Memorial at St Michael’s Church, Inveresk commemorating Captain William Buller Fullerton Elphinstone RN d. 1893, Captain Charles Elphinstone d. 1807 in the loss of HMS ‘Blenheim’ and George James Elphinstone RN d. 1879
Location
St Michael's Church, Inveresk, East Lothian, Scotland
Transcript
[Panel one] 'THE / MASTER OF ELPHINSTONE / DIED 9TH NOVR 1890 / WILLIAM BULLER FULLERTON / 15TH LORD ELPHINSTONE / BORN 18TH NOVEMBER 1828 / DIED 18 JANUARY 1893 / THE HON CONSTANCE LOTHIAN ELPHINSTONE / BORN 5TH OCTOBER 1873 / DIED 18TH MARCH 1895' [Central panel] 'TO THE MEMORY OF / THE HON WILLIAM FULLERTON ELPHINSTONE / SECOND SON OF CHARLES TENTH LORD ELPHINSTONE / BORN SEPTEMBER 1740 DIED MAY 1834 / ALSO TO / ELIZABETH HIS WIFE / DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM FULLERTON OF CARSTAIRS / AND NIECE OF JOHN FULLERTON OF CARBERRY / BORN JANUARY 1758 DIED MAY 1849 / TO CLEMENTINA / WIFE OF SIR PULTENEY MALCOLM G.C.B. / DIED NOVEMBER 1830 / TO JOHN FULLERTON DIED 12TH MARCH 1854 / TO CHARLES / CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY / LOST IN H.M. SHIP BLENHEIM FEBRUARY 1807 / TO ELIZABETH DIED OCTOBER 1802 / TO MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM KEITH / DIED IN INDIA APRIL 1842 / TO ANNA DIED 29TH AUGUST 1850 / TO DIANA MARIA / ONLY CHILD OF CHARLES CLAVERING ESQ. / WIFE OF LIEU-COL J. / D. ELPHINSTONE / BORN 8TH JUNE 1801 DIED 24TH DECEMBER 1821 / INTERRED IN THIS VAULT / ANNA MARIA / WIFE OF LIEUT-COL JAMES DRUMMOND BULLER ELPHINSTONE / DAUGHTER OF VICE ADMIRAL SIR EDWARD BULLER BART / BORN 3D NOVEMBER 1799 DIED AT CARBERRY 26TH FEBRUARY 1845 / LIEUT-COL JAMES FULLERTON ELPHINSTONE / 4TH SON OF THE HONBLE W.F. ELPHINSTONE / BORN 4TH MAY 1788 / DIED AT CARBERRY 8TH MARCH 1857' [Panel 3] 'THE HON J.F. ELPHINSTONE / BORN APRIL 1837 / CAPT. AND LIEUT COL / SCOTS FUSILIER GUARDS / DIED AND BURIED AT CUATHALOUGHA CO. TIPPERARY / NOVR 1874 / THE HON G.J. ELPHINSTONE / ROYAL NAVY / BORN 1841 / DIED AND BURIED ON / THE ISLAND OF LISMORE / 1879 / THE HON. GERTRUDE ELPHINSTONE / WIFE OF JAMES HOPE / OF BELMONT / BORN 17TH FEB 1826 / DIED 29TH MARCH 1894 / THE HON. ELIZABETH MARY ELPHINSTONE / WIDOW OF THE VERY REVD JAMES MONTGOMERY / DEAN OF EDINBURGH / BORN 17TH NOVR 1834 / DIED 24TH SEPT 1902 / THE HON. EDWARD BULLER ELPHINSTONE / BORN 1832 DIED 1915 / THE HON ANNA MARIA ELPHINSTONE / WIDOW OF HENRY MONTGOMERY / BORN 1830 DIED 1913 / THE HON CLEMENTINA ELPHINSTONE / WIDOW OF COLONEL DOUGLAS JONES / BORN 1827 DIED 1916'
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Description: Arms centre top, wreaths above side panels Type: Memorial Position: North west corner of churchyard Materials: Grey sandstone Vessel: HMS Blenheim
People
Elphinstone, William Buller Fullerton Age: Date of Death: 18/1/1893 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Elphinstone, Charles Age: Date of Death: 2/1807 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Elphinstone, George James Age: Date of Death: 1879 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Navy
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.'
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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
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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
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.’
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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:
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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).
Memorial in Central Square, Cobh, County Cork, Republic of Ireland commemorating those who died in the loss of SS ‘Lusitania’ 1915
Location
Central Square, Cobh, County Cork, Republic of Ireland
Transcript
[Above] 'TO THE MEMORY OF ALL WHO PERISHED BY / THE SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA MAY.7.1915 / AND IN THE CAUSE OF UNIVERSAL AND / LASTING PEACE', [Below] 'LABORE EST ORARE / TO ALL WHO HELPED IN THE RESCUE. GAVE AID AND COMFORT / TO THE SURVIVORS AND BURIED THE DEAD'
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Description: The winged figure of peace above trampling a sword underfoot. Two figures of mourning fishermen below. Type: Memorial Materials: Stone, bronze Vessel: SS Lusitania
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Bibliography: Patrick O'Sullivan 'Lusitania, unravelling the mysteries' (Cork, 1998) p. 87 (photo).
Gravestone at Vlieland, Netherlands commemorating Captain Lancelot Skynner RN d. 1799 in the loss of the ‘Lutine’
Location
Church, Vlieland, Netherlands, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Here Lay the remains of / the Commander of the frigate / H.M.S. 'LUTINE' / Captain Lancelot Skynner R.N. / 1766-1799 / and two of his officers / who perished as a result of / the loss of the 'Lutine' / on 10th October 1799 / off the coast of Vlieland'
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Description: Relief of ship above the inscription. Type: Gravestone Vessel: HMS Lutine
People
Skynner, Lancelot Age: Date of Death: 10/10/1799 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Recent memorial, erected by the society 'Tromp's Huys' circa 1995. DOSSIER
Memorial in Helston, Cornwall commemorating Henry Trengrouse d. 1854
Location
Town centre, Helston, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'Gun from H.M.S. Anson wrecked on Loe bar, Porthleven 29th December 1807. This gun was salvaged by naval skin divers of the ship's company H.M.S. Seahawk. The mounting and carriage replica of the original was constructed at H.M.S. Seahawk and presented by the descendants of Henry Trengrouse of Helston inventor of the life saving line throwing apparatus as a tribute to his memory 26 November 1965'
Details
Vessel: HMS Anson
People
Trengrouse, Henry Age: Date of Death: 1854 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Navy
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.'
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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:
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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.
Wall tablet in Falmouth, Cornwall commemorating Lieutenant Thomas Guppy RN d. 1884
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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Description: Plain plaque with canted corners.
Type: Wall tablet Position: Chancel Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Wasp
People
Guppy, Thomas Stokes Age: 22 Date of Death: 22/09/1884 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Sub-Lieutenant Organisation: Royal Navy
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
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'
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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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