Inscription
In Loving Memory of
MY DEAR WIFE
HANNAH HAGAN
WHO DIED 7TH JULY 1898 AGED 52
ALSO OF OUR DEAR SONS
JAMES F HAGAN
STOKER PETTY OFFICER, LATE R.N.
WHO DIED 29TH MAY 1913 AGED 42
THOMAS HAGAN
ARMOURER PETTY OFFICER
WHO DIED AT HASLAR HOSPITAL
28TH MARCH 1916 AGED 46
JOSEPH HAGAN
STOKER PETTY OFFICER
WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN H.M.S. QUEEN MARY
IN THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND
31ST MAY 1916 AGED 32
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT
A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
Further Information
According to CWGC :
Sons of James and Frances [sic] Hagan, of Wood Cottage, Elmfield, Ryde, Isle of Wight.
Thomas Hagan, born 24 Apr 1869, Sheerness, Kent, according to R.N. records. (Armourer 158876)
James Francis Hagan, born 10 Oct 1870, Gosport, Hampshire, according to R.N. records. (Stoker P.O. 152560)
Joseph Hagan, born 4 Sep 1880, Ryde, Isle of Wight, according to R.N. records (Stoker P.O. 293299)(birth registered in 1882)
Census Information :
1871 : James and Jane [sic] Hagan, with children including Thomas aged 2, are at Fort Brockhurst, Alverstoke, Hampshire.
James Hagan is a Gunner, Royal Artillery.
1881 : James and Hannah Hagan, with children including Thomas aged 12 and James aged 10, are at Elmfield, Ryde.
James Hagan is a General Labourer.
1891 : James and Hannah Hagan, with children including Joseph aged 8, are at Wood Cottage, Marlborough Road, Ryde.
James Hagan is an Army Pensioner.
1901 : James and Hannah Hagan, (but none of the 3 sons named here), are at Wood Cottage, Marlborough Road, Ryde.
James Hagan is a Labourer.
1911 : James and Hannah Hagan, with sons including Thomas aged 41 and James aged 40, are at Wood Cottage, Marlborough Road, Ryde.
James Hagan is a General Labourer; Thomas Hagan is a Shoeing Smith; James Hagan is a Labourer.
CWGC record ... for Thomas Hagan
CWGC record ... for Joseph Hagan
RSHG record ... for Thomas Hagan
RSHG record ... for Joseph Hagan
Thomas Hagan is named on the following Memorials :
Ryde Borough War Memorial WW I
Carisbrooke Castle County War Memorial Panel 06
James and Joseph Hagan are not named on any Isle of Wight Memorials. Joseph Hagan is named on the
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire.
