British mariner who was executed by the Germans for attempting to ram a U-boat in 1915. British captain of merchant ship SS 'Wrexam'. In March 1915 he attempted to run down a German U-boat that intercepted his ship. The following year he was captured (June 1916), tried and executed by the Germans. In July 1919 his body was returned to England where he was given a state funeral in St Pauls Cathedral.
Fryatt, Charles Algernon (Captain), 1872-1916
Fryatt, Charles (Capt), 1872-1916
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[British ephemera relating to peace celebrations and memorial services after World War ...
Date: 1919
Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Peace-1919-3
Description: Bound volume containing the following items: 1. Peace 1919. Chantecler Restaurant, 56 Frith Street W1. Menu du diner 2. St Paul's Cathedral, Sunday July 6th 1919, being the day appointed for thanksgiving on the occasion of the signing of the Treaty of Peace [Service sheet, folded] 3. A form of thanksgiving and prayer to be used in all churches and chapels in England and Wales, and in the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed on Sunday the 6th July, 1919 being the day appointed for thanksgiving to Almighty God on the occasion of the signing of the Treaty of Peace 4. Westminster Abbey, Thursday May 15th 1919, 12 noon. The funeral service of the late Edith Cavell, nurse, who died for her country, October 12th, 1915. 5. St Paul's Cathedral. Funeral of Captain Charles Algernon Fryatt, Master of the Great Eastern Railway Company's SS 'Brussels', who was murdered by the Germans, July 27th 1916 at Bruges, Belgium. July 8th 1919. 6. Bekanntmachung, Bekendmaking, Avis. Charles Fryatt aus Southampton .. [German, Dutch and French account of the death sentence on Fryatt, with an English translation below] 7. St Paul's Cathedral, June 13th 1919. Memorial service for the Royal Navy ... Order of service 8. Memorial service for the officers & men of the United States Army & Navy who have fallen in the War. Westminster Abbey, Friday the 4th of April 1919 at 12 noon. Curwen Press, Plaistow, E 13. 9. Westminster Abbey. Memorial service to officers and men of His Majesty's Overseas Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, and a Thanksgiving for its victorious conclusion. Empire Day, Saturday May 24th 1919. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Newfoundland 10. Triumphal march of the Dominion Troops through London. May 3rd 1919. Programme / order of march Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and relief prints, bound in volume, 225 x 180 mm. Provenance: From the estate of Mr H D C Waters, 2005, from the collection of his father Mr Sydney D Waters.
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Military sports and a civic event at Dover, England
Date: 1919
From: Kingsford, Frederic, 1890-1965 :Photograph album of views of England, Ireland, voyage to New Zealand after World War I
Reference: PA1-o-934-39
Description: Album page with four mounted photographs. Top left image - New Zealand rower Darcy Hadfield after his single sculls win at the Henly Peace Regatta. Top right image - Soldier photographer with camera and tripod in a punt, Henly Peace Regatta, 1919. Bottom left image - View of the drive and garden at the Grange, Shepherds Well, Dover, 1919. Bottom right image - Mayor and Corporation of Dover on their way to meet the body of Captain Charles Fryatt, 7th July 1919. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Top left image; Hadfield (NZ) beat Nussey (Rhine Army) for the Allies championship. Top right image; The digger picture man. Bottom left image; Driveway at the Grange, Shepherds well, Dover. Bottom right image; 7:7:19. Mayor & Corporation of Dover going to meet the body of Capt Fryatt, about to be landed from a destroyer. Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s).