Memorial at St Illtud’s Church, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire commemorating casualties of the wreck of ‘La Jeune Emma’ in 1828 the ‘Brothers’ lost in 1835 and the ‘Pickering Dodge’ lost 1839
Location
St Illtud's Church, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Transcript
'SACRED / to the memory of Lt. Col. COQUELIN / aged 45 Years / And ADELINE his daughter aged 12 Yr / Both natives of France / who lost their lives by the wreck of the / ship La Jeune Emma on Cefn sidon Sand / as they were returning home from MARTINIQUE / in the West Indies and were interred in this ground / on 25th Novr. 1828. / The above named Lady was Niece to Josephine, Consort / of that renowned Individual / NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE. / The captain CHACELOT DE CHATILLON, and five seamen / also perished in the same Shipwreck / and were buried near this place. / In Decr. 1835 was wrecked the ship Brothers of Liverpool / from BAHIA on Cefn sidon Sand which also caused the death / of five persons who are buried here. / In July 1839 the ship Pickering Dodge of Boston AMERICA / was driven on the same Sand by which several Seaman lost / their lives Thomas Sweet, Jacob Winter & Luther Goldwright / were buried in this ground. / For particulars see the Parish Registers'
Details
Description: Headstone. Type: Gravestone Position: South wall Materials: Slate Vessel: La Jeune Emma, Pickering Dodge
People
Coquelin, Adeline Age: 12 Date of Death: 11/1828 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Coquelin, Coquelin Age: 45 Date of Death: 11/1828 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: de Chatillion, Chacelot Age: Date of Death: 11/1828 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Goldwright, Luther Age: Date of Death: 1839 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Sweet, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 7/1859 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Winters, Jacob Age: Date of Death: 1839 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation:
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Bibliography: Graham Farr 'Wreck and rescue in the Bristol Channel, the story of the Welsh lifeboats' (Truro, 1967) pp. 118-119, 'Annual Register' 1829 p. 163. Recorder: David Saunders 1983, Gail Thomas 2011 Photographer: Gail Thomas
Window at St Ann’s Church, Portsmouth dockyard dedicated to Charles Dudley Ryder d. 1825 and Edward Dudley Ryder d. 1870 in the loss of HMS ‘Captain’
Location
St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / CHARLES DUDLEY RYDER / SON OF HON. HENRY RYDER BISHOP / OF LICHFIELD & COVENTRY, MIDSHIPMAN / OF HMS NAIAD WHO WAS DROWNED / ON MAY 28 1825 OFF CIVITA VECCHIA / ALSO OF / EDWARD DUDLEY RYDER / SON OF LIEUT COL SPENCER CD RYDER / MIDSHIPMAN OF HMS CAPTAIN WHO / WAS DROWNED WHEN THAT VESSEL / FOUNDERED ON SEPTEMBER 7 1870 / OFF CAPE FINISTERRE. THIS / WINDOW IS PLACED HERE BY ADMIRAL / ALFD P RYDER BROTHER OF CHARLES / & UNCLE OF EDWARD DUDLEY RYDER'
Details
Description: Dedication on brass plaque. Type: Window Vessel: HMS Captain, HMS Naiad
People
Ryder, Charles Dudley Age: Date of Death: 28/5/1825 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Midshipman Organisation: Royal Navy Ryder, Edward Dudley Age: Date of Death: 7/9/1870 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Midshipman Organisation: Royal Navy
Wall tablet in the Church of St John the Evangelist, Farncombe commemorating wireless operator John George Phillips d. 1912 in the loss of ‘Titanic’
Location
Church of St John the Evangelist, Farncombe, Surrey, England
Transcript
'In Memory of John George Phillips aged 26 years formerly a chorister in this church Chief Marconi Officer on RMS Titanic which sank at sea April 15th 1912. Faithful to his Duty to the Last'
Details
Type: Tablet Position: Wall north aisle Vessel: RMS Titanic
People
Phillips, John George Age: 26 Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Chief wireless officer Organisation: White Star Line
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Notes: Also commemorated by cloister and lily pond in public gardens at Godalming. Recorder: David Saunders 1983
Memorial at Hobert, Tasmania to the officers and men of HMS ‘Orpheus’ wrecked in 1863
Location
Tasmanian Museum, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Rest of the World
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / COMMODORE W.F. BURNETT, R.N., C.B. / COMMANDER R.H. BURTON/W.F.W. MUDGE, A. JEKYLL, LIEUTENANTS / W.D. STRONG, MASTER / C.B. HASLEWOOD CHAPLAIN, S. STEPHENS, CHIEF ENGINEER / E.E. HILL, 1ST LIEUTENANT R.M.A., J. CLARKSON, ASSISTANT ACTING SECOND MASTER / W.H.P. GILHAM, ASSISTANT PAYMASTER AND SECRETARY/W.T. TAYLOR, ACTING SECOND MASTER / A.D. JOHNSTONE, ASSISTANT PAYMASTER, H.N. AYLEN, CLERK, / A.R. MALLACK,T.H. BROUGHTON AND G.H. VERNER / MIDSHIPMAN / J.T. TOZER, MASTER'S ASSISTANT, J. H. ADAMS, ENGINEER / J. VICKERY, E.J. MILLER, W. ADAMSON AND G.F. GOSSAGE / ASSISTANT ENGINEERS / AND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN PETTY OFFICERS / SEAMEN AND MARINES, WHO PERISHED IN THE WRECK / OF H.M.S. ORPHEUS ON MANUKAU BAR, NEW ZEALAND / ON THE 7TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 1863. / THE INHABITANTS OF HOBART TOWN HAVE ERECTED THIS TABLET / TO COMMEMORATE THE HEROIC CONDUCT OF ALL ON BOARD / WHO UNDER THE MOST APPALLING CIRCUMSTANCES / PRESERVED THE STRICTEST DISCIPLINE / TO THE LAST MOMENT OF THEIR LIVES / WHEN THE SHIP BREAKING UP / THE CREW GAVE THREE PARTING CHEERS / AND THE LAST WORDS UTTERED BY THE GALLANT COMMODORE WERE / "THE LORD HAVE MERCY ON US ALL"'
Details
Description: Naval trophies above the inscription. Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Orpheus
People
Adams, J. H. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Engineer Organisation: Royal Navy Adamson, W. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Engineer Organisation: Royal Navy Aylen, H. N. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Clerk Organisation: Royal Navy Broughton, T. H. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy Burnett, W. F. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Commodore RN Organisation: Royal Navy Burton, R. F. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy Clarkson, J. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Surgeon Organisation: Royal Navy Gilham, W. H. P. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Paymaster and secretary Organisation: Royal Navy Gossage, G. F. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Engineer Organisation: Royal Navy Haslewood, Charles B. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Chaplain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Hill, E. E. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: 1st Lieutenant RMA Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery Jekyll, Arthur Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy Johnstone, A. D. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Paymaster Organisation: Royal Navy Mallack, A. R. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy Miller, E. J. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Engineer Organisation: Royal Navy Mudge, W. F. W. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy Stephens, S. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer Organisation: Royal Navy Strong, W. D. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master RN Organisation: Royal Navy Taylor, W. T. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Acting 2nd Master Organisation: Royal Navy Tozer, J. T. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master's assistant Organisation: Royal Navy Verner, G. H. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy Vickery, J. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Engineer Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Formerly in the Mariners' Church. Bibliography: Roy M. Hetherington 'The wreck of HMS Orpheus-New Zealand's Worst sea disaster' (Auckland, 1968).
Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Henry Sherman d. 1895
Location
All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England
Transcript
'Henry Sherman aged 48 Lost in the smack "Neddy Campbell" In the North Sea December 1895'
Details
Type: Memorial tile Vessel: Neddy Campbell
People
Sherman, Henry Age: 48 Date of Death: 12/1895 Cause of Death: Vessel loss Rank / Occupation: Fisherman Organisation:
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Notes: 'Neddy Campbell' of Grimsby, missing presumed lost, 5 December 1895. Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).
Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Walter Ernest Pittick d. 1940
Location
All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England
Transcript
'Walter Ernest / Pittick / 62 / Lost with / H.M.Y. 'Campeador V’ / By Enemy Action / 22 June 1940'
Details
Type: Memorial tile Vessel: HMY Campeador V
Event Category
1939-1945 Second World War
People
Pittick, Walter Ernest Age: 62 Date of Death: 22/6/1940 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Cook Organisation: Auxiliary Patrol Service
Extra
Notes: HMY 'Campeador V' mined and sunk off Portsmouth 22 June 1940
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 28; Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)
Memorial at All Saints’ Church, Wyke Regis, Dorset commemorating four members of the crew of the ‘Eleanor Woodburn’ that were found washed ashore in 1867
Location
All Saints' Church, Wyke Regis, Weymouth, Dorset, England
Details
Vessel: Eleanor Woodburn
People
Eccles, John Age: 48 Date of Death: 22/10/1867 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Unknown Eccles, Richard Age: 20 Date of Death: 22/10/1867 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Crew Organisation: Unknown Gawith, John Age: 24 Date of Death: 22/10/1867 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Crew Organisation: Unknown Cooseham, Thomas Age: 18 Date of Death: 22/10/1867 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Crew Organisation: Unknown
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Notes: After an accident involving a boat from the 'Eleanor Woodburn' which was wrecked in Wyke Bay, four of the crew were washed ashore and buried on the 22nd October. They were believed to be John Eccles, the master, aged 48, Richard Eccles, his son aged 20, John Gawith aged 24 years and Thomas Cooseham aged 18. The body of James Edmanson aged 26 was not found.
Bibliography: 'Lloyd's List' 15/10/1867, 18/10/1867, 21/10/1867. 'Eleanor Woodburn' of Barrow in Furness. Recorder: R. Perry
Memorial at Bulwick to Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon d. 1893 in HMS ‘Victoria’
Location
St Nicholas's Church, Bulwick, Northamptonshire, England
Transcript
[Above] VICE ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE TRYON K.C.B. / 3RD SON OF THOMAS TRYON BORN JANUARY 4TH 1832' [Below] ‘A MAN OF GREAT ENERGY, ZEAL AND RESOURCE. WHO EARNED A / WORLD-WIDE REPUTATION AS SEAMAN, STRATEGIST AND TACTICIAN. / HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE TRENCHES BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, DIRECTOR / OF NAVAL TRANSPORTS ABYSSINIAN WAR, COMMANDER IN CHIEF / ON THE AUSTRALIAN AND FINALLY THE MEDITERRANEAN STATION, / WHERE HE DIED HEROICALLY AT HIS POST WHEN H.M.S. VICTORIA / SANK JUNE 22 1893. MUCH LOVED AND DEEPLY MOURNED'
Details
Description: Wall tablet in an Elizabethan style. A relief portrait of Tryon within an architectural frame. Above, a coat of arms with strap work flanked by two naval crowns. A foul anchor in relief on the apron below. Type: Wall tablet Materials: Stone Vessel: HMS Victoria
People
Tryon, George Age: Date of Death: 22/6/1893 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: HMS 'Victoria' sunk in collision with HMS 'Camperdown'. Recorder: Professor Norman Hammond & Dr J. L. Wilson Photographer: Professor Norman Hammond
