Memorial: M1946

Wall tablet at St Thomas’s Church, Cricket St Thomas commemorating Lieutenant-Commander Alexander Hugh Gye d. 1916 in the loss of HMS ‘Negro’

Location

St Thomas's Church, Cricket St Thomas, Somerset, England

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF / THREE GALLANT GENTLEMEN / GRANDSONS OF / ALEXANDER NELSON VISCOUNT BRIDPORT / DUKE OF BRONTE AND OF MARY HIS WIFE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / ALEXANDER HUGH GYE / ONLY SON OF CAPTAIN HERBERT GYE. / LEGION OF HONOUR R.N. AND OF ADELAIDE / HIS WIFE LOST IN THE NORTH SEA WHEN IN / COMMAND OF H.M.S. NEGRO 21 DECEMBER 1916...'

Details

Type: Tablet
Materials: Brass
Vessel: HMS Negro

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Gye, Alexander Hugh
Age: 32
Date of Death: 21/12/1916
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Negro' sank following a collision with HMS 'Hoste' 21, December 1916 with the loss of 51 officers and men.
Recorder: Lyn Collins

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters