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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating James Dowdeswell d. 1903

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'James Dowdeswell / stoker H.M.S. Revenge / died / 3 June 1903 aged 24'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 260
Vessel: HMS Revenge

People

Dowdeswell, James
Age: 24
Date of Death: 3/6/1903
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry

JSON

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  "location": "Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England",
  "transcript": "'James Dowdeswell / stoker H.M.S. Revenge / died / 3 June 1903 aged 24'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating James Dowdeswell d. 1903</p>",
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  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Church of England (old) 260",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Revenge"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "R. & J.H. Perry",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Uncategorised

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating William Collins d. 1856

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of William COLLINS, late Master of the Barque 'Primula'... who died at sea on the 11th May 1856, aged 42 years. This stone was erected by the crew of the ship as a token of esteem for their late captain.'

Details

Description: Headstone. Set square and compasses carved above the inscription.
Vessel: Primula

People

Collins, William
Age: 42
Date of Death: 11/5/1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: 'Primula' barque, Built Sunderland 1853, owner J. Alcock, Sunderland.
Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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  "id": "M229",
  "location": "Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of William COLLINS, late Master of the Barque 'Primula'... who died at sea on the 11th May 1856, aged 42 years. This stone was erected by the crew of the ship as a token of esteem for their late captain.'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating William Collins d. 1856</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Headstone. Set square and compasses carved above the inscription.",
    "type": "",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Primula"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "'Primula' barque, Built Sunderland 1853, owner J. Alcock, Sunderland.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Christine Thomas",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Vessel Loss

St Mary's Church, Dover, Kent, England

Memorial window in St Mary’s Church, Dover, Kent dedicated to the passengers and crew of the MS ‘Herald of Free Enterprise’ who died on 6th March 1987

Location

St Mary's Church, Dover, Kent, England

Transcript

'PEACE / BE STILL', 'IN . MEMORY . OF / ALL . THOSE . WHO / DIED . IN . THE / HERALD . OF . FREE / ENTERPRISE / ON . THE . NIGHT . OF /FRIDAY . 6TH . MARCH . 1987 / OFF . THE . PORT . OF . ZEEBRUGGE / I . AM . THE . / RESURRECTION / AND . THE . / LIFE'

Details

Description: Two light window. A depiction of Christ stilling the storm occupies the top part of both windows. A broadside view of the vessel in the livery of 'TOWNSEND THORESEN' is placed above the inscription in the left hand light, at the base is a mourning figure and a man, woman and child. In the lower part of the right hand window are representative members of the emergency services.
Type: Window
Position: Nave
Materials: Glass
Date Erected: 1988
Artists: Frederick Walter Cole
Vessel: MS Herald of Free Enterprise

Extra

Notes: The 193 passenger and crew casualties are listed in a book of remembrance
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "location": "St Mary's Church, Dover, Kent, England",
  "transcript": "'PEACE / BE STILL', 'IN . MEMORY . OF / ALL . THOSE . WHO / DIED . IN . THE / HERALD . OF . FREE / ENTERPRISE / ON . THE . NIGHT . OF /FRIDAY . 6TH . MARCH . 1987 / OFF . THE . PORT . OF . ZEEBRUGGE / I . AM . THE . / RESURRECTION / AND . THE . / LIFE'",
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    "type": "Window",
    "position": "Nave",
    "materials": "Glass",
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    "artists": "Frederick Walter Cole",
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    "event":"",
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    "category": ""  },
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson",
    "photographer": "B. Tomlinson"  }
}

Vessel Loss

St Peter's Church, Sark, Channel Islands

Wall tablet in St Peter’s Church, Sark commemorating Pierre Le Pelley, Seigneur of Sark d. 1839 drowned in the loss of a boat taking him to Guernsey

Location

St Peter's Church, Sark, Channel Islands

Transcript

'A Memoire / de Pierre Le Pelley Ecuyer / Seigneur de Serk / Noye pres de la Pointe du Nez / dans une tempete / Le Ier Mars 1839 Age de 40 ans / Son Corps n'a pas ete retrouve mais la mer rendra ses morts. / Sa Piete Profonde et Sincere, Le Bien qu'il a fait dans l'Ile / et ailleurs, et son Integrite et son Amour de la Justice, / comme Magistrat, et comme Seigneur, le font regretter vivement / de sa Famille, de ses tenants et de ses Amis. / Le monument a ete erige par Ernest La Pelley, Ecuyer, Seigneur / de Serk, en temoignage l'affection pour un Frer cheri.' [Translation] 'To the memory of Pierre Le Pelley Esquire, Seigneur of Sark, drowned near the Pointe de Nez in a storm on March 1st 1839, Aged 40 years. His body has not been found but the sea will give up its dead. His deep piety and sincerity, the good which he did in the island and elsewhere, and his integrity and his love of justice, as a magistrate and as Seigneur, make his family vividly to regret him as do his tenants and his friends. This monument has been erected by Ernest Le Pelley Esquire, Seigneur of Sark, to testify his affection for a much loved brother'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Above pulpit

People

Le Pelley, Pierre
Age: 40
Date of Death: 1/3/1839
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Seigneur of Sark.

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Wall tablet in St Peter’s Church, Sark commemorating Pierre Le Pelley, Seigneur of Sark d. 1839 drowned in the loss of a  boat taking him to Guernsey</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Vessel Loss"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Wall tablet",
    "position": "Above pulpit",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
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    "notes": "Seigneur of Sark.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Exploration

Kurnell, Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia, Rest of the World

Obelisk in Kurnell, Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia, commemorating Captain James Cook RN d. 1779

Location

Kurnell, Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia, Rest of the World

Details

Type: Obelisk
Materials: Sandstone
Date Erected: 1870

People

Cook, James
Age: 51
Date of Death: 14/2/1779
Cause of Death: Killed by indigenous people
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Erected by Thomas Holt to celebrate the centenary of Captain Cook's landing at Kurnell.
Bibliography: Michael Hedger 'Public Sculpture in Australia' (Roseville East, NSW, c.1995) p. 14.

JSON

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  "id": "M5549",
  "location": "Kurnell, Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "",
  "content": "<p>Obelisk in Kurnell, Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia, commemorating Captain James Cook RN d. 1779</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Exploration"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Obelisk",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "Sandstone",
    "dateErected": "1870",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Cook, James","age":"51","dateofdeath":"14/2/1779","causeofdeath":"Killed by indigenous people","rankOccupation":"Captain RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Erected by Thomas Holt to celebrate the centenary of Captain Cook's landing at Kurnell.",
    "bibliography": "Michael Hedger 'Public Sculpture in Australia' (Roseville East, NSW, c.1995) p. 14.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Vessel Loss

St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Memorial in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk commemorating those lost with the troopship ‘Birkenhead’ wrecked 1852.

Location

St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Transcript

‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF 55 MEN DROWNED IN THE WRECK OF H,M,S, ‘BIRKENHEAD’ ON THE 26TH OF FEBRUARY 1852.
T. ARCHER, J. ARMSTRONG, J. BARRETT, T. BELLINGHAM, W. BOSWELL, G. BRADLEY, J. BYRNE, M. CARRINGTON, M. CELLARS, B. CUMMINS, M. CLINCE, J. CRAGG, J. COSTELLO, W. DEMMACK, J. DURKIN, J. ENGLAND, J. FIELD, T. FITZGERARD, P. FLANAGAN, T. FLANLEY, O. FREEMAN, W. FLYNN, A. GRIMSHAW, F. HART, S. HAYWARD, S. JOHNSON, T. KETCHER, J. KELLY, L. LAMBETH, E. LEE, M. LAWLER, J. MCDERMOTT, J. MCDONNEL, T. MCMURROW, J. MATRAVIS, A. MEALLY, J. MULLANY, T. MORAN, R, MORRISON, R. MUNNS, D. O’CONNOR, J. OWEN, W. PALMER, J. PETTIFER, T. PURCELL, C. REYNOLDS, J. ROCHE, R. SHEPPARD, W. SMITH, W. SPRIGGS, J. THOMPSON, W.TIGNE, T. WALES, W. WILSON, J. WOOTON. ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS PAST AND PRESENT N.C.O.’S AND MEN OF (12TH) THE SUFFOLK REGIMENT’

Details

Description: A gothic architectural surround in marble with a relief of the sinking vessel above, 'A DEATHLESS STORY' above the inscription. Regimental badge below.
Type: Wall monument
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Birkenhead

Extra

Notes: To men of Suffolk Regiment lost on troopship 'Birkenhead' wrecked 26/2/1852.
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 32.

JSON

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    "category": ""  },
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    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Uncategorised

Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating William Jones d. 1911

Location

Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'WILLIAM JONES / ships stew'ds assist'nt H.M.S. 'Superb' / died / 30th June 1911 aged 24'

Details

Position: Church of England (old) 216
Vessel: HMS Superb

People

Jones, William
Age: 24
Date of Death: 30/6/1911
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Steward's assistant
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry

JSON

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  "transcript": "'WILLIAM JONES / ships stew'ds assist'nt H.M.S. 'Superb' / died / 30th June 1911 aged 24'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating William Jones d. 1911</p>",
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    "type": "",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "R. & J.H. Perry",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Uncategorised

All Saints Church, Chelsea, London, England

Wall monument at All Saints Church, Chelsea commemorating Anne Chamberlayne d. 1691

Location

All Saints Church, Chelsea, London, England

Transcript

'HIC JUXTA IN CONDITORIO JACET ANNA / EDVARDI CHAMBERLAYNE, L.L.D. FILIA UNICA / LONDINI NATA XX JANUARII, 1667 / QUAE DIU SPETO CONNUBIO, MAGNA QUE / SUPRA SEXTUM ET AETATEM MOLIENS / XXX JUNII, 1690 / CONTRA FRANCI GENAS ARMIS HABITUQUE VIRILI, / IN RATE FLAMIFERA SEX HORAS SUB DUCE FRATRE / PUGNAVIT, DUM VIRGO FUIT; DUM CASTA VIRAGO / HEROUM POTERIT STIRPEM GENERARE MARINAM / NI PRAEMATURIS FATIS ABREPTA FUISSET / REDUX AB ISTA NAVALI PUGNA, AC POST ALIQUOT MENSES NUPTA / JOANNI SPRAGGE, ARMIGERO / QUOCUM VIXIT AMANTISSIMI SESQUI ANNUM; TANDEM ENIXA / FILIAM, POST PAUCOS DIES OBIT, XXX OCTOBRIS, 1692 / HOC MONUMENTUM UXORI CHARISSIMAE, NEC NON / PUDICISSIMAE, PONI CURAVIT MARITUS, MOETISSIMUS' [In an adjoining vault lies ANNE only daughter of EDWARD CHAMBERLAYNE, doctor of law, born in London, the 20th January 1667 who having long declined marriage and aspiring to great achievements, unusual to her sex and age, on the 30th June, 1690, on board a FIRE SHIP in mans cloathing, as a second Pallas, chaste and fearless, fought valiantly six hours against the French, under the command of her brother - snatched alas! how soon, by sudden death, unhonoured by a progeny like himself worthy to rule the main! -Returned from the engagement after some few months she married to JOHN SPRAGG, Esq with whom for sixteen more, she lived most amicably happy. At length in childbed of a daughter she encountered death 30th October 1691. This monument for a consort most virtuous and dearly beloved, was erected by her husband]

Details

Type: Wall monument
Position: South west corner

People

Chamberlayne, Anne
Age:
Date of Death: 30/10/1691
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: 'Nautical Anecdotes', 'Naval Chronicle' vol. 32, p. 111, (London, 1814).
Recorder: Elizabeth Nellist 1983

JSON

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    "event":"",
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Uncategorised

Trafalgar Tavern, Greenwich, London, England

Statue outside the Trafalgar Tavern, Greenwich depicting Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson d. 1805

Location

Trafalgar Tavern, Greenwich, London, England

Details

Type: Statue
Position: Outside
Materials: Bronze
Date Erected: 2005
Artists: Lesley Pover

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Nelson, Horatio
Age: 47
Date of Death: 21/10/1805
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

JSON

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    "event":"Battle of Trafalgar",
    "date": "1805",
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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Captain Samuel Downing d. 1837

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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

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'Capt Sam Downing who died 1 May 1837 age 42'

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Downing, Sam
Age: 42
Date of Death: 1/5/1837
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
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Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol.7, p.319.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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