Category Archives: Vessel Loss

Maeshyfryd Cemetery, Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales

Memorial at Maeshyfryd Cemetery, Holyhead, Anglesey commemorating the crew of ‘Primrose Hill’ wrecked 1900

Location

Maeshyfryd Cemetery, Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales

Transcript

[On scroll on rock] 'IN SACRED MEMORY / OF THE / SHIP / PRIMROSE HILL / WRECKED AT / PENRHOST EILW / 28 DEC 1900', '33 WERE DROWNED, ALL THE CREW EXCEPT ONE; / 27 BODIES FOUND, 12 IDENTIFIED, AND SIX NOT RECOVERED', 'THIS MEMORIAL WAS RAISED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION', 'IN THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE SEA; THY RIGHT HAND / SHALL HOLD ME. PSALM CXXXIX', 'HE BROUGHT DOWN MY STRENGTH IN MY YOUTH AND SHORTENED MY DAYS. PSALM CII', 'INTERRED WITHIN THIS ENCLOSURE ARE ALSO 15 BODIES / UNIDENTIFIED AND UNCLAIMED / SOMEBODY'S DARLINGS.'

Details

Description: A figure of Hope, with right arm raised, holding an anchor standing on a rock with a second anchor and chain on top of a three stepped plinth. The lettering inlaid with lead.
Type: Statue
Materials: Marble
Vessel: Primrose Hill

People

Ashdown, C.F.
Age: 18
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Apprentice
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Bangur, Javas
Age:
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Barnes, E.
Age:
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Berg, E.R.
Age: 17
Date of Death: 28/12/1901
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Apprentice
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Bowers, H.
Age:
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Brown, D.
Age:
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Apprentice
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Burdett, W. F.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Burns, John
Age:
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Cakebread, S.O.
Age: 17
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Apprentice.
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Carlson, Julius
Age:
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Cohn, E.
Age:
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Comperlie, W.
Age:
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Crowe, J.G.
Age:
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Apprentice
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Degar, F.
Age:
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Edwards, Cyril
Age: 17
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Apprentice
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Freeze, W.T.
Age: 17
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Apprentice
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Harding, A. D.
Age: 18
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Apprentice
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Harwood, Joseph
Age:
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Carpenter
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Huggins, Herbert
Age:
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Apprentice
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Hughes, H.
Age: 56
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Mate
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Kelson, Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Apprentice
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Lagagor, E.
Age:
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Lloyd, John
Age:
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Junior officer.
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Lyahannan, C.
Age:
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Cook
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Moss, Christian
Age:
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Boatswain
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Muller, A.
Age:
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Partington, A.
Age:
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Piliala, A.
Age:
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Richards, John C.
Age:
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Apprentice
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Rogenthal, F.
Age:
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Wilson, J.
Age:
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master.
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Wilson, L.
Age:
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool
Wood, F.S.
Age:
Date of Death: 28/12/1900
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: W. Price, Liverpool

Extra

Notes: 'Primrose Hill' wrecked off South stack 28/12/1900.
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p.156. 'The Sheffield and Rotherham Independent' (31 December 1900) p.5.
Recorder: David Saunders 1983
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "transcript": "[On scroll on rock] 'IN SACRED MEMORY / OF THE / SHIP / PRIMROSE HILL / WRECKED AT / PENRHOST EILW / 28 DEC 1900', '33 WERE DROWNED, ALL THE CREW EXCEPT ONE; / 27 BODIES FOUND, 12 IDENTIFIED, AND SIX NOT RECOVERED', 'THIS MEMORIAL WAS RAISED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION', 'IN THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE SEA; THY RIGHT HAND / SHALL HOLD ME. PSALM CXXXIX', 'HE BROUGHT DOWN MY STRENGTH IN MY YOUTH AND SHORTENED MY DAYS. PSALM CII', 'INTERRED WITHIN THIS ENCLOSURE ARE ALSO 15 BODIES / UNIDENTIFIED AND UNCLAIMED / SOMEBODY'S DARLINGS.'",
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Price, Liverpool"},{"name":"Moss, Christian","age":"","dateofdeath":"28/12/1900","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"Boatswain","organisation":"W. Price, Liverpool"},{"name":"Muller, A.","age":"","dateofdeath":"28/12/1900","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"Able Seaman","organisation":"W. Price, Liverpool"},{"name":"Partington, A.","age":"","dateofdeath":"28/12/1900","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"Able Seaman","organisation":"W. Price, Liverpool"},{"name":"Piliala, A.","age":"","dateofdeath":"28/12/1900","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"Able Seaman","organisation":"W. Price, Liverpool"},{"name":"Richards, John C.","age":"","dateofdeath":"28/12/1900","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"Apprentice","organisation":"W. Price, Liverpool"},{"name":"Rogenthal, F.","age":"","dateofdeath":"28/12/1900","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"Able Seaman","organisation":"W. Price, Liverpool"},{"name":"Wilson, J.","age":"","dateofdeath":"28/12/1900","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"Master.","organisation":"W. Price, Liverpool"},{"name":"Wilson, L.","age":"","dateofdeath":"28/12/1900","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"Able Seaman","organisation":"W. Price, Liverpool"},{"name":"Wood, F.S.","age":"","dateofdeath":"28/12/1900","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"Unknown","organisation":"W. Price, Liverpool"}],
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    "recorder": "David Saunders 1983",
    "photographer": "B. Tomlinson"  }
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Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Catherington, Hampshire, England

Memorial at All Saints Church, Catherington, Hampshire commemorating Rear-Admiral Christopher Cradock d. 1914

Location

All Saints Church, Catherington, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF REAR ADMIRAL SIR CHRISTOPHER CRADOCK / KILLED IN ACTION OFF CORONEL / ALL SAINTS DAY 1914. HIS BODY RESTS / IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN OF KEITH BARNES RECTOR OF CATTISTO[N] / BY WHOSE INSPIRATION THE EAST / WINDOE & REREDOS WERE ERECTED / AND OF ALBERT W.S. BARNES WITH / WHOM MANY HAPPY YEARS WERE / SPENT AT ST CATHERINES / MARY BARNES 1925'

Details

Type: Cross
Position: Centre of entrance path
Materials: Stone
Date Erected: 1925

Event

Battle of Cape Coronel

Event Date

1914

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Cradock, Christopher
Age:
Date of Death: 1/11/1914
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Erected in 1925 by Mary C. Barnes.
Recorder: David Saunders 1983
Photographer: Michael Parry 2009

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    "materials": "Stone",
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    "event":"Battle of Cape Coronel",
    "date": "1914",
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    "notes": "Erected in 1925 by Mary C. Barnes.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "David Saunders 1983",
    "photographer": "Michael Parry 2009"  }
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Vessel Loss

St Niels Church, Westerland, Sylt, Germany, Rest of the World

Wall tablet at Westerland church, Sylt, Germany commemorating Daniel Wienholt d. 1799 in the wreck of the ‘Lutine’

Location

St Niels Church, Westerland, Sylt, Germany, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / DANIEL WIENHOLT SECOND SON OF JOHN WIENHOLT ESQ. / OF GREAT ST HELEN'S IN THE CITY OF LONDON, MERCHANT, / WHO WAS LOST TO THE INEXPRESSIBLE GRIEF OF A MOTHER, / A BROTHER AND A SISTER IN HBM FRIGATE 'LUTINE' / OFF THE COAST OF HOLLAND IN THE NIGHT OF THE 9TH OCT. 1799. / HAVING DRIFTED ON THE SHORE OF SYLT, / HE WAS DISCOVERED BY / HERRN STRAENDVOYT DECKER / TO WHOM THE FAMILY OWE A DEBT OF GRATITUDE / FOR HIS GREAT ATTENTION AND FOR HIS CAREFUL / PRESERVATION OF THE PROPERTY FOUND ON THE BODY / WHICH WAS INTERRED IN WESTERLAND CHURCHYARD / ON THE 11 NOV. 1799.’

Details

Description: Wreath and ribbons carved above the inscription.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: White marble
Vessel: HMS Lutine

People

Wienholt, Daniel
Age:
Date of Death: 9/10/1799
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Erected by Arnold Wienholt his nephew.
Bibliography: S.J. van der Molen 'The Lutine treasure: the 150 year search for gold in the wreck of the frigate Lutine' (London, 1970).

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    "position": "",
    "materials": "White marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Lutine"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "notes": "Erected by Arnold Wienholt his nephew.",
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Vessel Loss

Extra

Notes: From an MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d.1886, vol.6, p. 237.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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  "location": "St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England",
  "transcript": "'Margaret Gardner, drowned in the steamship 'Orion' off Port Patrick, Scotland 18 June 1850 age 9'",
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    "event":"",
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Lifesaving, Vessel Loss

South Promenade, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England

Memorial on the South Promenade, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire commemorating the crew of the lifeboat ‘Laura Janet’ who died in 1886 attempting to rescue the crew of the ‘Mexico’

Location

South Promenade, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England

Transcript

'THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED / BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM JOHNSON COXSWAIN / CHARLES TIMS SUB COXSWAIN / OLIVER HODSON BOWMAN / THOMAS BONNEY / JAMES BONNEY / NICHOLAS PARKINSON / JAMES M. DOBSON / JAMES JOHNSON / RICHARD FISHER / JOHN P. WIGNALL / THOMAS PARKINSON / JAMES HARRISON / REUBEN A. TIMS / THE CREW OF THE ST ANNES LIFEBOAT / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES BY A GALLANT ATTEMPT TO RESCUE THE CREW / OF THE GERMAN BARQUE MEXICO / WRECKED OFF SOUTHPORT ON THE NIGHT OF THE 9TH DECEMBER 1886.'

Details

Description: Lifeboatman standing on a rock.
Type: Memorial
Date Erected: 1887
Artists: William Birnie Rhind
Vessel: Laura Janet, Mexico

People

Bonney, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 9/12/1886
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: lifeboatman
Organisation:
Bonney, James
Age:
Date of Death: 9/12/1886
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: lifeboatman
Organisation:
Dobson, James M.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 9/12/1886
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: lifeboatman; fisherman
Organisation:
Fisher, Richard
Age: 49
Date of Death: 9/12/1886
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: lifeboatman; fisherman
Organisation:
Harrison, James
Age: 19
Date of Death: 9/12/1886
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: lifeboatman; fisherman
Organisation:
Hodson, Oliver
Age: 39
Date of Death: 9/12/1886
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: lifeboatman; fisherman
Organisation:
Johnson, William
Age: 35
Date of Death: 9/12/1886
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: lifeboatman; fisherman
Organisation:
Johnson, James
Age: 45
Date of Death: 9/12/1886
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: lifeboatman; fisherman
Organisation:
Parkinson, Nicholas
Age: 22
Date of Death: 9/12/1886
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: lifeboatman; fisherman
Organisation:
Parkinson, Thomas
Age: 28
Date of Death: 9/12/1886
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: lifeboatman
Organisation:
Tims, Charles
Age: 43
Date of Death: 9/12/1886
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: lifeboatman; fisherman
Organisation:
Tims, Reuben
Age: 30
Date of Death: 9/12/1886
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: lifeboatman; fish dealer
Organisation:
Wignall, John P.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 9/12/1886
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: lifeboatman; fisherman
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Commemorates the men of lifeboat 'Laura Janet' who were lost in an attempt to rescue the crew of the German barque 'Mexico'. The figure on the top, though intended to represent the whole crew, is supposed to have the features of the coxswain William Johnson. Signed 'W.B. RHIND. SC. EDINBURGH'.
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996), p. 84; J.C. Dibden and John Ayling 'The Book of the Lifeboat' (Edinburgh and London, 1894) p. 18.

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  "id": "M3077",
  "location": "South Promenade, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England",
  "transcript": "'THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED / BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM JOHNSON COXSWAIN / CHARLES TIMS SUB COXSWAIN / OLIVER HODSON BOWMAN / THOMAS BONNEY / JAMES BONNEY / NICHOLAS PARKINSON / JAMES M. DOBSON / JAMES JOHNSON / RICHARD FISHER / JOHN P. WIGNALL / THOMAS PARKINSON / JAMES HARRISON / REUBEN A. TIMS / THE CREW OF THE ST ANNES LIFEBOAT / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES BY A GALLANT ATTEMPT TO RESCUE THE CREW / OF THE GERMAN BARQUE MEXICO / WRECKED OFF SOUTHPORT ON THE NIGHT OF THE 9TH DECEMBER 1886.'",
  "content": "<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M3077Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6725\" width=\"271\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M3077Large.jpg 500w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M3077Large-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" /></figure>\n\n\n<p>Memorial on the South Promenade, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire commemorating the crew of the lifeboat ‘Laura Janet’ who died in 1886  attempting to rescue the crew of the ‘Mexico’</p>",
  "images": ["/uploads/2014/05/M3077Large.jpg","/uploads/2014/05/M3077Large-211x300.jpg"],
  "categories": ["Lifesaving","Vessel Loss"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Lifeboatman standing on a rock.",
    "type": "Memorial",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "1887",
    "artists": "William Birnie Rhind",
    "vessel": "Laura Janet, Mexico"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Bonney, Thomas","age":"","dateofdeath":"9/12/1886","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"lifeboatman","organisation":""},{"name":"Bonney, James","age":"","dateofdeath":"9/12/1886","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"lifeboatman","organisation":""},{"name":"Dobson, James M.","age":"22","dateofdeath":"9/12/1886","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"lifeboatman; fisherman","organisation":""},{"name":"Fisher, Richard","age":"49","dateofdeath":"9/12/1886","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"lifeboatman; fisherman","organisation":""},{"name":"Harrison, James","age":"19","dateofdeath":"9/12/1886","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"lifeboatman; fisherman","organisation":""},{"name":"Hodson, Oliver","age":"39","dateofdeath":"9/12/1886","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"lifeboatman; fisherman","organisation":""},{"name":"Johnson, William","age":"35","dateofdeath":"9/12/1886","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"lifeboatman; fisherman","organisation":""},{"name":"Johnson, James","age":"45","dateofdeath":"9/12/1886","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"lifeboatman; fisherman","organisation":""},{"name":"Parkinson, Nicholas","age":"22","dateofdeath":"9/12/1886","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"lifeboatman; fisherman","organisation":""},{"name":"Parkinson, Thomas","age":"28","dateofdeath":"9/12/1886","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"lifeboatman","organisation":""},{"name":"Tims, Charles","age":"43","dateofdeath":"9/12/1886","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"lifeboatman; fisherman","organisation":""},{"name":"Tims, Reuben","age":"30","dateofdeath":"9/12/1886","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"lifeboatman; fish dealer","organisation":""},{"name":"Wignall, John P.","age":"20","dateofdeath":"9/12/1886","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"lifeboatman; fisherman","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Commemorates the men of lifeboat 'Laura Janet' who were lost in an attempt to rescue the crew of the German barque 'Mexico'. The figure on the top, though intended to represent the whole crew, is supposed to have the features of the coxswain William Johnson. Signed 'W.B. RHIND. SC. EDINBURGH'.",
    "bibliography": "David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996), p. 84; J.C. Dibden and John Ayling 'The Book of the Lifeboat' (Edinburgh and London, 1894) p. 18.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Church of King Charles the Martyr, Falmouth, Cornwall, England

Wall tablet in Falmouth, Cornwall commemorating Lieutenant Thomas Guppy RN d. 1884

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Church of King Charles the Martyr, Falmouth, Cornwall, England

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'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / THOMAS STOKES GUPPY, SUB-LIEUTENANT R.N. / AGED 22 YEARS / WHO WITH 49 OTHERS WAS DROWNED IN THE WRECK OF H.M. / GUNBOAT 'WASP', OFF TORY ISLAND N.W. COAST OF IRELAND / SEPTR 22ND 1884 / BURIED AT GLENCOLUMBKILLE C. DONEGAL / 'HE BRINGETH THEM UNTO THE HAVEN WHERE THEY WOULD BE.' PS. CVII. 30'

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Description: Plain plaque with canted corners.

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Chancel
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Wasp

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Guppy, Thomas Stokes
Age: 22
Date of Death: 22/09/1884
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Sub-Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Navy

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  "location": "Church of King Charles the Martyr, Falmouth, Cornwall, England",
  "transcript": "'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / THOMAS STOKES GUPPY, SUB-LIEUTENANT R.N. / AGED 22 YEARS / WHO WITH 49 OTHERS WAS DROWNED IN THE WRECK OF H.M. / GUNBOAT 'WASP', OFF TORY ISLAND N.W. COAST OF IRELAND / SEPTR 22ND 1884 / BURIED AT GLENCOLUMBKILLE C. DONEGAL / 'HE BRINGETH THEM UNTO THE HAVEN WHERE THEY WOULD BE.' PS. CVII. 30'",
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    "vessel": "HMS Wasp"  },
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Vessel Loss

Church of Edmund King and Martyr, Lombard Street, London, England

Memorial in the Church of Edmund King and Martyr, Lombard Street, London commemorating Charles Melville Hays d. 1912 in the loss of the RMS ‘Titanic’

Location

Church of Edmund King and Martyr, Lombard Street, London, England

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'In Memory of / Charles Melville Hays / President of the Grand Trunk / And Grand Trunk Pacific Railway / Companies of Canada, Who Lost His Life on April 15th 1912, By the Foundering/in Mid-Atlantic, of the Steamship / 'TITANIC', through Collision With An / Iceberg, While on Her Maiden Voyage / From Southampton to New York / A memorial Service Was held in This / Church Simultaneously With One at / Montreal, On Thursday, April 25th 1912 / This Tablet With The kind Permission of The / Rector And Churchwardens, Was Placed Here / By the Directors Of the Grand Trunk Railway / Company of Canada, In Recognition of Mr Hays / Great Services To the Company, And of His / High Character in Public and Private Life'

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Type: Plaque
Materials: Brass
Vessel: RMS Titanic

People

Hays, Charles Melville
Age:
Date of Death: 15/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:

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  "post_id": "500",
  "id": "M3018",
  "location": "Church of Edmund King and Martyr, Lombard Street, London, England",
  "transcript": "'In Memory of / Charles Melville Hays / President of the Grand Trunk / And Grand Trunk Pacific Railway / Companies of Canada, Who Lost His Life on April 15th 1912, By the Foundering/in Mid-Atlantic, of the Steamship / 'TITANIC', through Collision With An / Iceberg, While on Her Maiden Voyage / From Southampton to New York / A memorial Service Was held in This / Church Simultaneously With One at / Montreal, On Thursday, April 25th 1912 / This Tablet With The kind Permission of The / Rector And Churchwardens, Was Placed Here / By the Directors Of the Grand Trunk Railway / Company of Canada, In Recognition of Mr Hays / Great Services To the Company, And of His / High Character in Public and Private Life'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the Church of Edmund King and Martyr, Lombard Street, London commemorating Charles Melville Hays d. 1912 in the loss of the RMS ‘Titanic’</p>",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters