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St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England

Window in Newcastle Cathedral dedicated to Andrew Laing d. 1931

Location

St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / ANDREW LAING C.B.E. / BORN JAN. 31ST 1856 DIED JAN. 24TH 1931 / ERECTED BY HIS SISTERS'

Details

Description: Three-light window depicting St Clement with an anchor, St Nicholas, patron saint of sailors, and St Dunstan patron saint of metalworkers. Laing's interests in energy, shipbuilding and oil are illustrated in panels below showing oil wells, RMS 'Mauretania' 1907 (with victor's wreath and blue ribbons) and local coal-mining headstocks.
Type: Window
Position: St George's Chapel
Materials: Glass, lead
Vessel: 'Mauritania'

People

Laing, Andrew W.
Age: 84
Date of Death: 24/1/1934
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipbuilder
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: David Lovie 'The Cathedral Church of St Nicholas Newcastle upon Tyne' (Norwich, 2005) p. 10.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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

Gravestone at Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire, commemorating Captain Francis Geary Gardner of the Royal Marines d. 1813

Location

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

Transcript

'Sacred / to the Memory of / Captain FRANCIS GEARY GARDNER / of the Royal Marines / who departed this life / the 16th day of November 1813 / aged 39 Years. / Into thy Hands I commend my Spirit / for thou hast redeemed me O LORD / thou GOD of truth / This stone was restored in the year 1858 by his only son / JAMES ANTHONY GARDNER / Governor of Her Majesty's Gaol Bristol / Also to the Memory of ELIZABETH ANN widow of the above / only child of the late Rev. CHRISTOPHER [WELLS] D.D. Rector / of Leigh Worcestershire and Chaplain to the Forces in India / who departed this life the 6th of December 1858 / Aged 85 YEARS'

Details

Description: Relief of an urn on a pillar.

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Limestone

People

Gardner, Francis Geary
Age: 39
Date of Death: 16/11/1813
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RM
Organisation: Royal Marines

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Recorder: Daphne Meryon

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  "transcript": "'Sacred / to the Memory of / Captain FRANCIS GEARY GARDNER / of the Royal Marines / who departed this life / the 16th day of November 1813 / aged 39 Years. / Into thy Hands I commend my Spirit / for thou hast redeemed me O LORD / thou GOD of truth / This stone was restored in the year 1858 by his only son / JAMES ANTHONY GARDNER / Governor of Her Majesty's Gaol Bristol / Also to the Memory of ELIZABETH ANN widow of the above / only child of the late Rev. CHRISTOPHER [WELLS] D.D. Rector / of Leigh Worcestershire and Chaplain to the Forces in India / who departed this life the 6th of December 1858 / Aged 85 YEARS'",
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Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent, England

Memorial in Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent commemorating Captain Sir Thomas Staines RN, d. 1830

Location

Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent, England

Transcript

'Le mort est inevitable. / Sacred to the memory of / SIR THOMAS STAINES, / of Dent de Lion in this parish: / A Post Captain in His Majesty's Navy, / Knight Commander of the Most Honourable the Military Order of the Bath, / Knight Commander of the Royal Sicilian Order of St Ferdinand and Merit / and Knight of the Imperial Ottoman Order of the Crescent / who died 18th July 1830 aged 56 years'

Details

Description: Carved short obelisk with relief carving of a ship on a stormy sea with sails and masts gone, except for one sagging. Military coat of arms above with wreathed arms, medals and motto. Further coat of arms at the base.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Interior of church
Artists: John Bacon, Junior (1777 - 1859), Bacon & Manning of London
Vessel: HMS Peterel

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Staines, Thomas
Age: 56
Date of Death: 18/7/1830
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Post Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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Fishing, Vessel Loss

Grimsby Central Hall, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England

Plaque at Grimsby Central Hall commemorating William Marshall d. 1941 in the loss of the trawler ‘Hopton’

Location

Grimsby Central Hall, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England

Transcript

'WILLIAM MARSHALL / BORN 15TH APRIL 1913 / BELOVED HUSBAND OF LILLIA / AND FATHER OF PAMELA. / LOST AT SEA ON THE / TRAWLER "HOPTON" / JUNE 8TH 1941'

Details

Type: Plaque
Position: Fisherman's and Seaman's Memorial Chapel
Materials: Brass
Vessel: Hopton

People

Marshall, William
Age: 28
Date of Death: 8/6/1941
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Trawlerman
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: 'Hopton' LT317 lost off Iceland presumed mined 8 June 1941.

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    "notes": "'Hopton' LT317 lost off Iceland presumed mined 8 June 1941.",
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Vessel Loss

St Nicholas Church, New Romney, Kent, England

Memorial window in St Nicholas Church, New Romney, Kent dedicated to the 291 crew and passengers of the ‘Northfleet’ who died 22nd January 1873

Location

St Nicholas Church, New Romney, Kent, England

Transcript

[At base of window] 'THE DEAD SHALL HEAR THE VOICE OF THE SON / OF GOD AND THEY SHALL LIVE / IN MEMORY OF THE CREW AND / PASSENGERS OF THE SHIP NORTHFLEET / WHICH FOUNDERED OFF THIS / COAST 22ND JANUARY 1873'

Details

Description: Two main lights and five tracery lights. In the cental tracery light, Christ in majesty. In the upper part of the main light four angels worship Him. Below four more angels lean downwards blowing trumpets. The lower part of the window illustrates the text 'and the sea shall give up he dead.' Against a blue starry sky with shipping in the background, two angels receive two family groups of three people who are rising from the waves.
Type: Window
Position: South Aisle
Materials: Glass
Artists: Clayton & Bell
Vessel: Northfleet

Extra

Notes: The ship 'Northfleet’ bound for Hobart, Tasmania, was sunk in collision with the Spanish steamer 'Murillo' while at anchor off Dungeness. 291 people drowned, 85 were saved. Casualties were buried at New Romney, St Margaret's-at Cliff and Worth.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

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  "transcript": "[At base of window] 'THE DEAD SHALL HEAR THE VOICE OF THE SON / OF GOD AND THEY SHALL LIVE / IN MEMORY OF THE CREW AND / PASSENGERS OF THE SHIP NORTHFLEET / WHICH FOUNDERED OFF THIS / COAST 22ND JANUARY 1873'",
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Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Morris Pritchard Roberts d. 1923

Location

Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Transcript

'In / loving memory / of / Morris / Beloved husband of / Alice Roberts / Who died March 9th 1923 / Aged 59 years / "At Rest" / (Late Pier Master, Cardiff Docks) / Also the above / Alice / Who died Jan 21st 1940 / Aged 81 years / In loving memory of / John Morris Roberts / son of the late / Morris Pritchard Roberts / 61, Pomeroy Street, Cardiff / who died November 24th 1950 / 61 years of age.'

Details

Type: Gravestone

People

Roberts, Morris
Age: 59
Date of Death: 9/3/1923
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Pier master
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: David J. Wickham

JSON

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  "transcript": "'In / loving memory / of / Morris / Beloved husband of / Alice Roberts / Who died March 9th 1923 / Aged 59 years / \"At Rest\" / (Late Pier Master, Cardiff Docks) / Also the above / Alice / Who died Jan 21st 1940 / Aged 81 years / In loving memory of / John Morris Roberts / son of the late / Morris Pritchard Roberts / 61, Pomeroy Street, Cardiff / who died November 24th 1950 / 61 years of age.'",
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St John's Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St John’s Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool commemorating Thomas Bryer RN d. 1798

Location

St John's Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Thomas Bryer, late Purser in His Majesty's Navy died 30th October 1798 aged 67'

Details

People

Bryer, Thomas
Age: 67
Date of Death: 30/10/1798
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Purser RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: From an MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 1, p.481. Church demolished in 1898.
Recorder: Captain J P Brand, Friends of Merseyside Maritime Museum

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St Paulinus Church, Paul, Cornwall, England

Monument in Cornwall dedicated to Captain Stephen Hutchens RN d. 1709

Location

St Paulinus Church, Paul, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'In memory of / CAPT. STEPHEN HUTCHENS / of this Parish, who departed this life / at Port Royal, Jamaica, the 24th day / of August 1709, & was buried by the / Communion Table in Kingston Church / in the forty first year of his age / Psalm cxii, 89 / His heart was established and did not shrink / until he saw his desire upon his enemies. / He hath dispersed abroad, and given to the poor; and his righteousness remaineth for / ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour. / He hathe given one hundred pounds towards / the repairing and beautifying of this Church / and six hundred pounds for building a house / for six poor men, and six poor women, born in / this Parish to live in and towards their / maintainance. / Anglia me genuit corpus Jamaica sepulto / jam tenet. Ao animam possidet ipse Deus / B ounus heb dueth, Eu poes Karens wei / tha Poble Bohodzhak Paull han Eles nei. / HeroicK actions eternize his fame / and pious ones with glory crown his name.'

Details

Description: In an architectural surround surmounted by a flaming urn and two weeping cherubs holding cartouche. The inscription tablet is flanked by corinthian columns and military trophies. On the apron a naval action in relief.

Type: Monument
Position: South side of nave
Materials: Marble

People

Hutchens, Stephen
Age: 41
Date of Death: 24/8/1709
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: The Cornish inscription translates 'Eternal life be his whose loving care gave Paul an alms house and the church repair.'

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  "transcript": "'In memory of / CAPT. STEPHEN HUTCHENS / of this Parish, who departed this life / at Port Royal, Jamaica, the 24th day / of August 1709, & was buried by the / Communion Table in Kingston Church / in the forty first year of his age / Psalm cxii, 89 / His heart was established and did not shrink / until he saw his desire upon his enemies. / He hath dispersed abroad, and given to the poor; and his righteousness remaineth for / ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour. / He hathe given one hundred pounds towards / the repairing and beautifying of this Church / and six hundred pounds for building a house / for six poor men, and six poor women, born in / this Parish to live in and towards their / maintainance. / Anglia me genuit corpus Jamaica sepulto / jam tenet. Ao animam possidet ipse Deus / B ounus heb dueth, Eu poes Karens wei / tha Poble Bohodzhak Paull han Eles nei. / HeroicK actions eternize his fame / and pious ones with glory crown his name.'",
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Church of the Transfiguration, Pycombe, West Sussex, England

Gravestone at Church of the Transfiguration, Pycombe, West Sussex commemorating George Barchard RN d. 1816

Location

Church of the Transfiguration, Pycombe, West Sussex, England

Transcript

'George Barchard late of the Royal Navy. Died January 6th 1816 aged 18 years'

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Barchard, George
Age: 18
Date of Death: 6/1/1816
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. Born Little Bookham, Surrey, baptised 23 Nov 1797. Son of Joseph Barchard and Jane Royle of Southwark, Surrey. 3rd of 4 sons.
Recorder: Mrs Asallaby. 1998

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Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London, England

Memorial in Highgate Cemetery commemorating John Dinnen, Chief Inspector of Machinery afloat d. 1866

Location

Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London, England

Transcript

'In Memory of / JOHN DINNEN, Esq., / of the Admiralty / Whitehall / Chief Inspector of / Steam Machinery afloat, / of Her Majesty's Fleets and Dockyards / Captain R.N., / Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, / Member of the Institution of Naval Architects, / Born 25th January 1807 / Died 4th January 1866 / A good and affectionate son and a kind brother / â€œBlessed are the dead which die in the Lordâ€ Rev. XIV 13 / A man of / multifarious knowledge / A profound scholar / of bountiful charity, / of faithful integrity, / An ornament to the profession he chose; / It is to be deplored that this gentleman / Should have met his death / by accident in the midst of his hard labours, / Having devoted a life of 39 years in bringing / Her Majesty's Steam Navy / to its present important position amongst nations'

Details

People

Dinnen, John
Age: 39
Date of Death: 4/1/1866
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN; engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Dinnen died of a cerebral haemorrhage after being knocked down by a cab horse at Charing Cross. 'The coroner ... stated that several eminent men who were wrapped up in thought had met with similar deaths', 'The Times' 9 January 1866
Bibliography: Frederick Teague Cansick 'Epitaphs of Middlesex' (London, 1869) vol ii, p. 144.

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  "transcript": "'In Memory of / JOHN DINNEN, Esq., / of the Admiralty / Whitehall / Chief Inspector of / Steam Machinery afloat, / of Her Majesty's Fleets and Dockyards / Captain R.N., / Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, / Member of the Institution of Naval Architects, / Born 25th January 1807 / Died 4th January 1866 / A good and affectionate son and a kind brother / â€œBlessed are the dead which die in the Lordâ€ Rev. XIV 13 / A man of / multifarious knowledge / A profound scholar / of bountiful charity, / of faithful integrity, / An ornament to the profession he chose; / It is to be deplored that this gentleman / Should have met his death / by accident in the midst of his hard labours, / Having devoted a life of 39 years in bringing / Her Majesty's Steam Navy / to its present important position amongst nations'",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters