd. / Such was ALBINIA: where could life display / A fairer promise of a prosp'rous day. / Ah! treacherous calm! the Sky was soon o'ercast, / Loud was the surge and direful was the blast, / Not fond affections grasping arm could save / The floating victim from the wat'ry grave. / Thou sad survivor, rescued from the deep, / Improve the respite, cease at length to weep: / Prepare to meet her on the blissful shore, / Where storms shall beat, and friends shall part no more. / Heaven calls, Hope leads, and Faith triumphant saves. / Thro' the dear might of him who walk'd the waves.'
Details
Description: Urn in relief above inscription. Type: Wall tablet Materials: White and grey marble Vessel: Elizabeth Hutton
People
Jackson, Albinia Age: 25 Date of Death: 27/12/1810 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation:
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Notes: Verse by Hannah Moore. Lloyd's List Jan 1 1811 gives the following details of the wreck 'The Elizabeth Hutton, from London (last from Cork, from whence she sailed 19th Ult.) to Bengal, was totally lost near Dunkirk on Thursday last, and only 22 People saved, viz Capt. Eastwick, Capt. Jackson; Mr. Baker and Mr. Laird, 2nd and 3d Officers; Mr. Eddy, Mr. Heywood, and 16 Lascars who were made prisoners.- 360 Person (mostly Lascars) including 4 Ladies and 8 Servants, were drowned.'
Gravestone at All Saints Church, Wraxall, Somerset commemorating Henry Thornton Coathupe d. 1856, Gilbert Gutch Coathupe d. 1877 in the loss of the RMS ‘Eten’ and Lieutenant F. A. Coathupe RNR d. 1881
Location
All Saints Church, Wraxall, Somerset, England
Transcript
'In Memory of / Henry Thornton Coathupe / Medical Officer aboard the 'Morning Star' / Who died at sea / June 8th 1856 Aged 22 / Also of / Gilbert Gutch Coathupe / Aged 37 / Captain RMS Eten / who was drowned in the wreck of his / ship off the coast of Valparaiso / July 15 1877 and over one hundred / of the crew and passengers. / on board were lost / sons of the late / Ct Coathupe of this Parish / Also of F.A. Coathupe Lieut RNR / RMSS 'African' / who died at Clifton/Dec 23 1881 Aged 42'
Coathupe, Henry Thornton Age: 22 Date of Death: 8/6/1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Medical Officer Organisation: Coathupe, Gilbert Gutch Age: 37 Date of Death: 15/7/1877 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Coathupe, Frederick Augustin Age: 42 Date of Death: 23/12/1881 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RNR Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve
Memorial in Mawgan-in-Pyndar, Cornwall commemorating those lost in the wreck of the ‘Hope’, 1846.
Location
St Mawgan's Church, Mawgan-in-Pyndar, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'Here lie the bodies of: Jacob Williams, Owen Hughes, Charles Cawley, William Lloyd, David Roberts, Thomas Collins, Richard Cutler, William Eliott, Thomas Brown, Jemmy, who were drifted on shore in a boat frozen to death at Tregurrian Beach in this parish on Sunday 13 December MDCCCXLVI'
Details
Description: In form of boats stern.
Type: Memorial Position: Churchyard Materials: Wood Vessel: Hope
People
Brown, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 13/12/1846 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Cawley, Charles Age: Date of Death: 13/12/1846 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Collins, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 13/12/1846 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Cutler, Richard Age: Date of Death: 13/12/1846 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Eliott, William Age: Date of Death: 13/12/1846 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Hughes, Owen Age: Date of Death: 13/12/1846 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Lloyd, William Age: Date of Death: 13/12/1846 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Roberts, David Age: Date of Death: 13/12/1846 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Williams, Jacob Age: Date of Death: 13/12/1846 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: Their ship 'Hope' had been abandoned off the Welsh coast. Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 105.
Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Walter Barber d. 1884
Location
All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England
Transcript
'WALTER BARBER aged 14 perished with his Father in the smack 'Greyhound' Sept 3 1884 and buried in this churchyard'
Details
Type: Memorial tile Vessel: Greyhound
People
Barber, Walter Age: 14 Date of Death: 3/9/1884 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: The 'Greyhound' was supposed to have been sunk in a collision whilst carrying oysters from Brightlingsea to Whitstable. Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).
Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Gilbert Sinclair d. 1872 in the loss of the ‘Champion’ and David Sinclair d. 1881
Location
Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Gilbert Sinclair, Chief Officer of The Champion of Lossiemouth Scotland; lost at Madeira 22nd December 1872 age 30. David Sinclair, late of SS Ambrose died 24 August 1881 age 40'
Details
Vessel: SS Ambrose, Champion
People
Sinclair, Gilbert Age: 30 Date of Death: 22/12/1872 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Chief Officer Organisation: Sinclair, David Age: 40 Date of Death: 24/8/1881 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 8, p. 641. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
