Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Ripple, Kent commemorating Captain Andrew Rand d. 1680
Location
St Mary's Church, Ripple, Kent, England
Transcript
'Here lyeth the body of / CAPT ANDREW RAND son of Mr ANDREW RAND / of DEALE who married MARY the / daughter of Mr SARLES MARCH: Hee / Dyed [3rd July] 1680 in ye 70th year of his Age. / And of MARY their Daughter married to / JOHN PARKER Gent and Merchant of the / Citty of LONDON. Shee departed this life / the 25th day of November 1670 / in the 36th Yeare / of her / Age'
Details
Description: Marble cartouche surrounded by palm branches, with a scroll and acanthus leaves at the top. A draped urn above. At the base of the cartouche, carved flowers and fruit flanked by two panels with ships in relief. Coat of arms below. Arms: Or, a lion rampant, gules, charged on the neck with three chevrons, argent; impaling a cross, flury, between four dogs heads, erased. Type: Wall monument Position: Chancel Materials: white marble
People
Rand, Andrew Age: 70 Date of Death: 3/7/1680 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Captain Organisation:
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Notes: Associated ledger on the floor. Bibliography: John Newman 'Buildings of England: North East and East Kent' (Harmondsworth, 1983), p. 434. See also Kent Archaeological Society, inscription recorded by Rev. Bryan Fausett 1759. Andrew Rand buried on 7th July 1680. Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1981
Wall tablet in Town Church, St Peter Port, Guernsey commemorating Lieutenant William Horton RN d. 1835
Location
Town Church, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Transcript
'THIS TOKEN OF AFFECTIONATE / REGRET IS INSCRIB'D BY HIS / SURVIVING BROTHERS AND SISTER. / TO THE MEMORY OF / LIEUTENANT WILLIAM HORTON, R.M. / HE WAS BORN AT COALBROOKDALE / IN SHROPSHIRE, JULY 5TH 1793; / AND DIED IN THIS ISLAND / NOVEMBER 17TH 1835 / IN THE 43RD YEAR OF HIS AGE.'
Details
Description: Butterfly in relief above the inscription tablet. Type: Wall tablet Position: North side of Nave Materials: Marble
People
Horton, William Age: 43 Date of Death: 17/11/1835 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Liutenant RM Organisation: Royal Marines
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Notes: One of the brackets below the inscription tablet missing.
Gravestone at Priory Church of St Mary, Portchester, commemorating John Lowdham Brett d. 1881
Location
Priory Church of St Mary, Portchester, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'In Memory Of / John Lowdham Brett / Late Of Corfe Lodge Dorset / Who Was Accidently Drowned / By The Capsizing Of His Boat / Off Ryde Pier / November 30th 1881 / Aged 77 Years / Resting on Jesus'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Materials: Stone
People
Brett, John Lowdham Age: 77 Date of Death: 30/11/1881 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: Headstone on SW side of the church, it has been cleaned but the inscription is weathered.
Tablet in St Clement’s Church, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, commemorating Admiral Nicholas Haddock d. 1746
Location
St Clement's Church, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England
Details
Type: Tablet
People
Haddock, Nicholas Age: Date of Death: 26/9/1746 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Place of burial. Twenty years after his death, a white marble tablet to his memory was erected on the exterior wall of the church. This was destroyed in the restoration of 1837. Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'; 'Gentleman's Magazine' vol. 30, p. 623 (London, 1760).
Stone column, Place Jacques-Cartier, Old Montreal, Quebec, Canada commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, RN, d. 1805
Location
Place Jacques-Cartier, Old Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Rest of the World
Transcript
'In memory of / The Right Honourable / Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson / Duke of Bronte / Who terminated his career / Of naval glory / In the memorable battle of Trafalgar / On the 21st of Oct'r 1805 / After inculcating by signal / a maxim that can never be forgotten / By his country / England expects every man will do his duty. / This monumental pillar. / was erected by public subscription / On [sic] the inhabitants of Montreal / In the year 1809' [West side below relief of Trafalgar] 'On the 21st Oct'r 1805 the British fleet / of 27 sail of the line commanded by / the Right Honourable Admiral / Viscount Nelson, Duke of Bronte / Attacked off Trafalgar the combined fleet / of France and Spain / of 33 sail of the line commanded by / Admirals Villeneuve and Gravina / When the latter was defeated with the / loss 19 sail Captured / And destroyed. / In this memorable action his country / has to lament the loss of / her greatest naval hero / but not a single ship' [Harbour side] 'On the 2nd April 1801 a British fleet / of 10 sail of the / Line and two ships of 50 / Guns under the immediate command of / the Right Honourable Vice Admiral / Lord Viscount Nelson / Duke of Bronte attacked the Danish / line moored for the / Defence of Copenhagen consisting / of 6 sail of the line and 11 large / Ship batteries besides bomb and gun / vessels supported by the ground / And land batteries when after a severe / contest of four hours the / Whole line of defence was sunk, taken / or destroyed without / The loss of a British ship' [East side] 'On the 1st and 2nd August 1798 / Rear Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson K.B. / With a British fleet of 12 sail of the line / And a ship of 50 guns / Defeated in Aboukir Bay a French Fleet / of 13 sail of the line / And 4 frigates under Admiral Bruyers / Taking and destroying the whole / Except 2 sail of the line and 2 frigates / without the loss / of a British ship'
Details
Description: Statue of Nelson on a pillar. Reliefs of battles on the base. Type: Column Materials: Coade stone Date Erected: 1809 Artists: Robert Mitchell, Joseph Panzetta
Event
Battle of Trafalgar 1805
People
Nelson, Horatio Age: 47 Date of Death: 21/10/1805 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Renovated in 1900, the panels round the base replaced by granite replicas. The statue was replaced by a replica in Indiana limestone by Lawrence Voaides Cajban, a Torono artist in 1999.
Bibliography: Alison Kelly 'Mrs Coade's stone' (Upton-upon-Severn, 1990); 'Alongside: Bulletin of the Friends of the Royal Naval Museum and HMS Victory' (Dec, 1998); Richard Walker 'Nelson Portraits' (Portsmouth, 1998) p. 189.
Gravestone in Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, commemorating William Nickerson d. 1892
Location
Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM NICKERSON / LATE COMMANDER OF SS COLCHESTER / WHO DIED 19th SEPTEMBER 1892 / AGED 54 YEARS' [On kerb] 'SAFELY ANCHORED
Details
Description: Heavily carved, with a foul anchor beneath the pediment, now collapsed on the kerb. 'GER' at the top (Great Eastern Railway). Type: Gravestone Position: Area D Materials: Sandstone Vessel: SS Colchester
People
Nickerson, William Age: Date of Death: 19/9/1892 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating William McNicol RMA d. 1900
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of William McNICOL, Gunner R.M.A., who was accidentally suffocated on board H.M.S. 'Goliath' at Hong Kong July 27th 1900, aged 27 years'
Details
Description: Headstone, crown carved above the inscription. Type: Headstone Vessel: HMS Goliath
People
McNicol, William Age: 27 Date of Death: 27/7/1900 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Gunner RMA Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery
Memorial headstone at St Martin’s Church, Canterbury, Kent commemorating Thomas Moor First Officer HEIC & RN d. 1867
Location
St Martin's Church, Canterbury, Kent, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory / of / Thomas Moor / late First Officer in the / Hon'ble East India Company's / Maritime Service / who with other brother Officers when it was / abolished had Naval Rank / conferred by King William the 4th / born 4th August 1782 / died 10th January 1867'
Details
Description: Headstone and bodystone on plinth
Type: Headstone Position: Churchyard
People
Moor, Thomas Age: 84 Date of Death: 10/1/1867 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: First Officer Organisation: Honourable East India Company & Royal Navy
Commemorative window at St Martin de Grouville, Grouville, Jersey dedicated to Philip Reginald Malet de Carteret RN d. 1916, in the Battle of Jutland
Location
St Martin de Grouville, Grouville, Jersey, Channel Islands
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF PHILIP REGINALD MALET de CARTERET / MIDSHIPMAN R.N., KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND 31ST MAY 1916 / GIVEN BY HIS SISTER'
Details
Description: The window depicts full-length figures of St Andrew and St Joan of Arc with heraldry. Type: Window
Event
Battle of Jutland
Event Date
1916
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Carteret, Philip Reginald Malet de Age: Date of Death: 31/5/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: John Jean, La Société Jersiaise
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters