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A selection of the memorials therein |
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This Stone was erected to honour the
memory of shipmates named below and those buried close by
who were killed whilst serving in HMS Destroyers Saumarez
and Volage on 22nd October 1946 when the two ships were
mined in the Corfu channel off the coast of Albania |
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H.M.S. Samarez |
| S. Zarb PO Cook |
W. J. H. Kitt L/Stoker |
| B. Atkinson L. Radio Mech |
J. Lewis AB. |
| L. B. Beckett. Cook |
F.E. Llewellyn AB. |
| D. G. Butcher. Stoker |
S. Lock Stores PO. |
| W. A. D. Edwards Writer |
F. X. Mallia Cook |
| R. Fisher AB |
R. H. Munn PO Writer |
| W. J. N. Ford ERA |
E. W. Parsons CPO |
| V. Francis AB |
W. H. Pine Stoker PO |
| E. J. Gallahar Tel |
W. P. J. Ross AB |
| R. German AB Radar |
F. M. Scholes CPO Tel |
| T. W. Goode Stoker |
G. Speight Tel |
| F. R. Hall Tel |
W. J. Staerck AB |
| N. Homes. AB |
H. J. R. T. Wilson
L/Tel |
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HMS Volage |
| H. G. Broom L/Stoker |
W. E. Millson ERA |
| A. J. Channell Stoker PO |
H.G Price Sub Lieut.
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| J. L. A. Lochlin Stoker |
C. J. Taylor Stoker |
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The Corfu Naval Memorial Committee raised
the Money for this memorial to mark the 40th Anniversary of
the tragedy |
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Thy will be done
To the following non- commsd. officers and privates of
the 1st Battn. 9th Regiment who died during
there service in the Ionian Islands from 1859 to 1864
Corpr. J. Thomas
Corpr. M. Donolan
Pte. T. McClure
'' J. Burke
'' B. Williams
'' J. McElligott
'' J. Langstaff
'' W. Parker
'' S. Watson
'' H. Evans
'' C. Cook
'' W. Crump
'' M.. Curtain
'' W. Dowling
'' J. Satchfield
'' J. Sharkey
'' R. Langlands
'' G. Green
'' T. Donolan
'' J. Williamson
'' W. Gould
'' J. Ganderton
'' J. Killeen
'' L. Homer
'' J. Barnett
'' J. Craggs [looks like Coaggs?]
'' M. Roach |
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[HMS Pioneer and HMS Orwell] |
Sacred to the memory of
those who lost their lives
in the collision between H. M. Ships "Pioneer" & "Orwell"
on the night of January 30th 1903
off Cape Varlam near Corfu
William Jones P.O. 1st Class T. C.
Frederick White P.O. 1st Class
Joseph North P.O. 2nd Class
Arthur Edwards A.B.
Richard Fiddick A.B.
William McClure A.B.
William Ryan A.B.
John Frood A.B.
William Brooks A.B.
William Boyce A.B.
William Mayor A.B.
William McCormack Ldg. Sig
Walter Orrin Qual Sig.
Erected by the officers and men
of the fleet as a token of sympathy. |
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Sacred to the memory of
William Bishop
Gunner of the Royal Marine Artillery
Who departed this life
21st May 1860
at Corfu
This stone was erected by his messmates and officers of the Royal
Marines on board H. M. Ship Exmouth |
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In a vault near this stone are deposited the
remains of
Sarah the wife Major Brandreth of the Royal Artillery who
died beloved and lamented October 18 1819 aged 35 years.
Also of Sarah Jane her new born infant who died the same time. |
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20102 Private
W. Williamson
East Yorkshire Regiment
10th August 1917 Age 25
[William Williamson, Born Barnsley Enlisted Sheffield. Died
Salonika] |
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12106 Corporal
L. W. Busson
Gloucestershire Regiment
23rd June 1918
[Leonard Walter Busson, 9th Battalion Gloucestershire
Regiment. Born Stow-on-the-Wold, Enlisted Stroud. Died Salonika] |
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Also see
British Cemetery Argostoli, Kefalonia, Greece
for more Ionian Graves and Memorials |
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