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St Gregory the Great Church, Dawlish, Devon, England

Memorial at St Gregory the Great Church, Dawlish, Devon commemorating Captain Rundle Burges Watson RN, d. 1860

Location

St Gregory the Great Church, Dawlish, Devon, England

Transcript

'HERE LYETH / THE MORTAL REMAINS OF / CAPTAIN RUNDLE BURGES WATSON / R.N. C.B. AND A.D.C. / DIED AT SHEERNESS JULY 6th 1860 / AGED 51 YEARS / THEN THEY SHALL BE ... / THEM INTO HEAVEN THEY WOULD BE / AND / ELIZABETH SUSANA GEORGENA / RELICT OF THE LATE / JOHN BETTINGTON ESQ. / OF CHELTENHAM / DIED AT DAWLISH MARCH 5th 1862 / AGED 82 YEARS / I WILL RANSOM THEM FROM THE / POWER OF THE GRAVE, I WILL REDEEM / THEM FROM DEATH. / HOS. XIII. XIV'

Details

Description: Gravestone with kerbstones.

People

Watson, Rundle Burges
Age: 51
Date of Death: 6/7/1860
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Recorder: SW Maritime History Society
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St Peter's Church, Durham & Hinton, Bath, England

Memorial  in Bath, England, commemorating Lieutenant Charles Douglas Robinson RN, d. 1864

Location

St Peter's Church, Durham & Hinton, Bath, England

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / CHARLES DOUGLAS ROBINSON, ESQRE / FORMERLY LIEUTENANT ROYAL NAVY / THIRD SON OF THE ABOVE / SIR GEORGE BEST ROBINSON, BARONET, / HE DIED AT CHRIST CHURCH NEW ZEALAND ON THE / 18TH APRIL 1864 AGED 36 YEARS / HE BROUGHT DOWN MY STRENGTH IN MY JOURNEY: AND / SHORTENED MY DAYS. PSALM 23'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble

People

Robinson, Charles Douglas
Age: 36
Date of Death: 18/4/1864
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Recorder: Elizabeth Fisher
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Church of St Andrew with St Luke, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England

Wall tablet in the Church of St Andrew with St Luke, Stoke Damerel, Devon commemorating James Little RN, d. 1848

Location

Church of St Andrew with St Luke, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / JAMES LITTLE, SURGEON R.N. / WHO DIED JANY. 29TH 1848 / AGED 76 YEARS / HIS REMAINS ARE INTERRED / IN A VAULT NEAR THIS / AND HIS MEMORY WILL BE LONG / AND SINCERELY REVERED / BY THOSE WHO KNEW HIM / BLESSED ARE THE DEAD THAT DIE IN THE LORD / ALSO TO / MARY, RELICT OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED AUGUST 3RD 1851 / AET: 70'

Details

Description: Scroll-shaped inscription tablet
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble

People

Little, James
Age: 76
Date of Death: 29/1/1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Record in Central Library, Drake Circus, Plymouth.
Recorder: Mrs M. Catty
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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Henry Matthews d. 1883

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'HENRY MATTHEWS / aged 35 / [of Gorleston] / lost in the Lugger 'Mascotte’ / in the North Sea / March 6 1883'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Mascotte

People

Matthews, Henry
Age: 35
Date of Death: 6/3/1883
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)

Photographer: P Lacey
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Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon, England

Memorial in Exeter Cathedral, Devon commemorating Captain Temple Hardy RN d. 1814

Location

Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Temple Hardy Esq of Eastly End House in the County of Surrey. A Captain in the Royal Navy and youngest son of Admiral Sir Charles Hardy. He died 29 March 1814 aged 47 years and his remains are deposited near this spot'

Details

Position: South transept

People

Hardy, Temple
Age: 47
Date of Death: 29/3/1814
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Recorder: Alex Chatwin 1982
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Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon, England

Memorial in Exeter Cathedral, Devon commemorating Admiral Henry Pridham-Wippell, RN d. 1952

Location

Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon, England

Transcript

'In memory of / Admiral Sir Henry Daniel / Pridham-Wippell KCB CVO / 1885-1952 / De Patria bene meritus'

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: South wall of nave
Materials: Slate
Vessel: HMS Campbell; HMS Enterprise; 6th Destroyer Flotilla

Event

World War I; World War II; Gallipoli

People

Pridham-Wippell, Henry Daniel
Age: 66
Date of Death: 1952
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: After WWII, Pridham-Wippell was appointed as Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth until 1948.

Recorder: David Saunders; Alex Chatwin
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating George Watson RN d. 1883

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In memory of George Watson, Ship's Steward, H.M.S. VICTOR EMANUEL d. 14/7/1883 age 41'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Victor Emanuel

People

Watson, George
Age: 41
Date of Death: 14/7/1883
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ship's Steward
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Recorder: Christine Thomas 1985
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St Andrew's Church, Plymouth, Devon, England

Wall tablet in St Andrew’s Church, Plymouth, Devon commemorating Vice Admiral Samuel Hood Linzie, RN d. 1820

Location

St Andrew's Church, Plymouth, Devon, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Vice Admiral Samuel Hood Linzie who died the first of September 1820 aged forty six years the greater number of which were devoted to the active service of his country. He has left a widow and five children to mourn his irreparable loss'

Details

Description: Carved with a draped urn
Type: Wall tablet
Vessel: HMS Barfleur; HMS Dreadnought; HMS Triumph HMS Zelous

Event

Battle of Copenhagen 1801; Battle of Cape Finisterre 1805

Event Date

1801

People


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Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1986
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St Andrews Cathedral, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland

Headstone at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Fife commemorating Alexander Wallace Brown RNR d. 1920

Location

St Andrews Cathedral, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland

Transcript

'ERECTED / BY / ANNIE WALLACE BROWN / IN MEMORY OF HER FATHER / ALEXANDER WALLACE BROWN, / FISHERMAN-SCIENTIST, AND OF THE NAVY / AND NAVAL RESERVE, / BORN 27TH MARCH 1844, DIED 16TH JUNE 1920; / CUSTODIAN AND INVALUABLE AID ON LAND / AND SEA AT THE GATTY MARINE LABORATORY / OF THE UNIVERSITY FOR 36 YEARS. / AND HER MOTHER / ANNIE BROWN, / BORN 15TH JULY 1844, DIED 25TH OCTOBER 1928. / JAMES / HIS SON DROWNED IN THE HARBOUR OF / St ANDREWS 10TH MARCH 1880, AGED 12 YEARS. / HIS YOUNGER SON/ ALEXANDER / BORN FEBRUARY 1873, DIED JUNE 1929. / IN READING P.A; U.S.A. / AND / ANNIE WALLACE BROWN / DIED 19TH FEBRUARY 1960, AGED 84 YEARS. / ONLY REMEMBERED BY WHAT YOU HAVE DONE'

Details

Description: Headstone with triangular top, in unpolished light grey granite, sitting on a granite base. Lead lettering. Good sound condition.
Type: Gravestone
Materials: Granite

People

Brown, Aexander Wallace
Age: 76
Date of Death: 16/6/1920
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman; Scientist
Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Navy

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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Captain Chrles H. Webb d. 1856

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Capt. Charles H. Webb of the Barque 'St. Lawrence' of New York USA. Died 25 January 1856 age 45'

Details

Vessel: St Lawrence

People

Webb, Charles H.
Age: 45
Date of Death: 25/1/1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol.7, p.121.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
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