Those Who Perished HEADSTONES - ST. PETER'S CHURCHYARD North East of Church near the East Gate to Church Road North
Collected by Gordon Sollors
Boys who died whilst living on the Formidable were buried at St. Peter's Church in Portishead. Gordon said that some of the grave 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.
a) Headstone - 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) 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	c) 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