Stokes Bay Memorials

Memorial Fountain

Memorial to Lt. Commander Meyron

The memorial fountain was placed at Stokes Bay by the family of Lt. Commander Thomas Chalmers Meryon (Son of Captain Meryon RN), who was washed off the deck of the submarine whilst it was crossing the Tay Bar on 28 January 1913. HMS C21 was a British C class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. She was laid down on 4 February 1908 and was commissioned on 18 May 1909.

The Mulberry Harbours Memorial

The Mulberry Harbours Memorial

This plaque commemorates the 60th Anniversary of the building along this shore of 14 concrete caissons (code name Phoenix) and the associated pierheads from October 1943 to April 1944. These formed part of the walls and floating piers of the Mulberry harbours which were a major contribution to the success of Operation Overlord and the ending of the Second World War in Europe.

Donated by The Gosport Society with financial support from Hampshire County Council and Gosport Borough Council.

The Canadian Memorial

The memorial to the Canadian troops who embarked at Stokes Bay.

Mason Boys' Tower

In 1929 the Royal Engineers' masons built a 'Folly' type tower outside of the fort in Fort Road. It is triangular in plan mimicking the old Gilkicker seamark that used to stand on the site of Fort Monckton. The tower was originally fitted with a clock, which has vanished. There is no truth in the rumour that the tower has a tunnel running from it to the fort!

The Mason Boys' Tower in 2009	The Mason Boys' Tower in 2009

Brodrick Memorial Hall

		To perpetuate the beloved memory of Emily Hester Brodrick This building was erected by The Parishioners of Alverstoke This foundation stone was laid by Mrs Giles July 14th 1908
Brodrick Memorial Hall Clayhall Road	The Memorial Plaque

The building combines many interesting architectural design features from the use of terracotta as a decorative feature to semi-circular windows between the buttresses on the side walls and the ornate single storey façade to Clayhall Road, which incorporates the building's name.

Emily Hester Melvill was the daughter of Philip Melvill. She married Reverend Alan Brodrick, son of Reverend William John Brodrick, 7th Viscount Midleton and Harriet Brodrick, on 18 June 1867. She and Reverend Alan Brodrick were divorced in 1901. She died on 2 August 1906. Her married name became Brodrick.

Reverend Alan Brodrick was born on 1 January 1840. He was the son of Reverend William John Brodrick, 7th Viscount Middleton and Harriet Brodrick. He married Emily Hester Melvill, daughter of Philip Melvill, on 18 June 1867. He and Emily Hester Melvill were divorced in 1901. He died on 6 May 1909 at age 69.
Reverend Alan Brodrick was the Rector at Alverstoke, Hampshire, England. He held the office of Hon. Canon of Winchester. (Thanks to thePeerage.com)

 

H.M.S. Thunderer Memorial : Halsar Naval Cemetery

 

 

A memorial was erected in the Royal Naval Cemetry at Haslar in memory of the men who died in the HMS Thunderer disaster. The memorial was paid for by raising a private subscription among the men serving in the several steam reserves and in Portsmouth Dockyard, and supplemented by donations from the makers of the boilers. This initiative was undertaken by Captain Waddilove who was in command of the Steam Reserve and on board the Thunderer at the time of the explosion. The monument was placed immediately over the graves of the two engineering officers who were killed in the explosion and in the centre of the line of graves of the men who were killed. It is in the form of an obelisk of polished Sicilian marble, which stands on a Yorkshire stone base with two plinths of red polished Aberdeen granite. On one side of the pedestal is an inscription relating the disaster. On the other three sides are the names of those men killed on board, together with those who later died at Haslar Naval hospital, as a result of the accident. Forty-five names altogether. Mr Welch of Landport, Portsmouth was commissioned to photograph the monument and a copy, in a black Oxford frame, was sent to the nearest relateves of each of the victims. Details on the Disasters page.

 

H.M.S. Thunderer Memorial: Haslar Naval Cemetery	H.M.S. Thunderer Memorial: Haslar Naval Cemetery	H.M.S. Thunderer Memorial: Haslar Naval Cemetery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H.M.S. Eurydice Memorial : Halsar Naval Cemeter

 

 

 

A memorial to the crew of the Eurydice was erected in Haslar Naval Cemetery.

capsized and sank on 24 March 1878 during a storm in Sandown Bay off Dunnose Point, the Isle of Wight during her return voyage from Bermuda. Details on the Disasters page.

 

H.M.S. Eurydice Memorial: Haslar Naval Cemetery.