Memorial at West Ham Cemetery commemorating Albert Edward Vere Wardale d. 1922 in the loss of the ‘Egypt’
Location
Cemetery, West Ham, London, England
Transcript
'In / Loving /Memory / of / ALBERT EDWARD VERE WARDALE / THE BELOVED SON OF / NELLIE MAY V WARDALE; / DROWNED AT SEA ON THE ILL-FATED / S.S. EGYPT / MAY 20TH 1922, AGED 25 YEARS / INTERRED HERE JULY 24TH 1922 / SO LOVED, SO MISSED, SO MOURNED , MOTHER / ROCKS AND STORMS I FEAR NO MORE / WHEN ON THAT ETERNAL SHORE / DROP THE ANCHOR AND FURL THE SAIL / I AM SAFE WITHIN THE VALE'
Details
Description: Cross on stepped plinth, lead letters. Type: Cross Vessel: Egypt
People
Wardale, Albert Edward Vere Age: 25 Date of Death: 20/5/1922 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: P & O Line
Extra
Notes: Drowned in 'Egypt' foundered off Ushant 1922. Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 272.
Wall tablet in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire commemorating William Godson d. 1807
Location
St Mary's Church, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / WILLIAM GODSON ESQRE / OF THE COURT HOUSE IN THIS TOWN / SON OF RICHARD AND ANNE GODSON OF BRAILES, WARWICKSHIRE / DIED 19TH AUGUST 1822 AGED 56 YEARS / ALSO MARGARET HIS WIFE. / DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND SARAH PROBYN OF THE COURT HOUSE, / WHO DIED 12TH MARCH 1832 AGED 66 YEARS. / WILLIAM THEIR ELDEST SON, A MIDSHIPMAN ON BOARD HMS BLENHEIM / ADMIRAL SIR THOMAS TROWBRIDGE COMMANDER, / WAS IN HIS FOURTEENTH YEAR, WHEN THE SHIP WITH ALL THE CREW / WAS LOST OFF THE COAST OF MADAGASCAR. / THEIR THIRD SON DIED AT THE BIRTH / HARRIET AND JANE DIED IN THEIR INFANCY. / JOHN AN OFFICER IN THE HONBLE E.I. COMPANY`S SERVICE, DIED AT SEA / ON BOARD THE MARCHIONESS OF ELY, CAPTAIN BROOK KEY, 20TH SEPTEMBER 1814. / GEORGE DIED 20TH NOVEMBER 1820 / MARY ANNE DIED 21ST FEBRUARY 1834 / AND LIES BURIED IN ST MARY LE BONE OLD CHURCHYARD LONDON.'
Details
Description: Coat of arms beneath; kneeling female figure at top.
Type: Wall tablet Position: Interior Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Blenheim, Marchioness of Ely
People
Godson, William Age: 14 Date of Death: 5/2/1807 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Midshipman Organisation: Royal Navy Godson, John Age: Date of Death: 20/9/1814 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Headstone at the Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire commemorating William Horwood d. 1778
Location
Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'Sacred / to the Memory of / SIMON HARRIS / who departed this Life the 2nd April / 1782 in the 87th Year of his Age / Also / WILLIAM HORWOOD / who lost his life with four more of his / Crew in the Unity Sloop on the / Kentish Knock the 13th May 1778 / Aged 45 Years / When jarring elements my bark assailed / All strength was feeble and all efforts failed / Ye Mariners who plough the briny wave / And all the horrors of the tempest brave / Let my disastrous fate attention claim / Life's best security's a virtuous aim'
Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating William Osborne d. 1876 in the loss of the ‘Alcatraz’
Location
Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'In affectionate remembrance of Henry Gunson, late of Calderbridge, who died 21st. Sept 1876, aged 69 years. Also WILLIAM OSBORNE, grandson of the above, who left San Francisco 7th. August 1876 in the ship ALCATRAZ, and has not since been heard of, aged 20 years'
Details
Type: Headstone Position: H653 Vessel: Alcatraz
People
Osborne, William Age: 20 Date of Death: 8/1876 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Wall tablet in Church of St Mary the Virgin, Molland, Devon commemorating Frances Dovell and William Dovell who died in the loss of the ‘Adelaide’, 1850
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Molland, Devon, England
Transcript
'THIS TABLET IS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF / FRANCES DOVELL, AGED 47 YEARS / AND WILLIAM HENRY QUARTLY DOVELL, AGED 12 YEARS, / (YOUNGEST DAUGHTER AND GRANDSON OF THE LATE / HENRY QUARTLY AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE, / OF THIS PARISH) THE BELOVED WIFE AND SON OF / CAPT WILLIAM DOVELL / OF THE PORT OF BRISTOL: WHO UNFORTUNATELY PERISHED / BY SHIPWRECK ON THE NIGHT OF 19TH OF DEC. 1850 / ON THEIR VOYAGE TO THE WEST INDIES, THE UNFORTUNATE OCCURRENCE / TOOK PLACE AT LAGE, NEAR CORUNNA IN SPAIN, WHERE 16 PERSONS, / CONSTITUTING WITH BUT ONE EXCEPTION / THE WHOLE CREW AND PASSENGERS OF THE SHIP 'ADELAIDE'/ FOUND A WATERY GRAVE. / CAPT. DOVELL THE BEREAVED SURVIVOR OF THIS MOURNFUL EVENT / WHO WAS MOST MIRACULOUSLY RESCUED, NOW A WIDOWER AND CHILDLESS / HERE RECORDS HIS ENDURING GRIEF'
Details
Description: Relief of sinking vessel above inscription tablet Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble Artists: J. Thomas, Bristol Vessel: Adelaide
People
Dovell, Frances Age: 47 Date of Death: 19/12/1850 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Unknown Dovell, William Henry Quartly Age: 12 Date of Death: 19/12/1850 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Unknown
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Notes: Also of William Henry Quartly Dovell. d. 1850 Recorder: Jane Kelsall, 2001
Memorial at Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Thomas Hodson, d. 1876 off Jervis Bay, Australia
Location
Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'Samuel Hodson husband of Elizabeth died June 4th 1903 aged 79 also of Elizabeth his wife died April 3rd 1907 aged 82 also of THOMAS B. Hodson second son of the above who was drowned at sea by the foundering of SS DANDENONG off JERVIS BAY, AUSTRALIA, Sept 11 1876 aged 24'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Plot 3 Vessel: SS Dandenong
People
Hodson, Thomas B. Age: 24 Date of Death: 11/9/1876 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Officers' servant Organisation: Melbourne Steam Ship Company
Extra
Notes: SS Dandenong was a passenger-cargo steamer, operated by the Melbourne Steam Ship Company, that ran between Newcastle, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. She left from Melbourne on the 8th September 1876 with 53 passengers. Gale force winds damaged the ship which began taking in water. Several boats, including the barque, Albert William, came to the rescue of the passengers and crew. One of the lifeboats was hit by the rolling barque and only four were saved. In total, 40 lives were lost in the storm.
Tomb in Rotherhithe, London commemorating Prince Lee Boo d. 1784
Location
St Mary's Church, Rotherhithe, London, England
Transcript
'To the Memory / of Prince Lee Boo / a native of the Pelew or Palos Islands: / and son to Abba Thulle, Rupalk or King / of the Island Coorooraa / who departed this life on the 27th of December 1784 / aged 20 years; / This stone is inscribed / by the Honourable United East India Company / as a Testimony of esteem for the humane and kind treatment / afforded to the crew of their ship / the Antelope, Captain Wilson / which was wrecked off that island / in the night of the 9th August 1783. / Stop, Reader, Stop! Let Nature claim a tear, / a Prince of Mine, Lee Boo, lies bury'd here'
Lee Boo, Lee Boo Age: 20 Date of Death: 27/12/1784 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Honourable East India Company
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Notes: More recent tablet with similar inscription on north wall inside church. Bibliography: A.E. Daniell 'London Riverside Churches' (London, 1897) p. 244.
Memorial in Beukenhage Cemetery, S. Gravenzande, Netherlands commemorating Luois Gysin d. 1907 in the loss of the ‘Berlin’
Location
Beukenhage Cemetery, S. Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, Rest of the World
Transcript
'LOUIS GYSIN / von Liestal Schweiz / 19 Nov 1880 21 Feb 1907 / Schiffskatastrophe des 'Berlin' / 'Es fiel ein Reif in del Fruhlingnacht'
Details
Description: A mourning classical figure in relief below a willow tree. Carved sprays of flowers on either side of the inscription. Type: Gravestone Materials: Stone Vessel: SS Berlin
People
Gysin, Louis Age: 26 Date of Death: 21/2/1907 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Great Eastern Railway ship 'Berlin' wrecked at the Hook of Holland.
Headstone at Tavernacle Welsh Baptist Church, The Hayes, Cardiff commemorating Josiah Walter d. 1849 in the wreck of the ‘Confidence’
Location
Tavernacle Welsh Baptist Church, The Hayes, Cardiff, Wales
Transcript
'In memory of Maria Eliza daughter of Benjm Williams / late master of The Confidence of Cardiff by Mary his wife / who died Sept 6 1849 aged 11 years / Also of Josiah Walter their son / who was drowned by the wreck of the said vessel off Arran Moor, County of Donagall Ireland Nov 18 1849 aged 13 years / Maria er mor hoy wedd-is-awyr / A Josia Ionwedd...'
