Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, West Bengal, India commemorating Joseph Weldon, HEIC, d. 1815
Location
South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Mr Joseph Weldon / late Branch Pilot in the Honble Company's / Marine who departed this life the 25th January / 1815, aged 50 years. / Living beloved, in all relations true / Exposed to follies, but inclined to few; / Reader - reflect and copy if you can, / the social virtues of this worthy man.'
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People
Weldon, Joseph Age: 50 Date of Death: 25/1/1815 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Branch Pilot Organisation: Bengal Pilot Service
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Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.158.
Memorial at St Peter’s Church, Oundle commemorating Lieutenant Arthur Erskine Gurney Coombs RN d. 1914 in the loss of HMS ‘Hawke’
Location
St Peter's Church, Oundle, Northamptonshire, England
Transcript
'Arthur Erskine Gurney Coombs, Lieutenant R.N. who lost his life through the sinking of H.M.S. Hawke whilst on active service on 15th Oct 1914. He died for freedom and honour, He has no other grave than the sea'
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Vessel: HMS Hawke
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Coombs, Arthur Erskine Gurney Age: 26 Date of Death: 15/10/1914 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Lieutenant Royal Navy in HMS 'Hawke', sunk by 'U9' in North Sea.. Recorder: Rev. William Henry Donnan 1973
Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, West Bengal, India commemorating John Swift, d. 1791
Location
South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Mr. John Swift, Mariner, / departed this life 26th April 1791, Aet 70 years. / An old inhabitant of Calcutta and near / 50 years a resident in India. / Happy is he, the only happy man / Who out of choice does all the good he can; / who business loves, and others better makes, / By prudent industry, and care he takes, / God's blessing here he'll have, and man's esteem / And when he dies his works will follow him'
Details
Vessel: Rodney
People
Swift, John Age: 70 Date of Death: 26/4/1791 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Mariner Organisation: Unknown
Extra
Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.77-8
Gravestone at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Belton, Lincolnshire commemorating Captain Charles Leopold Cust RN d. 1931
Location
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Belton, Lincolnshire, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / CHARLES LEOPOLD CUST / FOR THIRTY NINE YEARS / THE DEVOTED SERVANT AND TRUSTED FRIEND / OF HIS SOVEREIGN / BORN FEBY 27 1864 DIED JANY 19 1931 / FEARLESS SIMPLE AND GENEROUS / HIS LOYALTY AND SINCERITY WERE / OF A QUALITY THAT IS GIVEN TO FEW / IN HS UNITY OF PURPOSE HE WAS / PERHAPS UNAWARE OF THE WIDE / AFFECTION WHICH HE INSPIRED / HE RESTS SECURE / IN THE KEEPING OF GOD'[other side] 'MDCCCLXIV MDCCCCXXXI' [motto] 'ESSE QUAM VIDERI', 'THIRD AND LAST BARON OF LEASOWE / IN THE COUNTY PALATINE OF CHESTER / KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE ROYAL / VICTORIAN ORDER EQUERRY IN WAITING / TO HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE FIFTH / A CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY'
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Description: Inscribed on both sides and carved with a shield of arms and a crest. Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Materials: Stone
People
Cust, Charles Leonard Age: Date of Death: 19/1/1931 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Statue at the Old Library, Lichfield of a naval brigade rating from HMS ‘Powerful’
Location
Old Library, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
Details
Description: Sailor in field service order holding a Lee Enfield rifle Mark 1. 'HMS POWERFUL' on his cap ribbon. Type: Statue Position: South wall Materials: Ketton stone Date Erected: 1905 Artists: Robert Bridgeman & Sons, George Frederick Bodley Vessel: HMS Powerful
Event
Boer Wars
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Africa
Extra
Notes: From a South African war memorial erected in Duncombe Place York. Replaced with an unarmed figure. Bibliography: Public Monument and Sculpture Association, National Recording Project. Pieter van der Merwe 'Another Lichfield Sailor', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 95, No. 4. (November 2009) P. 483. Recorder: Dr Pieter van der Merwe Photographer: Dr Pieter van der Merwe
Gravestone in St Michael Caerhays, Cornwall dedicated to Luke Brokenshaw d. 1840
Location
Parish Church, St Michael Caerhays, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'To The / Memory / of / Luke Brokenshaw / Master in the Royal Navy / Who died on the 3rd. of May / 1840 / Aged 60 years. / For a series of years he distinguished / himself in the service of his country, / and participated in the honors / of a perishable fame. / In the retirement of private life, the milder / virtues were equally conspicuous: / the love of kindred, and that / more extended benevolence / which embraces entire / mankind were his. / He taught both by precept and example, the / obligations of christian duty; and / in the hearts of a long race of / friends and dependants, / his name and memory / are embalmed. / To an open profession of religion, he added / the substantial evidences of a renewed / heart; and at the close of a life of / more than ordinary usefulness, / he esteemed it his greatest / happiness to know he was / A sinner saved by Grace'
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Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Vessel: HMS Revenge
Event
Battle of Trafalgar 1805
Event Date
1805
Event Category
1793-1802 French Revolutionary War
People
Brokenshaw, Luke Age: Date of Death: 3/5/1840 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Master of HMS 'Revenge' at Trafalgar. Inscription recorded in Cornwall Record Office AD.676/5. Born 1779. Original gravestone badly damaged. A wooden memorial was present in St Peter's churchyard, Mevagissy, Cornwall in 1967 but is no longer there. Bibliography: Joseph Polsue 'Lake's Parochial History of the County of Cornwall' vol.3 (1870)