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St Peter's Church, Thurston, Suffolk, England

Memorial in St Peter’s Church, Thurston, Suffolk commemorating Admiral Sir William Hall Gage, RN d. 1864

Location

St Peter's Church, Thurston, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Sir William Hall Gage G.B.B & G.C.H. Admiral of the Fleet. Third son of General the Honble Thomas Gage died at Thurston 4 Jan 1864 aged 87'

Details

Type: Monument
Position: Sanctuary
Materials: Marble

People

Gage, William Hall
Age: 87
Date of Death: 4/1/1864
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan

JSON

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  "location": "St Peter's Church, Thurston, Suffolk, England",
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    "date": "",
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    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Cathcart's Hill, Sevastopol, Ukraine, Rest of the World

Memorial to British naval casualties during the Crimea War 1854-1856 atCathcart’s Hill, Sevastopol, Ukraine

Location

Cathcart's Hill, Sevastopol, Ukraine, Rest of the World

Transcript

'THE ROYAL NAVY / IN PROUD MEMORY / OF THOSE OF THE / ROYAL NAVY WHO / DIED AT SEA IN / BATTLE WHILST / SERVING AS PART / OF THE NAVAL / SQUADRON ON SHORE / SERVING AS PART / OF THE NAVAL / SQUADRON ON SHORE / AS PART OF THE / NAVAL BRIGADE / AND DIED OF DISEASE / 1854 - 1856', 'HM SHIPS AGAMEMNON / ALBION / ALGIERS / ARDENT / ARETHUSA / ARROW / BANSHEE / BEAGLE / BELLEROPHON / BRITANNIA / CARADOC', 'HM SHIPS / CURACOA / CURLEW / CYCLOPS / DAUNTLESS / DIAMOND / FIREBRAND / FURIO / FURY / GLADIATOR / HANNIBAL / HIGHFLYER', 'HM SHIPS / INFLEXIBLE / LEANDER / LEOPARD / LONDON / LYNX / MIRANDA / NIGER / QUEEN / RETRIBUTION / RODNEY / ROYAL ALBERT ', ' HM SHIPS / SAMPSON / SANSPARIEL / SIDON / SNAKE / SPHINX / SPITEFUL / SPITFIRE / STROMBOLI / SWALLOW / TERRIBLE / TIGER', 'HM SHIPS / TRAFALGAR / TRIBUNE / TRITON / VALORIOUS / VENGEANCE / VESUVIUS / VIPER / VULCAN / WASP / WRANGLER' [other panels commemorate the Cavalry 4th Irish Dragoon Guards, 8th Kings Royal Irish (light) Dragoons (hussars); Infantry 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers); Infantry 18th Regiment of foot (Royal Irish Regiment); Cavalry 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons; 23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers); Infantry 97th Regiment of Foot (Ulster Regiment).'

Details

Description: Metal plaques on cemetery railings.
Type: Cemetery
Materials: Metal
Vessel: Agamemnon, Albion; Algiers; Ardent; Arethusa; Arrow; Banshee; Beagle; Bellerophon; Britannia; Caradoc; Curacoa ; Curlew; Cyclops; Dauntless; Diamond; Firebrand; Furious; Fury; Gladiator; Hannibal; Highflyer; Inflexible; Leander; Leopard; London; Lynx; Miranda; Niger; Queen; Retribution; Rodney; Royal Albert; Sampson; Sans Pareil; Sidon; Snake; Sphinx; Spiteful; Spitfire; Stromboli; Swallow; Terrible; Tiger; Trafalgar; Tribune; Triton; Valorous; Vengeance; Vesuvius; Viper; Vulcan; Wasp; Wrangler

Event

Crimea War

Event Date

1853-1856

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

Extra

Notes: The cemetery was destroyed in World War II, since then some remains, including those of Sir George Cathcart (1794-1854,) have been gathered in a railed enclosure with memorial plaques.

JSON

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  "location": "Cathcart's Hill, Sevastopol, Ukraine, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'THE ROYAL NAVY / IN PROUD MEMORY / OF THOSE OF THE / ROYAL NAVY WHO / DIED AT SEA IN / BATTLE WHILST / SERVING AS PART / OF THE NAVAL / SQUADRON ON SHORE / SERVING AS PART / OF THE NAVAL / SQUADRON ON SHORE / AS PART OF THE / NAVAL BRIGADE / AND DIED OF DISEASE / 1854 - 1856', 'HM SHIPS AGAMEMNON / ALBION / ALGIERS / ARDENT / ARETHUSA / ARROW / BANSHEE / BEAGLE / BELLEROPHON / BRITANNIA / CARADOC', 'HM SHIPS / CURACOA / CURLEW / CYCLOPS / DAUNTLESS / DIAMOND / FIREBRAND / FURIO / FURY / GLADIATOR / HANNIBAL / HIGHFLYER', 'HM SHIPS / INFLEXIBLE / LEANDER / LEOPARD / LONDON / LYNX / MIRANDA / NIGER / QUEEN / RETRIBUTION / RODNEY / ROYAL ALBERT ', ' HM SHIPS / SAMPSON / SANSPARIEL / SIDON / SNAKE / SPHINX / SPITEFUL / SPITFIRE / STROMBOLI / SWALLOW / TERRIBLE / TIGER', 'HM SHIPS / TRAFALGAR / TRIBUNE / TRITON / VALORIOUS / VENGEANCE / VESUVIUS / VIPER / VULCAN / WASP / WRANGLER' [other panels commemorate the Cavalry 4th Irish Dragoon Guards, 8th Kings Royal Irish (light) Dragoons (hussars); Infantry 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers); Infantry 18th Regiment of foot (Royal Irish Regiment); Cavalry 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons; 23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers); Infantry 97th Regiment of Foot (Ulster Regiment).'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial to British naval casualties during the Crimea War 1854-1856 atCathcart’s Hill, Sevastopol, Ukraine</p>",
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    "description": "Metal plaques on cemetery railings.",
    "type": "Cemetery",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "Metal",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Agamemnon, Albion; Algiers; Ardent; Arethusa; Arrow; Banshee; Beagle; Bellerophon; Britannia; Caradoc; Curacoa ; Curlew; Cyclops; Dauntless; Diamond; Firebrand; Furious; Fury; Gladiator; Hannibal; Highflyer; Inflexible; Leander; Leopard; London; Lynx; Miranda; Niger; Queen; Retribution; Rodney; Royal Albert; Sampson; Sans Pareil; Sidon; Snake; Sphinx; Spiteful; Spitfire; Stromboli; Swallow; Terrible; Tiger; Trafalgar; Tribune; Triton; Valorous; Vengeance; Vesuvius; Viper; Vulcan; Wasp; Wrangler"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"Crimea War",
    "date": "1853-1856",
    "category": "19th century conflicts in Asia"  },
  "people": "",
  "extra": {
    "notes": "The cemetery was destroyed in World War II, since then some remains, including those of Sir George Cathcart (1794-1854,) have been gathered in a railed enclosure with memorial plaques.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
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Fishing

St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Gravestone at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating John Steele d. 1771

Location

St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'The Burial Place of / John Steele / Here lieth the / remains of / Martha Steele / who departed [this life] May 27th 1726 / Aged 27 Years / John Steele dept / [May] the 16th 1771 / ...Years / ... / Martha Burwo[od]... / departed this / Life April 9th 17[71?] / Aged = Years / The above John / Steele Departed / this Life Decb / the 24 [1771] / Aged / [76]'

Details

Description: Carved above the inscription - an angel sounding the last trump, a herring buss riding out rough seas, a skull and an hourglass.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Limestone
Date Erected: circa 1772

People

Steele, John
Age: 76
Date of Death: 24/12/1771
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: The surface of this memorial is flaking badly. A transcription of the burial register at the Society of Genealogists notes a Martha Steele buried 29 May 1726, John Steel buried Dec 24th 1771 aged 76, John Steel buried 20 May 1771 and Martha Burwood buried 3 May 1771.

Bibliography: Barbara Tomlinson ‘Commemorating the seafarer: monuments, memorials and memory’ (London, 2015) p.122.
Photographer: Pippa Lacey, 2018

JSON

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  "transcript": "'The Burial Place of / John Steele / Here lieth the / remains of / Martha Steele / who departed [this life] May 27th 1726 / Aged 27 Years / John Steele dept / [May] the 16th 1771 / ...Years / ... / Martha Burwo[od]... / departed this / Life April 9th 17[71?] / Aged = Years / The above John / Steele Departed / this Life Decb / the 24 [1771] / Aged / [76]'",
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    "bibliography": "Barbara Tomlinson ‘Commemorating the seafarer: monuments, memorials and memory’ (London, 2015) p.122.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": "Pippa Lacey, 2018"  }
}

Uncategorised

Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Memorial at Westoe Cemetery South Shields commemorating William Young d. 1833

Location

Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Details

People

Young, William
Age: 26
Date of Death: 5/8/1833
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Died in London. Son of William Young, shipowner.

JSON

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  "transcript": "",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Westoe Cemetery South Shields commemorating William Young d. 1833</p>",
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    "notes": "Died in London. Son of William Young, shipowner.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Thomas C. Taylor d. 1918

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Thomas C. Taylor / Aged: 45 / Lost with his ship/ S.S. “Woolston" by enemy / submarine off Syracuse / May: 14 1918'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: SS Woolston

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Taylor, Thomas C.
Age: 45
Date of Death: 14/5/1918
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

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Thomas C. Taylor / Aged: 45 / Lost with his ship/  S.S. “Woolston\" by enemy / submarine off Syracuse / May: 14 1918'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Thomas C. Taylor d. 1918</p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"917\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_3955-3-917x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35110\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_3955-3-917x1024.jpg 917w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_3955-3-269x300.jpg 269w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_3955-3-768x858.jpg 768w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_3955-3.jpg 1870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 917px) 100vw, 917px\" /></figure>",
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  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Memorial tile",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
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    "vessel": "SS Woolston"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": "1914-1918 First World War"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Taylor, Thomas C.","age":"45","dateofdeath":"14/5/1918","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"Unknown","organisation":"Unknown"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)<br />",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": "P Lacey"  }
}

Uncategorised

Selby Abbey, Selby, North Yorkshire, England

Memorial at Selby Abbey commemorating William Staniland d. 1852

Location

Selby Abbey, Selby, North Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'Beneath lay interred the remains of Hannah the wife of William Staniland Shipowner Selby who died 13th August 1848 aged 67 years. Heaven rejoices Nature Weeps. Also of the above named William Staniland who died the 4th day of April 1852 aged 78 years ...'

Details

Position: North wall of nave

People

Staniland, William
Age: 78
Date of Death: 4/4/1852
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ship owner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Alex Chatwin 1982

JSON

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  "location": "Selby Abbey, Selby, North Yorkshire, England",
  "transcript": "'Beneath lay interred the remains of Hannah the wife of William Staniland Shipowner Selby who died 13th August 1848 aged 67 years. Heaven rejoices Nature Weeps. Also of the above named William Staniland who died the 4th day of April 1852 aged 78 years ...'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Selby Abbey commemorating William Staniland d. 1852</p>",
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  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Alex Chatwin 1982",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Vessel Loss

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Shalford, Surrey, England

Wall plaque at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Shalford commemorating Lieutenant Douglas Courtenay Tudor RN d. 1914 in the Battle of Coronel

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Shalford, Surrey, England

Transcript

' IN / LOVING MEMORY OF /DOUGLAS COURTENAY TUDOR / LIEUTENANT ROYAL NAVY / BORN 9 JULY 1891, / WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION / ON BOARD H.M.S. 'GOOD HOPE' / OFF THE COAST OF CHILI / ON 1 NOV. 1914 / ELDEST SURVIVING SON / OF / ADMIRAL H.M.T. TUDOR / Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori’'

Details

Description: Naval crown in relief within rope twist border in arch above inscription.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Stone
Vessel: HMS Good Hope

Event

Battle of Cape Coronel

Event Date

1914

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Tudor, Douglas Courtenay
Age: 23
Date of Death: 1/11/1914
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972

JSON

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  "location": "Church of St Mary the Virgin, Shalford, Surrey, England",
  "transcript": "' IN / LOVING MEMORY OF /DOUGLAS COURTENAY TUDOR /  LIEUTENANT ROYAL NAVY /  BORN 9 JULY 1891, / WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION / ON BOARD H.M.S. 'GOOD HOPE' / OFF THE COAST OF CHILI / ON 1 NOV. 1914 / ELDEST SURVIVING SON / OF / ADMIRAL H.M.T. TUDOR / Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori’'",
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    "event":"Battle of Cape Coronel",
    "date": "1914",
    "category": "1914-1918 First World War"  },
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Vessel Loss

Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Captain Thomas Carling d. 1854 in the wreck of the ‘W.H. Davies’

Location

Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain Thomas Carling late of Whitby Yorkshire lost in the wreck of the ship W H Davies on the Watersay Rock, Barra Island, one of the Hebrides 27 January 1854 age 36'

Details

Vessel: W H Davies

People

Carling, Thomas
Age: 36
Date of Death: 27/1/1854
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 8, p. 360. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Captain Thomas Carling d. 1854 in the wreck of the ‘W.H. Davies’</p>",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Captain J. P. Brand",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Uncategorised

Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent, England

Memorial in Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent commemorating Flag-Lieutenant William Harvey RN d. 1879

Location

Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent, England

Transcript

'M of William Harvey, Priest, M.A. Oxon. Youngest son of Sir Thomas Harvey K.C.B. Vice Admiral of the White, died March 18th 1865 aged 41 years and of Jane his wife, died December 7th 1891 aged 66 years. Both are buried in this churchyard and also of their children William, Flag Lieutenant H.M.S. Bellerophon, died at Halifax N.S. October 13th 1879 aged 28 years. Henry Nowell, Barrister at Law, Middle Temple. Died December 22nd 1828 aged 76 years. Helen Jane died April 1st 1877 aged 23 years. Alice Maude wife of John Richard Statham died January 30th 1945 aged 87 years'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South wall of nave
Vessel: HMS Bellerophon

People

Harvey, William
Age: 28
Date of Death: 13/10/1879
Cause of Death: heart disease
Rank / Occupation: Flag Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Lieutenant William Harvey was serving as a watch keeping Lieutenant in HMS Bellerophon, then the flagship of the North America and West Indies station.

JSON

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  "id": "M4635",
  "location": "Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent, England",
  "transcript": "'M of William Harvey, Priest, M.A. Oxon. Youngest son of Sir Thomas Harvey K.C.B. Vice Admiral of the White, died March 18th 1865 aged 41 years and of Jane his wife, died December 7th 1891 aged 66 years. Both are buried in this churchyard and also of their children William, Flag Lieutenant H.M.S. Bellerophon, died at Halifax N.S. October 13th 1879 aged 28 years. Henry Nowell, Barrister at Law, Middle Temple. Died December 22nd 1828 aged 76 years. Helen Jane died April 1st 1877 aged 23 years. Alice Maude wife of John Richard Statham died January 30th 1945 aged 87 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent commemorating Flag-Lieutenant William Harvey RN d. 1879</p>",
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Uncategorised

Protestant Burial Ground, Rome, Italy, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Protestant Burial Ground, Rome commemorating Commander Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael RN d. 1855

Location

Protestant Burial Ground, Rome, Italy, Rest of the World

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / SIR T.G. CARMICHAEL BART. / COMMANDER RN. / BORN OCTOBER 22 1817 / DIED AT CIVITAVECCHIA DECEMBER 30 1855 / … '

Details

Description: Ledger with cross above the inscription in relief.

People

Gibson-Carmichael, Thomas
Age: 38
Date of Death: 30/12/1855
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

JSON

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  "post_id": "5293",
  "id": "M5202",
  "location": "Protestant Burial Ground, Rome, Italy, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / SIR T.G. CARMICHAEL BART. /  COMMANDER RN. / BORN OCTOBER 22 1817 / DIED AT CIVITAVECCHIA DECEMBER 30 1855 / … '",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the Protestant Burial Ground, Rome commemorating Commander Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael RN d. 1855</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Ledger with cross above the inscription in relief.",
    "type": "",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Gibson-Carmichael, Thomas","age":"38","dateofdeath":"30/12/1855","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Commander RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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