Gravestone at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Rustingham, West Sussex, commemorating Sam Robert Adlard d. 1887 in the loss of the ‘Port Ramsey’
Location
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Rustington, West Sussex, England
Transcript
'In affectionate remembrance of Sam Robert Adlard, / son of John and Ann Adlard, / who sailed from Newcastle for Bassein in the 'Port Ramsey' on Sept 29 1887. / The vessel passed Dungeness on Oct 1st / but was never seen or heard of afterwards aged 15 years'
Details
Type: Gravestone Vessel: Port Ramsey
People
Adlard, Sam Robert Age: 15 Date of Death: 1/10/1887 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Memorial at All Saints’ Church, Malborough, Devon commemorating Rhodes Daniel, Mary and Joseph Chambers, shipwrecked in 1757
Location
All Saints' Church, Malborough, Devon, England
Transcript
'Here lye the bodies of Rhodes Daniel, Mary & Joseph CHAMBERS sons and daughters of Edward CHAMBERS of Jamaica who were shipwrecked at Cat-hole within this parish, Aug 22nd 1757'
Details
Position: Churchyard Vessel: Dragon
People
Chambers, Rhodes Daniel Age: Unknown Date of Death: 22/8/1757 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Unknown Chambers, Mary Tharpe Age: 6 Date of Death: 22/8/1757 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Unknown Chambers, Joseph James Age: 4 Date of Death: 22/8/1757 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Unknown
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Notes: 'Dragon' from Jamaica, bound for London wrecked in SW gale. 'Lloyd's List' 30 Aug 1757 'The Dragon Gleast (?). from Jamaica for London is lost off Plymouth and seven of the crew drowned.' Recorder: P. Cove: E.R. Stage
Wall tablet in Somersham, Cambridgeshire dedicated to Percival Kent d. 1914
Location
Church of St John the Baptist, Somersham, Cambridgeshire, England
Transcript
'To the Glory of God / and in loving memory of / Fleet-Surgeon / PERCIVAL KENT NIX B.A. M.B. B.C. / Younger Son of / JOHN and CAROLINE NIX of Chatteris Isle of Ely / who after eighteen years service in the Royal Navy / was killed by the explosion in H.M.S. Bulwark / in Sheerness Harbour during the Great War / on 26th November 1914 / The main portion of this church / was refloored and reseated'
Details
Description: Carved cocked hat and sword above inscription tablet, a naval crest below.
Type: Wall tablet Position: Nave, south wall Vessel: HMS Bulwark
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Nix, Percival Kent Age: Date of Death: 26/11/1914 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fleet Surgeon Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at Dinand Cemetery, Dinand, France commemorating Thomas Stanley, Catherine Stanley, Norah Stanley, Mildred Stanley and Alice Denham, who drowned in the SS ‘Hilda’, 18 November 1905
Location
Dinand Cemetery, Dinand, France, Rest of the World
Transcript
'In loving memory of Thomas Carter Stanley LLD late chaplain HM forces and HBM Legation, Berne and Catherine his wife daughter of the late John Harrison JP DL of Mertoun Hall Co Down Ireland also their two daughters Norah and Mildred and their maid Alice Denham who were all drowned in the wreck of the SS 'Hilda' off St Malo 18.11.1905'
Details
Type: Gravestone Vessel: SS Hilda
People
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Bibliography: 'Frances Cannon's Genealogical Miscellany', 'Family Tree Magazine' vol. 5, p. 14 (Jan 1989).
Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Walter Nurse d. 1889
Location
All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England
Transcript
'WALTER NURSE aged 29 lost in the Cod Smack 'British Workman' of Grimsby in the North Sea Feb 9th 1889'
Details
Type: Memorial tile Vessel: British Workman
People
Nurse, Walter Age: 29 Date of Death: 9/2/1889 Cause of Death: Vessel loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Extra
Notes: 'British Workman' 1867, a Grimsby fishing smack, lost in a gale in February 1889. Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).
Wall tablet in Gilling West, North Yorkshire, commemorating Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock d. 1914
Location
Gilling West, North Yorkshire, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / REAR ADMIRAL SIR CHRISTOPHER CRADOCK / KNIGHT COMMANDER OF THE VICTORIAN ORDER, / COMMANDER OF THE BATH, / KNIGHT OF THE ROYAL ORDER CROWN OF PRUSSIA, / KNIGHT OF THE ROYAL SPANISH ORDER OF NAVAL MERIT, / MEMBER OF THE IMPERIAL OTTOMAN ORDER OF THE MEDJIDIEH, / AIDE DE CAMP TO KING EDWARD VII 1909-1910, / 4TH SON OF CHRISTOPHER CRADOCK OF HARTFORTH. / BORN 1862 - KILLED IN ACTION 1914 / 'THE DAY THOU GAVEST LORD IS ENDED, / THE DARKNESS FALL AT THY BEHEST' [Left panel] 'SERVED IN SOUDAN FIELD FORCE 1891 / AS A.D.C. TO GOVERNOR GENERAL OF RED SEA. / BATTLE OF TOKAR AND OCCUPATION OF /AFFIAFIT. (KHEDIVE'S BRONZE STAR. / TOKAR CLASP, MEDJIDIEH 4TH CLASS. / MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES.) / COMMANDED NAVAL BRIGADE AT / STORMING AND CAPTURE OF TAKU FORTS / 1900 (PROMOTED FOR GALLANTRY, CHINA / MEDAL, TAKU CLASP.) / COMMANDED NAVAL BRIGADE AND / DIRECTED AMERICAN, JAPANESE AND / ITALIAN FORCES AT RELIEF OF TIENTSIN / AND RELIEF OF SEYMOUR'S FORCE AT / SIKU. (RELIEF OF PEKIN CLASP.) / COMMANDED 4TH CRUISER SQUADRON / 1913-1914 DURING REBELLION IN MEXICO. / RESPONSIBLE FOR RESCUING SOME / 2000 AMERICAN REFUGEES IN / MEXICO DURING AMERICA'S OPERATIONS / AGAINST THIS STATE. (RECEIVED THROUGH / BOTH THE ADMIRALTY AND FOREIGN / OFFICE THE THANKS AND APPRECIATION / OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.) [Right panel] 'COMMANDER ROYAL YACHT / 'VICTORIA AND ALBERT' 1894. / TESTIMONIAL OF ROYAL HUMANE / SOCIETY FOR SAVING LIFE IN 1904. / SILVER MEDAL OF BOARD OF TRADE / FOR GALLANTRY IN SAVING LIFE ON / THE OCCASION OF THE SAVING THE / LIFE OF H.R.H. PRINCESS ROYAL AT / WRECK OF S.S. 'DELHI' 1911 WHEN HE / ALSO RECEIVED THE APPRECIATION / OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF / THE ADMIRALTY. / COMMANDED THE BRITISH SQUADRON / ON THE COAST OF AMERICA DURING THE / WAR WITH GERMANY IN 1914-18 AND / LOST HIS LIFE IN THE ACTION OFF / CORONEL CHILE 1ST NOV. 1914 WHEN / OUTNUMBERED AND OUTCLASSED / IN SHIPS, OUTRANGED IN GUNS AND / HOPELESSLY OVERWHELMED BY / WEIGHT OF METAL, HIS FLAG SHIP H.M.S. / 'GOOD HOPE' AND H.M.S. 'MONMOUTH' / WERE SUNK WITH EVERY SOUL ON / BOARD.'
Details
Description: A marble wall tablet with a carved border, a bronze sword lies below the inscription and a bronze foul anchor within a wreath is placed in the top left corner.
Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble, bronze Vessel: HMS Good Hope
Event
Battle of Cape Coronel
Event Date
1914
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Cradock, Christopher Age: Date of Death: 1/11/1914 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: David Saunders Photographer: Sam Wood 2008
Memorial in St Peter’s Church, Thurston, Suffolk commemorating Robert Stedman, HEIC, d. 1809 in the loss of the ‘True Briton’
Location
St Peter's Church, Thurston, Suffolk, England
Transcript
‘Sacred / To the memory / of / Robert Stedman Gent. / Formerly of Packenham in this County / & late Second Officer of the / H.C.S. True Briton / in which unfortunate ship on or aboutt / the 20th October 1809 / He & his comrades / were wrecked in a dreadful gale, / and every Person perished / He was truly a British sailor'
Details
Description: Oval Type: Wall tablet Position: Chancel, north wall over vestry door Materials: White marble Vessel: HEIC True Briton
People
Stedman, Robert Age: Unknown Date of Death: 20/10/1809 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Second Officer Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Extra
Notes: Baptised 1/7/1782 at Packenham, son of John & Sarah Stedman whose monuments are in the same church. Ad. 19109 f.241 British Library. Davy's Suffolk Collections Vol. 33. Recorder: Mrs F. Keymer 1988
Memorial at St James’s Church, Toxteth David Waugh Petrie d. 1835 in the loss of the ‘Camilla’
Location
St James's Church, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'David Waugh Petrie born 17 July 1791 whose ship the Camilla foundered in a hurricane the 9th May 1835 in the Bay of Bengal when he and all on board perished'
Details
Vessel: Camilla
People
Petrie, David Waugh Age: Date of Death: 9/5/1835 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Extra
Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office, compiled by James Gibson, d. 1886, vol. 3, p. 320. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
Tablet dedicated to Jonathan Brunt in Bakewell, Derbyshire d. 1779
Location
All Saints Church, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England
Transcript
'To the memory of / JONATHAN BRUNT Junr / late surgeon on board the Sturdy Beggar / Privateer of Liverpool / who was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean / off the island of Fayal / where he died in September 1779 / aged 19 years'
Details
Description: Roman capitals and lower case lettering. Moulded border surmounted by cornice.
Type: Tablet Position: Exterior of south wall.south porch Materials: Slate Vessel: Sturdy Beggar
People
Brunt, Jonathan Age: 19 Date of Death: 9/1779 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Surgeon Organisation: