Gravestone in Rame, Cornwall dedicated to Thomas Hicks d. 1890
Location
St German's Church, Rame, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'IN / MEMORIAM / RICHARD HOCKEN / DIED DECEMBER 20TH 18.../ AGED 72 YEARS / Also / EDGAR HOCKEN / GRANDSON OF THE ABOVE / DIED OCTOBER 7TH 1890 / AGED 15 MONTHS / Also / THOMAS HICKS / LATE BOATSWAIN OF H.M.S. SERPENT / WHO WAS LOST ON THE COAST OF SPAIN / ON THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 10TH 1890 / AGED 38 YEARS / AND THE SEA SHALL GIVE UP HER DEAD'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Vessel: HMS Serpent
People
Hicks, Thomas Age: 38 Date of Death: 10/11/1890 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Bosun Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Bosun HMS 'Serpent' wrecked near Corcubion Bay, N. Spain 10/11/1890. Recorder: David Bailey 1994
Memorial in Donegall Square East, Belfast City Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland commemorating 22 crew and staff members from who died when the RMS ‘Titanic’ sank on 15th April 1912
Location
Donegall Square East, Belfast City Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Transcript
‘“TITANIC" MEMORIAL / ERECTED TO THE IMPERISHABLE MEMORY / OF THOSE GALLANT BELFAST MEN WHOSE / NAMES ARE HERE INSCRIBED AND WHO / LOST THEIR LIVES ON THE 15TH APRIL 1912, / BY THE FOUNDERING OF THE BELFAST BUILT / R. M. S. TITANIC THROUGH COLLISION WITH / AN ICEBERG ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE / FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO NEW YORK.' [left face of plinth] 'THOMAS ANDREWS JNR, / WILLIAM HENRY MARCH PARR, / RODERICK CHISHOLM, / ANTHONY WOOD FROST, / ROBERT KNIGHT, / WILLIAM CAMPBELL, / ENNIS HASTINGS WATSON, / FRANCIS PARKES, / ALFRED FLEMMING CUNNINGHAM, / HERBERT GUILFORD HARVEY, / ALBERT GEORGE ERVINE.' [right face of plinth] 'DR JOHN EDWARD SIMPSON, / WILLIAM MCREYNOLDS, / HENRY PHILIP CREESE, / THOMAS MILLAR, / HUGH FITZPATRICK, / JOSEPH BEATTIE, / MATTHEW LEONARD, / ARCHIBALD SCOTT, / HUGH CALDTRWOOD, / RICHARD TURLEY, / WILLIAM MCQUILLAN.' [back of plinth] 'THEIR DEVOTION TO DUTY AND HEROIC / CONDUCT, THROUGH WHICH THE LIVES / OF MANY OF THOSE ON BOARD WERE / SAVED, HAVE LEFT A RECORD OF CALM / FORTITUDE AND SELF SACRIFICE WHICH / WILL EVER REMAIN AN INSPIRING EXAMPLE / TO SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS. / 'GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.'
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Description: A standing female figure holds a wreath over the head of a semi-submerged drowned sailor supported by two female figures.
Type: Memorial Materials: Carrara marble, stone, granite Date Erected: 26/6/1920 Artists: Sir Thomas Brock RA Vessel: RMS Titanic
People
Andrews, Thomas Age: 39 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Naval Architect/Managing Director Organisation: Harland & Wolff Beatie, Joseph John Age: 40 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Greaser Organisation: White Star Line Calderwood, Hugh Age: 33 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Trimmer Organisation: White Star Line Campbell, William Age: 20 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Carpenter/Joiner/Passenger Organisation: Harland & Wolff Chisholm, Roderick Age: 43 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Draughtsman/Passenger Organisation: Harland & Wolff Creese, Henry Philip Age: 45 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Deck Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Cunningham, Alfred Fleming Age: 21 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fitter Organisation: Harland & Wolff Ervine, Albert George Age: 18 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Electrician Organisation: White Star Line Fitzpatrick, Hugh Joseph Age: 29 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Junior Boilermaker Organisation: White Star Line Harvey, Herbert Gifford Age: 34 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Second Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Knight, Robert Age: 42 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fitter/Passenger Organisation: Harland & Wolff Leonard, Matthew Age: 25 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Steward Organisation: White Star Line McQuillan, William Age: 26 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: White Star Line McReynolds, William Age: 22 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Junior Sixth Assistant Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Millar, Thomas Age: 32 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Deck Engineer Organisation: White Star Line Parkes, Francis Age: 21 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Plumber/Passenger Organisation: Harland & Wolff Parr, William Henry March Age: 29 Date of Death: 15/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Electrician/Passenger Organisation: Harland & Wolf Scott, Archibald Age: 42 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: White Star Line Simpson, Dr John Edward Age: 37 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Surgeon Organisation: White Star Line Turley, Richard Age: 37 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: White Star Line Watson, Ennis Hastings Age: 18 Date of Death: 25/4/1912 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Apprentice Electrician/Passenger Organisation: Harland & Wolff
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Notes: The memorial was funded by public contributions, together with those of the shipyard workers and victims’ families. It was originally placed in the middle of Donegall Square North Road and moved to present location in 1959. Two small bronze water fountains were replaced in 1994. A memorial garden, marking the centenary of the Titanic sinking, was opened on 15th April 2012 and includes five bronze plaques with the names of all 1,512 passengers and crew members who died.
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Britain's Maritime Memorials and Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996); John P. Eaton and Charles A. Haas 'Titanic: a journey through time' (Yeovil, 1999). Photographer: Pippa Lacey
Memorial at St Sampson, Guernsey commemorating the passengers and crew of the ‘Channel Queen’ wrecked 1898
Location
St Sampson's Church, St Sampson, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Transcript
[East panel] 'TO THE MEMORY OF THE / PASSENGERS AND CREW WHO / PERISHED IN THE WRECK OF THE / 'CHANNEL QUEEN' / ON THE NORTH COAST OF GUERNSEY / IST FEBRUARY 1898. / ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION' [North Panel] 'PASSSENGERS / FRANK COWELL OF PLYMOUTH / DOLLY AYRES [OF PLYMOUTH] / SEAMEN / ALFRED SCAWN, ENGINEER OF PLYMOUTH, / CHARLES THOMPSON, COOK [OF PLYMOUTH] / HENRY DAVEY A.B. [OF PLYMOUTH], / HENRY HAWKINS, GREASER [OF PLYMOUTH], / JOHN FUDGE, FIREMAN OF JERSEY, /OUT OF THE DEEP HAVE I CALLED UNTO THE LORD' [South panel] FRANCOIS BELLEC, DE ST POL DE LÉON / YVES MILIN, [DE ST POL DE LÉON] / FRANCOIS VELLY, [DE ST POL DE LÉON] / CLAUDE CORRE [ST POL DE LÉON ] / YVES LE NENN, [ST POL DE LÉON] / PAUL LE ROUX, DE ROSCOFF / HENRI CREIGNOU, [DE ROSCOFF] / FRANCOIS LE BIHAN, [DE ROSCOFF] / JEAN-MARIE LE BIHAM, [DE ROSCOFF] / ESPRIT KERBIRION, [DE ROSCOFF] / JEAN-MARIE CORRE, [DE ROSCOFF] / JOSEPH TANGUY, [DE ROSCOFF] / CHARLES CABIOCH, [DE ROSCOFF] / YVES ARGOUARCH, DE SANTEC / DE PROFUNDIS CLAMAVI AD TE DOMINE'
Details
Description: In the form of a rock with a cross at the top within granite kerbs and railings. Type: Memorial Position: Churchyard Materials: Dartmoor granite Artists: Harry Hem & Sons Vessel: Channel Queen
People
Argouarch, Yves Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Ayres, Dolly Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Bellec, Francois Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Cabioch, Charles Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Corre, Jean-Marie Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Corre, Claude Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Cowell, Frank Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Creignou, Henri Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Davey, Henry Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Fudge, John Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Hawkins, Henry Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Greaser Organisation: Kerbirion, Esprit Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Le Bihan, Francois Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Le Bihan, Jean-Marie Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Le Nenn, Yves Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Le Roux, Paul Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Milin, Yves Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Scawn, Alfred Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Engineer Organisation: Tanguy, Joseph Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Thompson, Charles Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Cook Organisation: Velly, Francois Age: Date of Death: 1/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation:
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Bibliography: David Kreckeler 'Nineteenth Century Monumental Memorials in Guernsey and their history of nautical interest' (typescript). Recorder: David Kreckeler 1981 Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Gravestone at Doughty Road Old Cemetery, Grimsby commemorating Henry Davy d. 1911 in the loss of the SS ‘Persia’
Location
Doughty Road Old Cemetery, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Transcript
'To the memory of Henry Davy chief engineer of the ill fated 'SS Persia' which was lost with all hands in the North Sea on or about 16 April 1911, aged 57 years'
Details
Type: Gravestone Vessel: SS Persia
People
Davy, Henry Age: 57 Date of Death: 16/4/1911 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer Organisation:
Gravestone in Protestant burial ground, Rome commemorating the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley d. 1822
Location
Protestant burial ground, Rome, Italy
Transcript
'PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY / COR CORDIUM / NATUS IV AUG MDCCXCII / OBIIT VIII JUL. MDCCCXXII / Nothing of him that doth fade / But doth suffer a sea-change / Into something rich and strange'
Details
Type: Gravestone Vessel: Don Juan
People
Shelley, Percy Bysshe Age: Date of Death: 8/7/1822 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Poet Organisation:
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Notes: Poet, drowned in yachting accident. Bibliography: Dr Garnet 'The Shelley Monuments', 'Illustrated London News' (May 21 1892) p. 627.
Drinking fountain at Western esplanade, Southampton commemorating Mary Anne Rogers, stewardess lost in the wreck of the SS ‘Stella’ 1899
Location
Western esplanade, Southampton, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / THE HEROIC DEATH OF / MARY ANNE ROGERS / STEWARDESS OF THE 'STELLA' / WHO / ON THE NIGHT OF THE 30TH OF MARCH 1899, / AMID THE CONFUSION AND TERROR OF SHIPWRECK, / AIDED ALL THE WOMEN UNDER HER CHARGE / TO QUIT THE VESSEL IN SAFETY, / GIVING HER OWN LIFE-BELT TO ONE WHO WAS UNPROTECTED / URGED BY THE SAILORS TO MAKE SURE HER ESCAPE / SHE REFUSED, / LEST SHE MIGHT ENDANGER THE HEAVILY-LADEN BOAT, / CHEERING THE DEPARTING CREW / WITH THE FRIENDLY CRY OF 'GOOD-BYE, GOOD-BYE' / SHE WAS SEEN A FEW MOMENTS LATER AS THE 'STELLA' WENT DOWN, LIFTING HER ARMS UPWARD WITH THE PRAYER / 'LORD HAVE ME' / THEN SANK IN THE WATERS WITH THE SINKING SHIP / ACTIONS SUCH AS THESE REVEALING STEADFAST PERFORMANCE / OF DUTY IN THE FACE OF DEATH, READY SELF SACRIFICE FOR / THE SAKE OF OTHERS, RELIANCE ON GOD, CONSTITUTE THE / GLORIOUS HERITAGE OF OUR ENGLISH RACE, THEY / DESERVE PERPETUAL COMMEMORATION, BECAUSE AMONG THE TRIVIAL PLEASURES AND SORDID STRIFE / OF THE WORLD, THEY RECALL TO US FOREVER THE / NOBILITY AND LOVE-WORTHINESS OF HUMAN NATURE'
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Description: Drinking fountain under six-sided canopy on pillars. A stone ball on top of the canopy roof. Twenty four roses carved on cornice blocks below roof. Type: Drinking fountain Materials: Stone Date Erected: 1901 Artists: Herbert Bryans Vessel: SS Stella
People
Rogers, Mary Anne Age: Date of Death: 30/3/1899 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Stewardess Organisation: London and South Western Railway
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Notes: Stewardess on board SS 'Stella' wrecked on the Casquets on her way to Guernsey 30/3/1899. Paid for by public subscription. Inscription composed by Frances Power Cobbe. Bibliography: Robert Douch 'Monuments and Memorials in Southampton' (Southampton, 1968); John Ovenden and David Shayer 'The wreck of the Stella: Titanic of the Channel Islands' (Guernsey, 1999) p.47. Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Memorial at Lake cemetery, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, commemorating John Moss, William Moss, Charles Moss, Charles Selth, Henry Kirkaldie d. 1887 in the loss of ‘Pride of the Sea’
Location
Lake cemetery, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, England
Transcript
'In Memory of / John Moss aged 53 / William Moss aged 48 / Charles Moss aged 36 / Charles Selth aged 51 / Henry Kirkaldie aged 34 / owners and crew of the Walmer lugger Pride of the Sea, which with all hands as above named was lost in the gale of the night of 29th October, 1887, off Shanklin, in the Isle of Wight. "Underneath are the everlasting arms". Deut. xxxiii, 27 "Oh Christ, whose voice the waters heard / And hush'd their raging at Thy word, / Who walkedst on the foaming deep, / And calm amid the storm didst sleep; / O hear us when we cry to Thee / For those in peril on the sea" "Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of Man cometh at an hour when ye think not," St Luke xii., 40. This stone has been erected by the men of Deal, Walmer and Kingsdown and by other sorrowing friends'
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Description: '...a rock surmounted by a cross which has the appearance of weather-beaten oak. Beneath and fastened to the cross is an anchor with a broken strand of rope. The grave is enclosed with an iron chain supported by eight very solid stone supports shaped in keeping with the rock which bear the inscription.' Type: Memorial Materials: Stone Vessel: Pride of the Sea
People
Kirkaldie, Henry Age: 34 Date of Death: 29/10/1887 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Moss, John Age: 53 Date of Death: 29/10/1887 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Moss, William Age: 48 Date of Death: 29/10/1887 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Moss, Charles Age: 36 Date of Death: 29/10/1887 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Selth, Charles Age: 51 Date of Death: 29/10/1887 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Bibliography: E.C. Pain 'The Last of our Luggers and the men who sailed them' (Deal, 1929) pp. 98-100 (illustration).
Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Engineer Lieutenant-Commander David J. McGregor RN d. 1914 in the loss of HMS ‘Hawke’
Location
Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales
Transcript
'In loving memory of / Mary wife of Donald McGregor / Born on St Andrew's day 1845 / Died at Cardiff on St Patrick's Day 1912 / Also of their first born child / Margaret / who died at Hebburn-on-Tyne 1878 / Buried in Jarrow Cemetery / Also of Engr Lt Commr David J McGregor R.N. / of H.M.S. Hawke. Lost with vessel in North Sea 15th October 1914 / A model son and kind brother / Also the above Donald McGregor / Who died March 31st 1928 / Aged 82 years / Also of Jessie Leslie McGregor / daughter of the above / who died October 10th 1938 / Aged 58 years'
Details
Description: Headstone. Type: Gravestone Materials: White marble Vessel: HMS Hawke
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
McGregor, David. J. Age: Date of Death: 15/10/1914 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Engineer Lieutenant Commander Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: HMS 'Hawke', 1st Class cruiser, sunk by 'U-9' in the North Sea. Recorder: David J. Wickham
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