B.T. S. FORMIDABLE/NATIONAL NAUTICAL SCHOOL HEADSTONES

Sent by Gordon Sollors after his visitto BTS Formidable a few years ago

Gordon said that some of the stones were broken, and it was not an easy task to get them all copied into his notebook, we are very grateful that he did take the time to do this, as it is probably the only list of Formidable lads from the ship who died onboard that we will ever have.

ST. PETER'S CHURCHYARD

1. Stones near East Gate to Church Road North

North East of Church

a) BTS Formidable

Henry Martin Died 24 May 1871 aged 13 years

Henry James Roach Died 25 Nov 1871 aged 13 years

Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness.

b)

Flatstone

BTS Formidable

Charles Brown died 6 Feb 1873 aged 14 years

George Hooper drowned 13 Apr 1874 aged 15 years

at Portishead

George Llewellin died 6 May 1874 aged 15 years

William Baxter died 1 July 1874 aged 13 years

Thomas Onion died 10 July 1875 aged 14 years

Henry Stephens drowned 13 July 1875 aged 12 years

Thomas Maylam drowned 22 May 1876 aged 11 years

Henry Kelland died 26 July 1877 aged 16 years

Albert Pitman died 12 Jan 1878 aged 12 years

James Newman died 19 Mar 1877 aged 16 years

Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness

Matt 6 33

c) Headstone - badly defaced by water/frost action

Charles McKernill died 27? aged 15 years

Les McDermot died 20 May 1878 aged 15 years

James Anette died 12 Apr 1879 aged 14 years

Andrew James died 28 May 1879 aged 11 years

William Poyton died 23 July 1880 aged 15 years

William Symes died 20 Feb 1881 aged 12 years

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Flatstone South West of Church

BTS Formidable

Joseph Robinson died 27 Aug 1888 aged 13 years

Thomas Scott died 18 Oct 1887 aged 14 years

William Heurus died 26 Oct 1888 aged 13 years

Jno Fredk. Mince died 29 May 1889 aged 12 years

S. Smith died 16 Nov 1890 aged 13 years

R. Turk died 3 Jan 1891 aged 12 years

J. Williamson died 30 Apr 1892 aged 13 years

J. Baker died 26 Jan 1893 aged 15 years

F. Wheatley died 1 May 1893 aged 13 years

W. Williams died 4 Jan 1894 aged 14 years

E. Smith died 9 Mar 1894 aged 14 years

A. Read died 29 Nov 1894 aged 14 years

J. Gardiner died 25 Feb 1895 aged 14 years

A. Hartnell died 24 Dee 1895 aged 13 years

A. Steadman died 16 Mar 1896 aged 12 years

T. Launder died 20 Mar 1896 aged 12 years

George Randall died 22 Aug 1897 aged 14 years

Albert Lyst died 29 Jan 1898 aged 15 years

Wm Hy Moggs died 15 Dec 1898 aged 15 years

Wm Ernest Baglin died 6 Jan 1899 aged 13 years

John Malley died 3 Oct 1899 aged 13 years

A. Wiseman died 25 May 1900 aged 15 years

E. Preece died 23 Apr 1901 aged 13 years

3. National Nautical Headstones (4) Cemetery identical Clevedon Road

Cemetery Plots G. 99 - 102 and G.110 - 103

1. In Memory of

Reginald Copus died 28 Mar 1916 aged 13 years

Thomas Evans died 11 Apr 1916 aged 13 years

Thomas Weir Harding died 18 June 1916 aged 14 years

William Way died 12 Aug 1916 aged 12 years

George Sly died 27 Jan 1917 aged 15 years

2. Very badly defaced. Cross broken off - only decipherable by fitting broken pieces like jigsaw puzzle.

In loving memory

Henry Jospeh Palmer

died 27 Apr 1917 aged 14 years

Stanley Bird died 3 May 1917 aged 14 years

William (H).Owson died 8 Nov 193(?) aged 14 years

Ronald Willson died 14 Aug 1931 aged 16 years

 

 

 

 

3. Very badly defaced - cross broken off

In loving memory of

Stanley Wood died 17 June 1917 aged ? 15 years

Victor Harvey (Henry) died 18 Jan 1919 aged 13 years

George Burrige died 19 Feb 1.919 aged 14 years

John Weston died 8 Aug 1921 aged 13 years

4. In loving memory of

Sydney Mitchell Walker died 4 Oct 1922 aged 16 years

Frederick Albert Ruffell died 28 Nov 1929 aged 14 years

Norman Clay died 19 Apr 1941 aged 14 years }

} Plot G. 102

John Norman Ferisey died 22 Nov 1941 aged 14 years }

Cemetery Graves

(4) (3)

Beech Tree

(2) (1)

Captn. Campbell