Which drowned man is commemorated in kent

They were part of 3rd Kent Fortress Company of volunteers who enlisted and trained together. The church has a memorial to the men , who are also commemorated at the Cape Helles Memorial on the Gallipoli peninsular. Author and historian Frank Stevens said the families of those lost were distraught at the news. His son, Capt Reginald Salomons, died alongside his men on the night of 28 October after refusing to leave the ship. The ship, a converted cross-channel paddle steamer, was approaching the Dardanelles at night without lights.

HMS Sarnia, also without lights, was heading away from the shore empty when it struck the port side of HMS Hythe, which sank in 10 minutes. Don Dibble, one of the main recovery divers on the case, was seriously injured in his attempt to locate the remains.

Dibble later went back to the well with a team of divers and cemented a grate over the lower portion of the cave to prevent anyone from entering the dangerous area. Ten years after the fatal accident, most of the remains of Brashier were discovered, but Maupin was never found. Now, almost exactly 21 years later, Kent will finally be laid to rest — and his family can receive the closure they have sought for all these years. He also said, whether removed or washed away, the grate placed over the area by Dibble is no longer there.

It is not a place for recreational diving and, in my opinion, should have a grate placed over it. Sitting in their Pasadena home where Kent and his sister, Pamela, were raised, the elder Maupins are surrounded by seashells and other nautical reminders of their years scuba diving as a family.

I wish I had been there that night. Ethelbert evidently considered that an acceptable price for a close connection with the most powerful ruler in western Europe. The details and dates are often uncertain, but Bertha brought a bishop with her from France as her chaplain and presumably she had her own Christian retinue as well.

For worship she restored the ancient church of St Martin of Tours, which dated back to Roman times. Ethelbert had consequently been in close touch with Christianity and he soon accepted it for himself. His household followed suit and pagans lower down the social scale in Kent found it in their interest to be baptised in numbers in the local rivers. Ethelbert now presided over the creation of a law code which gave the Roman church a secure place in the kingdom.