There are a number of memorials inside St Andrew’s Church in Immingham. In addition to the records of the men of the village who lost their lives, there are a number of wall plaques commemorating ships lost at sea in the first world war.

Our Men
Our fellow workers, our
friends, our husbands, our
sons, they died for us.
Behold they are alive.

Stephen Aldred
Norman Birdsell
Harry Boulton
John Brackenbury
Joseph Burton
John Chafer
Harry Dixon
Jack Dennis
Leonard Hanscombe
James Barnett Healey
John Hodge
Charles H Kirman
Charles H Marwood
Horace Frost Marris
Harry Mitchell
Edwin Moore
Joseph Paske
George Petsell
Christopher William Pike
John William Rapson
Ralph Hatcliffe
Arthur Redfall
Horace Stamp
Fred Smith
George Smith
Sidney Smith
Albert Willison
William Wright

The Great War 1914-1918

Wall plaque on the east wall:

These men of our parish gave their lives
1939-1945

James J Andereton
Walter Barker
Frank H Bullivant
Samuel A Flatman
Stanley Goodwin
Henry Halliwell
Arthur A Hanton
Charles W Haw
Tom D Kennan
William Lambert
Fred S Raithby
William L Simpson
John R Walters

Marble wall plaque on south wall:

HMS Doon
Drowned at sea 22 June 1917
H W Stirling, AB

HMS Itchen
Torpedoed 6 July 1917  
Ernest B Wright, ERA
Wm L Frampton, Ldg Stoker
Alfred Revell, AB
Walter E Sutton, AB
Reginald G Maud, AB
Dennis Collins, Stoker
Stanley Hedge, Stoker

HMS Bat
Lost at sea 29 Oct 1917
Alfred Ward, AB
John Luff, OS

HMS Legion
By accident 27 Nov 1917
Percy Gilbey, AB

HMS Fairy
By accident 24 Dec 1917
Edwd Stewart, Act Ch Stoker

HMS Dee
Drowned 9 Jan 1918
George Naylor, Officers’ steward

Marble plaque:

HMS Blackwhale
Lost by enemy mine on passage between Lerwick and Immingham
3 January 1918

Alfred Beresford, Chief ERA
Tom Kirk, Deckhand
George Wm Gage, Ord seaman
Thomas Albert, Ldg trimmer
Harry Dalton, Ldg trimmer
Harry P Toulson, trimmer
John Sin, trimmer
Samuel Gungey, trimmer
Harry Larvin, trimmer
John E Barley, trimmer
James Enright, trimmer
James S Norris, trimmer

John Edward Barley and Tom Kirk both hailed from Barton upon Humber. Trimmer Barley’s name is recorded on the Chatham Naval Memorial, In Barton, his name appears on the main war memorial, the St Peter’s memorial plaque, St Mary’s role of honour and the Trinity Methodist wall plaque. The Immingham plaque takes the commemorations of John Edward Barley up to five. Tom Kirk also appears on the Chatham Memorial as well as the Barton memorial. His names is also recorded on the St Peters wall memorial and the St Mary’s role of honour. For an account of the Blackwhale, see Barton War Memorial.

Marble plaque:

HMT Epworth
Lost at night by collision 22nd May 1917
Robt W Smith, engineman
John S Osbourne, engineman
Clifford D Harding, signalman
Alfred Hay, 2nd hand
Chris Brown, deckhand
Angus Morrison, deckhand
John W Ward, deckhand
Jas E Blowers, trimmer
Thos D Gregory, trimmer
Murdo McDonald, seaman

There shall be no night there   Rev XX11 v5

Plaque:

HM Yacht Mekong
Wrecked 12th March 1916
John Davies, AB
Roger A Piper, AB
William Chapton, fireman

Plaque:

HMT Valpa
Mined and sunk while engaged in salvage work 19th March 1916

Robt W Garham (Graham???) Ch Gunner RN
John Ward, AB
Samuel Greep, Act 2nd hand

Plaque:

HMT Gaul
In action with enemy submarine, 24th April 1917
Robert Nixon, engineman
John Ward, AB
Henry Watts, trimmer

Plaque:

HMT Margate
Sunk in action after a gallant fight with an enemy submarine 24th April 1917
Thomas Ashley, skipperr RNR
Charles D Draper, engineman
Ewd W Harris, engineman
Arthur H Ford, Ldg seaman
William G James, 2nd hand
John R Ferrier, deckhand
William Ridgeway, deckhand
Lawrence Higginbottom, deckhand
John H Plumtree, deckhand
Allen Jackson, trimmer
Herbert Robinson, trimmer

If we have to go there is no better way that with harness on our backs and face to the foe.