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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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  "post_id": "5295",
  "id": "M3865",
  "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’'",
  "content": "<p>Wall plaque at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Shalford commemorating Lieutenant Douglas Courtenay Tudor RN d. 1914 in the Battle of Coronel</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Vessel Loss"],
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    "description": "Naval crown in relief within rope twist border in arch above inscription.",
    "type": "Wall tablet",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "Stone",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Good Hope"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"Battle of Cape Coronel",
    "date": "1914",
    "category": "1914-1918 First World War"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Tudor, Douglas Courtenay","age":"23","dateofdeath":"1/11/1914","causeofdeath":"War casualty","rankOccupation":"Lieutenant RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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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

JSON

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  "id": "M58",
  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating John Brown d. 1856</p>",
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  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Tomb",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "SS Unicorn"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Christine Thomas, Flat D4, 111 Mt Butler Road, Hong Kong",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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

JSON

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  "id": "M3331",
  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in All Saints’ and St Margaret’s Church, Pakefield, Suffolk commemorating Albert Chapman, d.1917</p>",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
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  "people": [{"name":"Chapman, Albert Edward","age":"51","dateofdeath":"20/11/1919","causeofdeath":"Unknown","rankOccupation":"Lifeboat coxswain","organisation":"Unknown"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Rev. William Henry Donnan 1967",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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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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  "id": "M5752",
  "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.'",
  "content": "<p>Cross in Kensal Green Cemetery commemorating Matthew Fletcher Ryan d. 1901, Fleet Surgeon</p>",
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    "type": "Cross",
    "position": "Section 104",
    "materials": "Limestone",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Ryan, Matthew Fletcher","age":"54","dateofdeath":"5/7/1901","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Surgeon RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Garrison Chapel, Portsmouth, England

Wall tablet in the Garrison Chapel, Portsmouth commemorating Major Thomas Oldfield RM d. 1799

Location

Garrison Chapel, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the Memory of / Major THOMAS OLDFIELD / of the Marines / who from early youth distinguished himself / under several Commanders and especially / in AMERICA and LORD CORNWALLIS / until / honored even by his Enemies in whose Front he fell / he sacrificed that Life / which he had so ofter hazarded in the Service of / his country / at the siege of ACRE in SYRIA / April VII A.D. MDCCXXCIX / AET XLIII / This Monument / was erected as a testimony / of sincere Affection and Gratitude / by the Widow and Son of / Lieutenant JOHN NICHOLS OLDFIELD / of the Marines / the loving and beloved brother of the above / who died April IX A.D. MDCCXCIII / AET XLII / and was interred at ALVERSTOKE'

Details

Type: Wall tablet

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Oldfield, John Nichols
Age: 42
Date of Death: 9/4/1793
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Oldfield, Thomas
Age: 43
Date of Death: 7/4/1799
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Major RM
Organisation: Royal Marines

Extra

Notes: Thomas Oldfield served in the attack on Teneriffe in 1797, and the battle of the Nile 1798. Buried with military honours by the French having died as a prisoner of war. Died of wounds received at St Jean d'Acre. John Nichols Oldfield is buried at Alverstoke.
Bibliography: 'Antiques Trade Gazette' 6 March 1999. (sale of profile portrait of Thomas Oldfield).
Recorder: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "id": "M1053",
  "location": "Garrison Chapel, Portsmouth, England",
  "transcript": "'Sacred /  to the Memory of / Major THOMAS OLDFIELD / of the Marines / who from early youth distinguished himself / under several Commanders and especially / in AMERICA and LORD CORNWALLIS / until / honored even by his Enemies in whose Front he fell / he sacrificed that Life / which he had so ofter hazarded in the Service of / his country / at the siege of ACRE in SYRIA / April VII A.D. MDCCXXCIX / AET XLIII / This Monument / was erected as a testimony / of sincere Affection and Gratitude / by the Widow and Son of / Lieutenant JOHN NICHOLS OLDFIELD / of the Marines / the loving and beloved brother of the above / who died April IX A.D. MDCCXCIII / AET XLII / and was interred at ALVERSTOKE'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet in the Garrison Chapel, Portsmouth commemorating Major Thomas Oldfield RM d. 1799</p>",
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    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": "1793-1802 French Revolutionary War"  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Thomas Oldfield served in the attack on Teneriffe in 1797, and the battle of the Nile 1798. Buried with military honours by the French having died as a prisoner of war. Died of wounds received at St Jean d'Acre. John Nichols Oldfield is buried at Alverstoke.",
    "bibliography": "'Antiques Trade Gazette' 6 March 1999. (sale of profile portrait of Thomas Oldfield).",
    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Wall tablet at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Captain Samuel Arden RN d. 1824

Location

Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'OPPOSITE THIS TABLET / REST THE REMAINS OF / Captain Samuel Arden / of the Royal Navy WHO DIED THE 12TH APRIL 1824 / IN THE 64TH YEAR OF HIS AGE'

Details

Type: Wall tablet

People

Arden, Samuel
Age: 63
Date of Death: 12/4/1824
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: BB Tomlinson 10/06/81

JSON

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  "post_id": "5266",
  "id": "M2391",
  "location": "Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England",
  "transcript": "'OPPOSITE THIS TABLET / REST THE REMAINS OF / Captain Samuel Arden / of the Royal Navy WHO DIED THE 12TH APRIL 1824 / IN THE 64TH YEAR OF HIS AGE'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Captain Samuel Arden RN d. 1824</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
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    "type": "Wall tablet",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Arden, Samuel","age":"63","dateofdeath":"12/4/1824","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Captain RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "BB Tomlinson 10/06/81",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Michael's Church, Stokenham, Devon, England

Wall tablet in St Michael’s Church, Stokenham, Devon commemorating Lieutenant Thomas Holdsworth RN d. 1802

Location

St Michael's Church, Stokenham, Devon, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory / of THOMAS WESTON HOLDSWORTH, / Lieutenant in HIS MAJESTY'S Navy, / Son of ARTHUR and ELIZABETH HOLDSWORTH, / of Widdicombe, / who departed this Life the 22.d Day of October, 1802; / in the nineteenth Year of his Age.'

Details

Description: Sarcophagus-shaped tablet of white marble on a dark grey slate ground. The pediment rests on a fluted cornice; below it is a bolection moulding which runs all round the sarcophagus, including the feet. The ground is supported on two white marble discs.

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Holdsworth Chapel, East wall
Materials: Marble, slate

People

Holdsworth, Thomas Weston
Age: 18
Date of Death: 22/10/1802
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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  "id": "M5072",
  "location": "St Michael's Church, Stokenham, Devon, England",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the Memory / of THOMAS WESTON HOLDSWORTH, / Lieutenant in HIS MAJESTY'S Navy, / Son of ARTHUR and ELIZABETH HOLDSWORTH, / of Widdicombe, / who departed this Life the 22.d Day of October, 1802; / in the nineteenth Year of his Age.'",
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    "position": "Holdsworth Chapel, East wall",
    "materials": "Marble, slate",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Holdsworth, Thomas Weston","age":"18","dateofdeath":"22/10/1802","causeofdeath":"Unknown","rankOccupation":"Lieutenant RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS)",
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Vessel Loss

St Akeveranus's Church, St Keverne, Cornwall, England

Headstone in St Keverne, Cornwall dedicated persons lost aboard the vessel ‘John’ in 1855

Location

St Akeveranus's Church, St Keverne, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the memory of / 120 / persons here interred / who were drowned in / the wreck of the ship / John May 2nd 1855 / erected by one of the survivors'

Details

Description: Carved with a shipwreck.

Type: Headstone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Slate
Vessel: John

Extra

JSON

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  "post_id": "5265",
  "id": "M5014",
  "location": "St Akeveranus's Church, St Keverne, Cornwall, England",
  "transcript": "'Sacred / to the memory of / 120 / persons here interred / who were drowned in / the wreck of the ship / John May 2nd 1855 / erected by one of the survivors'",
  "content": "<p>Headstone in St Keverne, Cornwall dedicated persons lost aboard the vessel ‘John’ in 1855</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Vessel Loss"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Carved with a shipwreck.<br />\r\n<br />",
    "type": "Headstone",
    "position": "Churchyard",
    "materials": "Slate",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "John"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": "",
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Uncategorised

St Clement's Church, Sandwich, Kent, England

Wall tablet in St Clement’s Church, Sandwich, Kent commemorating Rear-Admiral George Sayer RN d. 1831

Location

St Clement's Church, Sandwich, Kent, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF REAR ADMIRAL GEORGE SAYER / COMPANION OF / THE MOST HONOURABLE MILITARY ORDER OF THE BATH, / HE WAS ACTIVELY EMPLOYED MOSTLY ON FOREIGN STATIONS / FROM 1788 UNTIL 1817 / AND DURING THE LATTER PERIOD OF HIS SERVICES / THE CHIEF NAVAL COMMAND / OF HIS MAJESTY'S NAVAL FORCES / IN THE EAST INDIES / TWICE DEVOLVED ON HIM AS COMMODORE. / BORN IN THIS PARISH ON THE 15TH NOVEMBER 1773 / DIED THE 29TH APRIL 1831 / AND INTERRED IN THE FAMILY VAULT IN THE ADJOINING CHURCHYARD / HE WAS THE ELDEST SON OF BENJAMIN SAYER ESQ / WHO WAS 30 YEARS COLLECTOR OF HIS MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS / AT THIS TOWN AND AT DEAL'

Details

Description: Draped urn and naval trophies above inscription tablet

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South aisle, North wall
Materials: Marble
Artists: H. Spelt

People

Sayer, George
Age: c. 58 years
Date of Death: 29/4/1831
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1992

JSON

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  "post_id": "5279",
  "id": "M3822",
  "location": "St Clement's Church, Sandwich, Kent, England",
  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF REAR ADMIRAL GEORGE SAYER / COMPANION OF / THE MOST HONOURABLE MILITARY ORDER OF THE BATH, / HE WAS ACTIVELY EMPLOYED MOSTLY ON FOREIGN STATIONS / FROM 1788 UNTIL 1817 / AND DURING THE LATTER PERIOD OF HIS SERVICES / THE CHIEF NAVAL COMMAND / OF HIS MAJESTY'S NAVAL FORCES / IN THE EAST INDIES / TWICE DEVOLVED ON HIM AS COMMODORE. / BORN IN THIS PARISH ON THE 15TH NOVEMBER 1773 /  DIED THE 29TH APRIL 1831 / AND INTERRED IN THE FAMILY VAULT IN THE ADJOINING CHURCHYARD / HE WAS THE ELDEST SON OF BENJAMIN SAYER ESQ / WHO WAS 30 YEARS COLLECTOR OF HIS MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS / AT THIS TOWN AND AT DEAL'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet in St Clement’s Church, Sandwich, Kent commemorating Rear-Admiral George Sayer RN  d. 1831</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Draped urn and naval trophies above inscription tablet<br />\r\n<br />",
    "type": "Wall tablet",
    "position": "South aisle, North wall",
    "materials": "Marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "H. Spelt",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Sayer, George","age":"c. 58 years","dateofdeath":"29/4/1831","causeofdeath":"Unknown","rankOccupation":"Rear Admiral","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson 1992",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Uncategorised

St Peter's Church, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Memorial in Port Royal, Jamaica commemorating Ebenezer Scott MD, RN d. 1838

Location

St Peter's Church, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Transcript

'To the memory of Ebenezer SCOTT, M.D., Surgeon of H.M.S. 'Cornwallis', who died of fever at Port Royal, December 30th. 1838. This tablet is erected as a small tribute of esteem and respect according to the wish of his Commander in Chief, Vice Admiral The Honourable Sir Charles Paget, G.C.H., who was destined within one month to follow his lamented friend to the grave cut off by the same fatal disorder. Requiescat in pace'

Details

Vessel: HMS Cornwallis

People

Scott, Ebenezer
Age:
Date of Death: 30/12/1838
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875).

JSON

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  "post_id": "5277",
  "id": "M3442",
  "location": "St Peter's Church, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'To the memory of Ebenezer SCOTT, M.D., Surgeon of H.M.S. 'Cornwallis', who died of fever at Port Royal, December 30th. 1838. This tablet is erected as a small tribute of esteem and respect according to the wish of his Commander in Chief, Vice Admiral The Honourable Sir Charles Paget, G.C.H., who was destined within one month to follow his lamented friend to the grave cut off by the same fatal disorder. Requiescat in pace'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Port Royal, Jamaica commemorating Ebenezer Scott MD, RN d. 1838</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
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    "vessel": "HMS Cornwallis"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters