Neighbour, Herbert Edward Age: 23 Date of Death: 12/11/1925 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Leading Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Submarine 'M1' holed following a collision and sank.The wreck was recently located on the seabed and a plaque placed on the site. Recorder: Mrs L.M. Head
Plaque in Bristol, to the memory of those lost in the SS ‘Merrimay’, 1855
Location
St Nicholas Church, Bristol, England
Transcript
'In memory of the Captain Officers and Crew of the S.S. Merrimay. Which foundered at sea 1899 on her voyage from Montreal to Bristol'
Details
Type: Plaque Position: Staircase Materials: Brass Vessel: SS Merrimay
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Notes: The dedication of a window, plaque removed to St Nicholas from The Missions to Seamen Institute in 1981. Bibliography: Josephine Teague 'The Missions to Seamen Church and Institute Bristol'.
Gravestone at Flamborough commemorating the crew of the ‘Galway lass’ wrecked in 1875
Location
Flamborough, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / THE CREW OF THE BRIG / 'GALWAY LASS' / OF NEWHAVEN / WRECKED OFF FLAMBRO HEAD / OCTOBER 14TH 1875 / GEORGE GRIMSEY CAPTAIN AGED 55 / ALFRED PENN MATE 36 / WILLIAM BART COOK 30 / KILLICK STEVENS SEAMAN 24. / GEO. EDWARD GRIMSEY SEAMAN 20 / NELSON TASKER ORDINARY SEAMAN 19 / EDMUND EARLE ORDINARY SEAMAN 19 / ISAAC WILLIAM GRIMSEY ORDINARY SEAMAN 17 / BE YE ALSO READY FOR IN SUCH AN HOUR AS / YE THINK NOT THE SON OF MAN COMETH'
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Type: Gravestone Materials: Stone Vessel: Galway Lass
People
Bart, William Age: 30 Date of Death: 14/10/1875 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Cook Organisation: Earle, Edmund Age: 119 Date of Death: 14/10/1875 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Grimsey, Isaac William Age: 17 Date of Death: 14/10/1875 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Grimsey, George Edward Age: 20 Date of Death: 14/10/1875 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Grimsey, George Age: 55 Date of Death: 14/10/1875 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Penn, Alfred Age: 36 Date of Death: 14/10/1875 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Mate Organisation: Stevens, Killick Age: 24 Date of Death: 14/10/1875 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Tasker, Nelson Age: 19 Date of Death: 14/10/1875 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation:
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Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).
Memorial at St Illtud’s Church, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire commemorating Francis William Randell and William Thomas Randell d. 1879 in the loss of the ‘Burry’
Location
St Illtud's Church, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Transcript
'Erected / In Loving Memory of / FRANCIS WILLIAM / AGED 26 YEARS MASTER / OF THE BURRY OF LLANELLY / AND WILLIAM THOMAS / AGED 13 YEARS SONS OF / FRANCIS AND ANNE RANDELL / OF GLYN MOR, BURRY PORT / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WITH / ALL HANDS IN THE ABOVE / NAMED SHIP OFF THE NORTH / FORELAND, AUGUST 5 1879. THOU O GOD HAST PROVED US / THOU ALSO HAST TRIED US LIKE / AS SILVER IS TRIED''
Details
Description: Plinth surmounted by a cross. The cross is carved with an anchor with a long looped rope attached. This bears a shield. The inscription is infilled with lead. Type: Monument Position: Churchyard Materials: Limestone Vessel: Burry of Llanelly
People
Randell, Francis William Age: 26 Date of Death: 5/8/1879 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Llanelly Iron Shipping Co. Randell, William Thomas Age: 13 Date of Death: 5/8/1879 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Llanelly Iron Shipping Co.
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Notes: 'Burry' sank off the Goodwin Sands after a collision. Mate's certificate for Francis William Randell 1873. Recorder: Gail Thomas 2011
Headstone at St Martin’s Church, Cheriton, Kent commemorating Bruce Drayner, RN d. 1914
Location
St Martin's Church, Cheriton, Kent, England
Transcript
‘In / loving memory / of / JAMES Wm DRAYNER / died May 6th 1916 aged 79 / also / CHARLOTTE wife of the above / died August 9th 1911 aged 68 / also / EDWARD eldest son of the above / died Dec 30th 1886 aged 20 / also ALFRED son of the above / died Oct 10th 1890 aged 22 / also / BRUCE youngest son of the above / who perished in H.M.S. HOGUE / Sept 22nd 1914 aged 32 / R.I.P.'
Drayner, Bruce Age: 32 Date of Death: 22/9/1914 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: HMS 'Hogue' sunk by 'U9' in North Sea 22/9/1914
Bibliography: Pauline Davey 'St Martins Church, Cheriton Monumental inscriptions' part II, p. 58 no. N662. (Folkestone and District Family History Society 1985).
Wall tablet at Church of St Michael and All Angels, Somerton, Somerset commemorating John Jacob RN d. 1811 in the loss of HMS ‘Hero’
Location
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Somerton, Somerset, England
Transcript
'SACRED / TO / THE MEMORY OF JOHN SECOND SON OF / JOHN AND ANNA MARIA JACOB / OF THIS TOWN / WHO MET WITH A PREMATURE DEATH IN HIS 13TH YEAR / WHILE SERVING AS A MIDSHIPMAN ON BOARD / H.M.S. HERO OF 74 GUNS, CAPT NEWMAN DEC 24, 1811 / WHEN ON THEIR RETURN HOME FROM THE BALTIC / THEIR COMMANDER WITH THE WHOLE OF THE OFFICERS AND CREW / PERISHED IN A STORM OFF THE COAST OF HOLLAND / THY WAY IS IN THE SEA AND THY PATH IN THE GREAT WATERS / AND THY FOOTSTEPS ARE NOT KNOWN PS LXXVII-19 / THIS TABLET ERECTED BY HIS SORROWING PARENTS / WAS RENEWED BY HIS SURVIVING BROTHERS / PHILIP ARCHDEACON OF WINCHESTER / CANON OF WINCHESTER AND / RECTOR OF CRAWLEY HANTS AND / GEORGE LE GRAND / MAJOR GENERAL K.C. C.B. / JULY 1880'
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Description: Lozenge shaped stone memorial set flush with wall. Type: Wall tablet Position: Outside, east wall of vestry Materials: Stone Vessel: HMS Hero
People
Jacob, John Age: 12 Date of Death: 24/12/1811 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Gravestone of John Atkinson, in Pitt Street, Liverpool. He was lost with the ‘Ocean Monarch’, destroyed by fire in 1848.
Location
St Michael's Church, Pitt Street, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'John Atkinson of Cote Clayton, near Bradford, Yorkshire. He was a passenger on board of the ill fated Ocean Monarch which was destroyed by fire, 24 August 1848 and on that day he lost his life age 33 near St Ormes head- nearly 200 perished'
Details
Vessel: Ocean Monarch
People
Atkinson, John Age: 33 Date of Death: 24/8/1848 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation:
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Notes: From an MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d.1886, vol..3, p. 477. The church was demolished in 1946, a new one stands on the same site.
