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Barnoon Cemetery, St Ives, Cornwall, England

Gravestone in St Ives, Cornwall dedicated to Alfred Wallis d. 1942

Location

Barnoon Cemetery, St Ives, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'ALFRED WALLIS / ARTIST & MARINER / 1855 aug 18 - aug 29 1942 / INTO THY HANDS O LORD'

Details

Description: A flat slab made of twenty one tiles with a border of narrower tiles depicting a lighthouse.

Type: Gravestone
Materials: Tile
Artists: Bernard Leach

People

Wallis, Alfred
Age:
Date of Death: 29/8/1942
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Artist; mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: 'Family Tree Magazine' November 2003 p. 25
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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    "materials": "Tile",
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Old Library, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England

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

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  "id": "M5960",
  "location": "Old Library, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England",
  "transcript": "",
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    "recorder": "Dr Pieter van der Merwe",
    "photographer": "Dr Pieter van der Merwe"  }
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St Peter's Church, Oundle, Northamptonshire, England

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'

Details

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

Extra

Notes: Lieutenant Royal Navy in HMS 'Hawke', sunk by 'U9' in North Sea..
Recorder: Rev. William Henry Donnan 1973

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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Rev. William Henry Donnan 1973",
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Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire, England

Gravestone at Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire, commemorating David Cowan d. 1853

Location

Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'MARY HARFIELD / WIFE OF DAVID COWAN ESQ / LATE SURGEON / OF PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD / DIED 7TH FEBRY 1841 AGED 52 / Near this dear spot I first was blest / with Mary's spotless love. / Beneath this stone her ashes rest. / Her soul has soared above. / ALSO / THE REMAINS OF THE ABOVE / DAVID COWAN ESQR. / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / THE 13TH OF NOVEMBER 1853 / AGED 76 YEARS'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Limestone

People

Cowan, David
Age: 76
Date of Death: 13/11/1853
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. Sketch.
Recorder: Daphne Meryon

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  "content": "<p>Gravestone at Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire, commemorating David Cowan d. 1853</p>",
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    "recorder": "Daphne Meryon",
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St Nicholas's Parish Church, Newport, Shropshire, England

Monuments at St Nicholas’s Parish Church, Newport, Shropshire commemorating Commander Walter Henry Leeke RN d. 1924

Location

St Nicholas's Parish Church, Newport, Shropshire, England

Transcript

'Walter Henry Leeke Commander Royal Navy son of Thomas Newton and Annabella Mary Leeke. Served in H.M.S. Warspite in the battle of Jutland. Died at Kampala Uganda, February 8th 1924 aged 38'

Details

Type: Wall monument.
Position: West wall of nave.
Vessel: HMS Warspite

Event

Battle of Jutland

Event Date

1916

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Leeke, Walter Henry
Age: 38
Date of Death: 8/2/1924
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Alex Chatwin 1984

JSON

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  "location": "St Nicholas's Parish Church, Newport, Shropshire, England",
  "transcript": "'Walter Henry Leeke Commander Royal Navy son of Thomas Newton and Annabella Mary Leeke. Served in H.M.S. Warspite in the battle of Jutland. Died at Kampala Uganda, February 8th 1924 aged 38'",
  "content": "<p>Monuments at St Nicholas’s Parish Church, Newport, Shropshire commemorating Commander Walter Henry Leeke RN d. 1924</p>",
  "images": [],
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  "details": {
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    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Warspite"  },
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  "extra": {
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Alex Chatwin 1984",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Belton, Lincolnshire, England

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'

Details

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

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  "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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South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

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

Extra

Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.158.

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  "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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South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

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'

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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

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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Thomas Dowling d. 1906

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'Thomas Dowling / A.B. H.M.S. 'Illustrious' / died / 18th Octr 1906 Aged 20'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 374
Vessel: HMS Illustrious

People

Dowling, Thomas
Age: 20
Date of Death: 18/10/1906
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry, 1987

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  "transcript": "'Thomas Dowling / A.B. H.M.S. 'Illustrious' / died / 18th Octr 1906 Aged 20'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Thomas Dowling d. 1906</p>",
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Highland Road cemetery, Portsmouth, England

Memorial at Highland Road Cemetery, Portsmouth commemorating William Johnson d. 1897

Location

Highland Road cemetery, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'Beneath this stone / LIE THE MORTAL REMAINS OF/WILLIAM JOHNSON / WHO AS A POWDER MONKEY / FOUGHT AT NAVARINO OCTOBER 20TH 1827 / ON BOARD H.M.S. GENOA / HE AFTERWARDS SERVED ON THE COAST OF SYRIA / AT ST JEAN D'ACRE AND IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD / BEING CAST ASHORE WHEN IN HMS WOLVERINE / HE DIED AT THE PORTSMOUTH WORKHOUSE / JULY 12TH 1897 AGED 86 YEARS / HE WAS DRAWN TO HIS GRAVE BY BRITISH SAILORS / ON A GUN CARRIAGE COVERED WITH THE UNION JACK / THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY / PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION TO HONOUR ONE WHO IF IN A / HUMBLE CAPACITY HELPED TO BUILD UP OUR GREAT EMPIRE'

Details

Description: Foul anchor and rock.
Type: Gravestone

Event

St Jean D'Acre

Event Date

1840

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Johnson, William
Age: 86
Date of Death: 12/7/1897
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters