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

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating John Brown d. 1856

Location

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

Transcript

'John BROWN, Master and Owner of the Steamer 'Unicorn'. Born at Irvine in Scotland, October, 18th 1829, died at Hong Kong 22nd August, 1858'

Details

Type: Tomb
Vessel: SS Unicorn

People

Brown, John
Age: 28
Date of Death: 22/8/1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master. Shipowner
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas, Flat D4, 111 Mt Butler Road, Hong Kong

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  "transcript": "'John BROWN, Master and Owner of the Steamer 'Unicorn'. Born at Irvine in Scotland, October, 18th 1829, died at Hong Kong 22nd August, 1858'",
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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Richard Ormandys d. 1832

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Richard Ormandys, shipbuilder. Died 15 April 1832 age 55'

Details

People

Ormandys, Richard
Age: 55
Date of Death: 15/4/1832
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipbuilder
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 6, p. 263. This cemetery was sited in an old quarry. It has now largely been cleared.
Bibliography: Ed. James Stevens Curl 'Kensal Green Cemetery: the origins and development of the cemetery of All Souls, Kensal Green, London 1824-2001' (Chichester, 2001)
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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  "transcript": "'Richard Ormandys, shipbuilder. Died 15 April 1832 age 55'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Richard Ormandys  d. 1832</p>",
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Slavery

St John's Church, Lancaster, Lancashire, England

Gravestone at St John’s Church, Lancaster commemorating John Nunns d. 1807

Location

St John's Church, Lancaster, Lancashire, England

Transcript

'In Memory of Captn JOHN NUNNS of Skerton who died at sea on the 4th October 1807 Aged 42 Years and was interred at the Island of Trinidad in the West Indies. Also of SARAH NUNNS his wife who died on the 28th July 1821 aged 55 years Also of DOROTHY RIPLEY their daughter who died the 9th October 1821 aged 29 years. Also of JANE WILSON their daughter who died on the 26th March 1822 aged 26 years also of JANE POSTLETHWAITE mother of the above SARAH NUNNS who died on the 1st June 1822 aged 92 years.'

Details

Description: Horizontal, plain.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Slate
Vessel: 'The Johns'

People

Nunns, John
Age: 42
Date of Death: 4/10/1807
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master; owner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: 'The Johns' slaver owned by John Nunns, John Lowther, and John Cumpsty.
Bibliography: 'Inscriptions on Gravestones in the churchyard of St John with St Anne, Lancaster' (Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society) Melinda Elder 'The Slave Trade and the Economic Development of Eighteenth Century Lancaster' (Halifax, 1992) p.207

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  "transcript": "'In Memory of Captn JOHN NUNNS of Skerton who died at sea on the 4th October 1807 Aged 42 Years and was interred at the Island of Trinidad in the West Indies. Also of SARAH NUNNS his wife who died on the 28th July 1821 aged 55 years Also of DOROTHY RIPLEY their daughter who died the 9th October 1821 aged 29 years. Also of JANE WILSON their daughter who died on the 26th March 1822 aged 26 years also of JANE POSTLETHWAITE mother of the above SARAH NUNNS who died on the 1st June 1822 aged 92 years.'",
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    "bibliography": "'Inscriptions on Gravestones in the churchyard of St John with St Anne, Lancaster' (Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society) Melinda Elder 'The Slave Trade and the Economic Development of Eighteenth Century Lancaster' (Halifax, 1992) p.207",
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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.

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St Mary's Church, Ulverston, Cumbria, England

Gravestone in Ulverston, Cumbria dedicated to Philip Priest d. 1859

Location

St Mary's Church, Ulverston, Cumbria, England

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / PHILIP PRIEST / Master Mariner of this town / who died 25th March 1859 / aged 76 Years / And of his DAUGHTERS / MARY who died 10th May 1857, Aged 36 Years / And JANE who died 1st may 1860 / Aged 21 Years / Also of JANE the Wife of ABRAHAM Son of the Above / PHILIP PRIEST who died the 24th April 1853 Aged 59 Years...'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Slate

People

Priest, Philip
Age: 76
Date of Death: 25/3/1859
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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Lifesaving

All Saints' and St Margaret’s Church, Pakefield, Suffolk, England

Gravestone in All Saints’ and St Margaret’s Church, Pakefield, Suffolk commemorating Albert Chapman, d.1917

Location

All Saints' and St Margaret’s Church, Pakefield, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Albert Edward CHAPMAN, born 29 Jan 1866 died 20 Novr 1917 second coxswain of the Pakefield Lifeboat'

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Chapman, Albert Edward
Age: 51
Date of Death: 20/11/1919
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat coxswain
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: Rev. William Henry Donnan 1967

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  "transcript": "'Albert Edward CHAPMAN, born 29 Jan 1866 died 20 Novr 1917 second coxswain of the Pakefield Lifeboat'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in All Saints’ and St Margaret’s Church, Pakefield, Suffolk commemorating Albert Chapman, d.1917</p>",
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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'

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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.

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  "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'",
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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

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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'",
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Uncategorised

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Cross in Kensal Green Cemetery commemorating Matthew Fletcher Ryan d. 1901, Fleet Surgeon

Location

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Transcript

'IN / LOVING MEMORY OF / MATTHEW FLETCHER RYAN R. N. / FLEET SURGEON / BORN 8TH FEBRUARY 1847 / DIED 5TH JULY 1901.'

Details

Description: Celtic cross on a three-stepped base with curbs.
Type: Cross
Position: Section 104
Materials: Limestone

People

Ryan, Matthew Fletcher
Age: 54
Date of Death: 5/7/1901
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters