Grenville, Richard Age: 49 Date of Death: 10/09/1591 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Vice-Admiral of the Fleet Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Sir Richard Greville commanded a squadron of English ships that single-handedly attacked a fleet of 53 Spanish ships. Greville was mortally wounded in the gun battle and died of his wounds. His ship, Revenge, was surrendered to the Spanish, however it sank in a cyclone off the island of Terceira in the Azores.
Alfred Lord Tennyson, the Victorian poet, immortalised the Revenge in his poem ‘The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet’.
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 20
Plaque in Holy Trinity Church, Bramley commemorating Lieutenant-Commander George Campbell Street RN d. 1916 during the Battle of Jutland
Location
Holy Trinity Church, Bramley, Surrey, England
Transcript
'To the glory of God / and in loving memory of / Lieutenant Commander / George Campbell Street, / Royal Navy / who was killed in action on board H.M.S. Queen Mary / at the Battle of Jutland May 31st 1916 / aged 32 years. / He was the dearly loved husband of Alice Talbot Street / second son of Henry William and Barbara Street / and Grandson of Henry Street Esq., late of Birley / in this Parish'
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Type: Tablet Materials: Brass Vessel: HMS Queen Mary
Event
Battle of Jutland 1916
Event Date
1916
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Street, George Campbell Age: 32 Date of Death: 31/5/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in Higher Cemetery, Exeter, Devon commemorating Ralph Giles d. 1912 in the loss of ‘Titanic’
Location
Higher Cemetery, Exeter, Devon, England
Transcript
'In / loving memory of / John William Giles / who died Nov 30th 1917 / Also of his son / Ralph Giles / who went down on the Titanic / April 15th 1912 / The gift of God is Eternal Life'
Giles, Ralph Age: 24 Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Unknown
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Notes: Giles was buried was Fairfax Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on 8th May 1912. The Encyclopaedia Titanica notes: ‘His reason for traveling on the Titanic remains a mystery.'
Drinking fountain dedicated to Charles Frohman d. 1915 in the loss of ‘Lusitania’ located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire.
Location
Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England
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Description: A seated female nude between two cornucopia. Type: Drinking fountain Position: Beside Thames Vessel: RMS Lusitania
Event
Sinking of the Lusitania
Event Date
1915
Event Category
1914 - 1918 First World War
People
Frohman, Charles Age: 58 Date of Death: 7/5/1915 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation:
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Notes: American impressario drowned in 'Lusitania' torpedoed 7/5/1915. Bibliography: D.H. Norman 'Remembered in Marlow' , 'Country Life' p. 1358 (May 15 1986).
Gravestone at St Mary’s Church, Gateshead commemorating Thomas Mudford d. 1836 in the loss of the ‘Priscilla’
Location
St Mary's Church, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England
Transcript
'Thomas Mudford aged 41 Captain of the Priscilla which was lost on Palling Beach Feb 18th 1836 on a passage from Newcastle to Lynn when all aboard perished'
Monument at Glasgow Necropolis commemorating James Scott and his family lost in the wreck of the ‘Orion’ 1859
Location
Glasgow Necropolis, Glasgow, Scotland
Transcript
'In memory of James Scott, merchant, Montreal, aged 55; Lillias Ure, his wife, aged 46; and Marion; their only child, aged 7; also of Janet Ure, aged 40, sister of Mrs Scott, and relict of William Smith, merchant, Montreal; who all perished in the wreck of the steamship Orion, off Port Patrick, 18th June 1859, and are here interred; except the child Marion, whose body was not found.'
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Description: Aberdeen granite monument with an urn on the top. Type: Monument Materials: Granite Vessel: Orion
People
Scott, James Age: 55 Date of Death: 18/6/1859 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Scott, Lillias Age: Date of Death: 18/6/1859 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Scott, Marion Age: 7 Date of Death: 18/5/1859 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Smith, Janet Age: 40 Date of Death: 18/6/1859 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation:
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Bibliography: George Blair 'Biographic and descriptive sketches of Glasgow Necropolis', (Glasgo1, 1857) p. 149
Plaque at St Mary’s Church, Southampton commemorating those lost in SS ‘Teuton’ 1881
Location
St Mary's Church, Southampton, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE / CAPTAIN, OFFICERS AND CREW / OF THE UNION STEAM SHIP/ TEUTON. / FOUNDERED OFF DANGER POINT, / SOUTH AFRICA. / AUGUST 30TH 1881. / "AND THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD THAT WERE IN IT." / REV. XX. 13.'
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Description: Rectangular bronze plaque with black enamelled text, fixed to a wooden board.,The Captain, Edward Manning, was found at fault for the loss of the ship. The Board of Trade conducted an official wreck report on the 'Tueton', which can be seen at: www.plimsoll.org/resources/SCCLibraries/WreckReports/14659.asp Type: Plaque Position: Seafarers' Chapel Materials: Bronze Vessel: Teuton
Memorial in the Jewish Cemetery, Putte, Netherlands commemorating Jacob Birnbaum d. 1912 in the loss of the ‘Titanic’
Location
Jewish Cemetery, Putte, Netherlands, Rest of the World
Details
Description: Pedestal tomb with inscription in Hebrew. 'JACOB BIRNBAUM' incribed below. A wreath is carved above, with a crude carving of a steam vessel in three dimensions at the top. Type: Tomb Vessel: Titanic
People
Birnbaum, Jacob Age: Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation:
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