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St Mary's Church, Ripple, Kent, England

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
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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Jamie Scott d. 1980

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'JAMIE A SCOTT / aged 20 / killed accidentally aboard / M.F.V. 'Seabien’ / at Penrhyn / Nov 30 1980'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Seabien

People

Scott, Jamie A.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 30/11/1980
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
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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Town Church, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

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.
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Priory Church of St Mary, Portchester, Hampshire, England

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.
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St Clement's Church, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England

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

Extra

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).
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Place Jacques-Cartier, Old Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Rest of the World

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

Extra

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.
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Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, England

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:

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Notes: DOSSIER.
Recorder: M.E. Manton 1997
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

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

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Recorder: Christine Thomas 1985
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St Martin's Church, Canterbury, Kent, England

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

Extra

Notes: East India Company was dissolved in 1858
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St Martin de Grouville, Grouville, Jersey, Channel Islands

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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