Gravestone at St Martin’s Parish Church, St Martin’s, Guernsey commemorating John Priaulx d. 1882 in the loss of the ‘Alice’
Location
St Martin's Parish Church, St Martin's, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Transcript
'In loving memory of John Priaulx who was lost at sea in the brigantine 'Alice' of Guernsey which foundered with all hands in the gale of the 22nd October 1882 aged 36 years'
Details
Description: In relief, a ring of rope and within an anchor and chain. Type: Memorial Position: Churchyard Materials: Portland stone Vessel: Alice
People
Priaulx, John Age: 36 Date of Death: 22/10/1882 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Unknown
Extra
Bibliography: David Kreckeler 'Nineteenth Century Monumental Memorials in Guernsey and their history of nautical interest' (typescript). Recorder: David Kreckeler 1981
Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Monkstown, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland commemorating Captain John McNeill Boyd RN and other men of the coastguard, lost in a lifesaving attempt in 1861
Location
St Mary's Church, Monkstown, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Transcript
'In memory of Captain John McNeill Boyd R.N.; John Curry, Able Seaman; Thomas Murray, Able Seaman; John Russell, ordinary seaman, James Johnson, ordinary seaman; Alexander Forsythe, ordinary seaman; who lost their lives on the outside of the east pier at Kingstown, in noble efforts to rescue the crew of the wrecked brig Neptune, during a fearful gale from the E.N.E. on the 9th February 1861. To commemorate the death of six brave sailors of H.M.S. Ajax this monument is raised. The providence of God ordained that they should die, not on board their ship defending their country, but as Christian men seeking to save their perishing brethren. They glorified God, whose waves went over them, by a death not unmeet for Christian Britain. Greater love hath no man than this that he lay down his life for his friends. John IV. 13. Erected by the Commodore Hastings R Yelverton, C.B. Controller-General of the Coast Guard, the officers and ship's company (including tenders) of H.M.S. Ajax and the officers and men of the Kingstown district Coast Guard.'
Details
Description: A broken mast on a rectangular plinth. Type: Monument Position: Churchyard Vessel: HMS Ajax
People
Boyd, John McNeill Age: 49 Date of Death: 9/2/1861 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Curry, John Age: Date of Death: 9/2/1861 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Forsythe, Alexander Age: Date of Death: 9/2/1861 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Johnson, James Age: Date of Death: 9/2/1861 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Murray, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 9/2/1861 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Russell, John Age: Date of Death: 9/2/1861 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Captain Royal Navy, HMS 'Ajax', drowned in attempt to rescue crew of 'Neptune' during hurricane. Memorial also commemorates crew members lost at the same time who are buried in this cemetery. Bibliography: 'Illustrated London News' (5 Oct 1861), p357. Recorder: Christine Parkes, 5/3/1982
Wall tablet in Heversham, Cumbria dedicated to Joseph Fayrer d. 1801
Location
St Peter's Church, Heversham, Cumbria, England
Transcript
'To the Memory of / CAPTAIN JOSEPH FAYRER of Milnthorpe, who died / at Cape Coast Castle, on the coast of Africa Jan. 11th 1801, aged 55. / Also of BRIDGET his Wife, who died March 14th 1807, Aged 52 / Also of EDWARD BIRBECK FAYRER their third Son, / A Midshipman of the Royal Navy, who died in the / Service of his Country being one of the unfortunate / Crew of H.M.S. Defence, lost in a Storm off the / entrance of the Baltic Dec. 23rd 1811, Aged 21 / This stone is erected to the Memory of his deceased / Parents and Brother, by R. I. Fayrer / Lieutenant of the R.N.'
Details
Description: Black limestone rectangular slab with feet, on a granite mount with plain feet, a pediment-shaped top. The black inscription tablet has a shelf above and is surmounted by an urn in relief.
Type: Wall tablet Position: Chanel North wall Materials: Black limestone Vessel: HMS Defence
People
Fayrer, Joseph Age: 55 Date of Death: 11/1/1801 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Fayrer, Edward Birkbeck Age: 21 Date of Death: 23/12/1811 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Wall tablet at the Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich commemorating the officers and men who died in the wreck of HMS ‘Orpheus’ 1863
Location
Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY / OF THE OFFICERS AND 166 PETTY OFFICERS SEAMEN AND MARINES / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE WRECK OF / HER MAJESTY'S SHIP ORPHEUS / ON THE MANUKAU BAR, NEW ZEALAND ON THE 7TH FEBRUARY 1863. / COMMODORE W. FARQUHARSON BURNETT C.B. / COMMANDER ROBERT H. BURTON. / LIEUTENANTS W.F.W. MUDGE AND ARTHUR JEKYLL, / MASTER W. D. STRONG. / LIEUTENANT EDWARD E. HILL R.M.A. / CHAPLAIN THE REV. CHARLES B. HASLEWOOD M.A. / CHIEF ENGINEER SAMUEL STEPHENS. / SECRETARY ASSIST-PAYMASTER W.H.P. GILHAM. / ASSIST-SURGEON JAMES CLARKSON. / SECOND MASTER W.H. TAYLOR. / MIDSHIPMEN A.R. MALLOCK, T.H. BROUGHTON AND GEORGE H. VERNER. / CLERK H.N. AYLEN. / MASTERS ASSISTANT JOHN H. TOZER. / ENGINEER JOHN H. ADAMS. ASSIST-ENGINEERS JOHN VICERY. E.J. MILLER, W. ADAMSON AND G.F. GOSSAGE. / GUNNER, W. HUDSON. / ALSO OF THE UNDER-MENTIONED SURVIVING OFFICERS OF THE WRECK / WHO HAVE SINCE DIED ON DUTY: / LIEUTENANTS, CHARLES HILL AND DUKE YOUNGE / MIDSHIPMEN, BERNAL FIELDING AND HENRY BARKLY. / ERECTED AS A TOKEN OF ADMIRATION OF THE DISCIPLINE / AND HEROISM DISPLAYED BY ALL ON BOARD / 1882'
Details
Description: A marble inscription tablet with a bronze relief depicting the wreck inset above. Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble, bronze Vessel: HMS Orpheus
People
Adams, John H. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Engineer Organisation: Royal Navy Adamson, W. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Engineer Organisation: Royal Navy Aylen, H. N. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Clerk Organisation: Royal Navy Broughton, T. H. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy Burnett, W. Farquharson Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Commodore RN Organisation: Royal Navy Burton, Robert H Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy Clarkson, James Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Surgeon Organisation: Royal Navy Gilham, W. H. P. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Secretary Assistant Paymaster Organisation: Royal Navy Gossage, G. F. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Engineer Organisation: Royal Navy Haslewood, Charles B. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Chaplain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Hill, Edward E. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RMA Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery Hudson, W. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Gunner RN Organisation: Royal Navy Jekyll, Arthur Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy Mallack, A. R. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy Miller, E. J. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Engineer Organisation: Royal Navy Mudge, W. F. W. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy Stephens, Samuel Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer Organisation: Royal Navy Strong, W. D. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master RN Organisation: Royal Navy Taylor, W. H. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Second Master Organisation: Royal Navy Tozer, John H. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master's assistant Organisation: Royal Navy Verner, George H. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy Vicery, John Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Engineer Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Cuthbert Williams d. 1898 in the loss of SS ‘Dunbar’
Location
Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales
Transcript
'In loving / memory of / David / the beloved husband of / Elizabeth Williams / who departed this life / Novr 29th 1879 / aged 29 years /Also of their beloved and only son / Cuthbert Williams / who was lost through the foundering of / the S.S. Dunbar in the Black Sea / Jan 23rd 1898 in his 22nd year / Also of Elizabeth Rolf / who died March 11th 1916 / Aged 91 years.'
Details
Description: Headstone. Type: Gravestone Vessel: SS Dunbar
People
Williams, Cuthbert Age: 22 Date of Death: 23/1/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Gravestone in St Ives, Cornwall dedicated to William Carbines d. 1912
Location
Barnoon Cemetery, St Ives, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'ihs / In / LOVING MEMORY OF / ANN, THE BELOVED WIFE OF / WILLIAM CARBINES / WHO / DIED 2ND OCTOBER 1904 / AGED 80 YEARS / "WITH CHRIST WHICH IS FAR BETTER." / ALSO OF THOMAS , BELOVED SON OF / SAMUEL & PEGGY W. COCKING; / AND GRAND-SON OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED 29 APRIL, 1906 / AGED 22 YEARS / HIS END WAS PEACE / ALSO OF THE ABOVE / WILLIAM CARBINES, / WHO DIED 21ST OCTR. 1908 / AGED 85 YEARS, / THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD I SHALL NOT WANT / ALSO OF / WILLIAM CARBINES / GRAND-SON OF THE ABOVE AND BELOVED SON OF / NICHOLAS AND JANE CARBINES, / WHO WAS DROWNED ON BOARD THE S.S. TITANIC, / 14TH APRIL 1912 / AGED 19 YEARS, / NEARER MY GOD TO THEE / NEARER TO THEE'
Details
Description: Marble headstone with lead lined lettering.
Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating William Cochran d. 1883 in the loss of the ‘City of Brussels’
Location
Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'In affectionate remembrance of Emma, the beloved wife of William Cochran, who departed this life 3rd March 1883 aged 58 years. Also WILLIAM, eldest son of the above, who lost his life in the collision between the Inman Steamer 'CITY OF BRUSSELS' and S.S.'KIRBY HALL' off this port, 7th January 1883, aged 30 years'
Details
Type: Headstone Position: Q765 Vessel: City of Brussels, SS Kirby Hall
People
Cochran, William Age: 58 Date of Death: 7/1/1883 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Inman Line
Memorial at La Arosa Bay, Spain commemorating those lost in the wreck of HMS ‘Serpent’ 1890
Location
Church, La Arosa Bay, Spain, Rest of the World
Transcript
'+In memory of one hundred and seventy three officers and men who lost their lives at the wreck of her Britannic Majesty's ship 'Serpent' on the 10th November 1890 at Punta del Buey. This tablet is erected by the British Admiralty'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Materials: Lead Vessel: HMS Serpent
Extra
Recorder: H.E. Wethered RN 1920 via David Saunders 1991
Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Lieutenant Ronald Sycamore Frost RNR d. 1941
Location
All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England
Transcript
‘Lt. Ronald Sycamore / Frost R.N.R. / 32 / H.M. Submarine P.33 / Sunk in Mediterranean / By Enemy Action / 20 Aug. 1941'
Details
Type: Memorial tile Vessel: P33
People
Frost, Ronald Sycamore Age: 32 Date of Death: 20/8/1941 Cause of Death: Vessel loss Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RNR Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve
Extra
Notes: P33 presumed mined off Tripoli formerly paid off 20.8.1941. Also commemorated by granite gravestone in the churchyard.
Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)
Photographer: P Lacey
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