Wall tablet in St Llawddog’s Church, Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire commemorating Griffith Griffith, surgeon RN d. 1822 in the loss of HMS ‘Confiance’
Location
St Llawddog's Church, Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Griffith Griffith Surgeon second son of George and Margaret Griffith of this town who with all on board H.M.S. Confiance which foundered in a violent gale of wind unfortunately perished off the coast of Ireland on the 21st April 1822. His professional abilities were rendered useful during an important period in the following ships, frigates and sloops of war, viz: the Franchise, the York, the Serapis, the Queen Charlotte, the Sheerwater and the ill-fated Confiance. In the Queen Charlotte he sailed with Lord Exmouth on his memorable expedition to Algiers one of the auspicious result of which was the liberation from Slavery of 2,000 Christians. When surgeon of the Sheerwater that sloop of war belonged to the squadron appointed to guard Buonaparte at St Helena. God whose ways are past finding out called him from this life it is hoped to enjoy a better in the 30th year of his age. He was a dutiful son, an affectionate Brother and a ready and sympathising friend to the Sick and the Poor'
Details
Description: Shield shaped tablet surmounted by an urn. Type: Wall tablet Vessel: HMS Confiance
Event
Bombardment of Algiers
Event Date
1816
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Africa
People
Griffith, Griffith Age: Date of Death: 21/4/1822 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at St Ann’s Church, Portsmouth Dockyard commemorating Commander Charles Adolphus Baker RN d. 1822 in the loss of HMS ‘Drake’
Location
St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY / OF THE SELFLESS DEVOTION OF / CHARLES ADOLPHUS BAKER ESQR / COMMANDER OF H.M.S. DRAKE / WHO / WHEN THAT SLOOP WAS WRECKED ON THE COAST OF / NEWFOUNDLAND ON THE 25TH JUNE 1822 / REFUSED TO PROVIDE FOR HIS OWN SAFETY / UNTIL THE WHOLE OF THE CREW SHOULD BE PREVIOUSLY SAVED / AND IN PERSUANCE OF THIS GENEROUS RESOLUTION / PERISHED / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED / AT THE REQUEST OF THE SURVIVING / PETTY OFFICERS AND SEAMEN / EVERY ONE OF WHOM / ON PASSING FROM THE SHIP TO A ROCK / ON WHICH THEY WERE ULTIMATELY SAVED / HAD/WITH A GENEROSITY EQUAL TO HIS OWN / PRESSED/CAPTAIN BAKER/TO PRECEDE THEM / BUT IN VAIN /AETAT 29'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: Chancel Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Drake
People
Baker, Charles Adolphus Age: 29 Date of Death: 25/6/1822 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
'Sacred to the memory of Mary Sharp, who departed this life the 24th October 1832 aged 57 years. Also of the memory of Capt. Robert Sharp who was lost at sea on the 13th December 1844 off the coast of France aged 61 years. This stone is erected by their only surviving child Robert Cunningham Sharp'
Details
Type: Gravestone Materials: Portland stone Vessel: Erin
People
Sharp, Robert Age: 61 Date of Death: 13/12/1844 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
Extra
Notes: 'Erin' schooner of Guernsey on passage from Shields to St Malo wrecked 13 Dec 1844 at St Germain Cap de la Hogue, France. Bibliography: David Kreckeler 'Nineteenth Century Monumental Memorials in Guernsey and their history of nautical interest' (typescript).
Cross at Calf Sound, Isle of Man commemorating the rescue of the crew of ‘Jeune St Charles’ in 1858
Location
Calf Sound, Isle of Man
Transcript
'THE THOUSLA CROSS / TO COMMEMORATE AN ACT OF HEROISM / BY MEN OF THIS PARISH / IN THEIR RESCUE OF THE CREW OF THE / FRENCH SCHOONER 'JEUNE ST CHARLES' / IN 1858'
Details
Description: A wooden Cross of Lorraine which formerly stood on the Thousla rock as part of a warning beacon. Type: Cross Materials: Wood Vessel: Jeune St Charles
Window at St Katherine Cree, City of London commemorating casualties of the loss of the troopship ‘Lancastria’ on 17th June 1940
Location
St Katherine Cree, Leadenhall Street, London, England
Details
Description: Stained glass window showing Christ walking on the water, in the bottom left hand corner a panel depicting the upturned troopship with a boat in the foreground filled with survivors. Type: Window Position: South wall of nave Materials: Glass Date Erected: 1963 Artists: M.C Farrar Bell Vessel: HMT Lancastria
Memorial in St Gregory’s Church, Seaton, Devon commemorating William Henry Paulson midshipman, RN d. 1817
Location
St Gregory's Church, Seaton, Devon, England
Transcript
'... who with 8 seamen all Volunteers perished in a gale of wind off Sidmouth whilst cruising in a galley for the prevention of smuggling on the 13th of June 1817 in the 23rd year of his age'
Details
Vessel: HMS 'Queen Charlotte'
People
Paulson, William Henry Age: 22 Date of Death: 13/6/1817 Cause of Death: Vessel Lost Rank / Occupation: Midshipman Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: At the time of death was commanding a gallery with eight volunteer men ‘for the prevention of smuggling’.
Bibliography: Lisa Newcombe 'Smuggling in Cornwall and Devon'. Recorder: E.R. Stage
Wall tablet at All Saints’ Church, Northampton commemorating Thomas Osborn d. 1809 in the loss of Indiaman ‘Jane Duchess of Gordon’
Location
All Saints' Church, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Transcript
'Near / THE FOOT OF THIS PILLAR / REST THE REMAINS OF / ALDERMAN GEORGE OSBORN, / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / MAY 7TH 1827, AGED 73. / FRANCES, HIS BELOVED WIFE, / DIED SEP 23RD 1790, AGED 29 YEARS. / THOMAS, THEIR SECOND SON, / AGED 21 YEARS; / LATE OFFICER OF THE HON. EAST INDIA COMP`S / SHIP "JANE DUCHESS OF GORDON" / WHICH FOUNDERED IN A VIOLENT STORM / IN THE MONTH OF MARCH 1809, / WITH SEVERAL OTHER INDIAMEN / OFF THE MAURITIUS ON THEIR PASSAGE / TO ENGLAND / THE WHOLE OF THEIR CREWS PERISHING. / ALTHOUGH CUT OFF EARLY IN THE CAREER / OF HIS PROFESSION HE HAD ATTAINED / THAT DEGREE OF PRACTICAL SKILL AS A / NAVIGATOR, COUPLED WITH UNREMITTING G/ ATTENTION TO HIS DUTIES AS A SEAMAN, / ON ALL OCCASIONS, THAT SECURED TO HIM / THE CONFIDENCE OF HIS COMMANDERS, / AND ESTEEM OF HIS BROTHER OFFICERS'
