Memorial in Holy Trinity Church, Cheltenham, commemorating John Blanshard d. 1828
Location
Holy Trinity Church, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Transcript
'To the memory of / Captain John Blanshard / late Commander in the / Hon. East India Company's Naval Service / who died 8th September 1828 / aged 46 / his remains are deposited in a vault / beneath this church'
Details
Position: West wall ground level
People
Blanshard, John Age: 46 Date of Death: 8/9/1828 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commander Organisation: Indian Navy
Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, to Captain William Bathe d. 1835
Location
Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Captain William Bathe (formerly of Bridlington Yorkshire) died 11th April 1835 age 70.'
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People
Bathe, William Age: 70 Date of Death: 11/4/1835 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
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Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 8, p. 727. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site. Recorder: J.P. Brand
Monument in Westminster Abbey commemorating naval captains – William Bayne, William Blair and Robert Manners RN d. 1782
Location
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England
Transcript
'CAPTAIN WILLIAM BAYNE / CAPTAIN WILLIAM BLAIR / CAPTAIN ROBERT MANNERS / WERE MORTALLY WOUNDED / IN THE COURSE OF THE NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS / UNDER THE COMMAND OF ADMIRAL SIR BRIDGES RODNEY / ON THE IXTH AND THE XIITH OF APRIL MDLCLXXXII / IN MEMORY OF THEIR SERVICE / THE KING AND PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN / HAVE CAUSED THIS MONUMENT TO BE ERECTED' [Round oval portraits] 'LORD ROBERT MANNERS AGED 24', 'CAPT WILLIAM BAYNE AGED 30', 'CAPTAIN WILLIAM BLAIR AGED 41'
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Description: Rostral column hung with oval portraits of the three captains by a cherub. Victory with wings and a wreath stands on top. At the base of the column are Britannia with the British lion and Neptune with a seahorse; flags behind. The inscription on the base is flanked to left with a relief of anchors and navigational instruments and to right with a relief of a rudder, gun, mortar and compass. Type: Monument Position: North transept Materials: White marble Date Erected: 1784 Artists: Joseph Nollekens
Event
Battle of the Saints
Event Date
1782
Event Category
1775-1783 American Revolutionary War
People
Bayne, William Age: 30 Date of Death: 4/1782 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Blair, William Age: 41 Date of Death: 4/1782 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Manners, Robert Age: 24 Date of Death: 4/1782 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Paid for by the Treasury, cost £4,000. Completed in 1793. All three captains buried at sea. Drawing in the V&A E4379-1920.
Bibliography: Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964); John Physick 'Designs for English Sculpture 1680-1860' (London, 1969) pp. 146-147.
Memorial in Camden Town, London commemorating Sir John Barrow d. 1848
Location
St Martin's Gardens, Pratt Street, Camden Town, London, England
Details
Type: Ledger Materials: Stone
People
Barrow, John Age: 84 Date of Death: 23/11/1848 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Secretary of the Admiralty. Writer Organisation:
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Notes: Secretary of the Admiralty, writer on exploration. Also commemorated on round tower monument at Ulverston, his grave survives in St Martin's Gardens, Camden Town. Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'; 'David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p.123.
Plaque in Christ Church, Cheltenham commemorating Robert Hay d. 1849
Location
Christ Church, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Transcript
'Robert Hay late Commander of the HEIC ship ASTELL who died 16th August 1849 aged 71 years...1 Tim. 1.15. Also his eldest son John Monckton Hay of the Bengal C.S. who died at Singapore 11 June 1843 aged 29. "Complete in Him" Col. II.10
Details
Type: Plaque Position: South wall of nave. Vessel: HEIC Astell
People
Hay, Robert Age: 71 Date of Death: 16/8/1849 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Memorial in Lambeth, London commemorating Vice-Admiral William Bligh d. 1817
Location
St Mary's Lambeth, Lambeth, London, England
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / WILLIAM BLIGH, ESQUIRE, F.R.S. / VICE ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE; / THE CELEBRATED NAVIGATOR / WHO FIRST TRANSPLANTED THE BREAD FRUIT TREE / FROM OTAHEITE TO THE WEST INDIES / BRAVELY FOUGHT THE BATTLES OF HIS COUNTRY / AND DIED BELOVED RESPECTED AND LAMENTED / ON THE 7th DAY OF DECEMBER 1817, / AGED 64. SACRED TO THE MEMORY / OF Mrs. ELIZABETH BLIGH, THE WIFE OF REAR ADMIRAL BLIGH / WHO DIED APRIL 15th 1812 THE 60th YEAR OF HER AGE HER SPIRIT SOAR'D TO HEAVEN, THE BLEST DOMAIN / WHERE VIRTUE ONLY CAN ITS NEED OBTAIN; / ALL THE GREAT DUTIES SHE PERFOM'D THIS LIFE, / THOSE OF A CHILD, A PARENT, AND A WIFE. IN THIS VAULT ARE DEPOSITED ALSO THE / REMAINS OF WILLIAM BLIGH AND HENRY BLIGH / WHO DIED MARCH 21st 1795 AGED 1 DAY / THE SONS OF Mrs ELIZABETH AND REAR ADMIRAL / BLIGH;AND ALSO Wm BLIGH BARKER THEIR / GRANDCHILD, WHO DIED OCT 22nd 1801 / AGED 3 YEARS'
Details
Type: Chest-tomb Position: South east part of churchyard Vessel: HMS Bounty
People
Bligh, William Age: 64 Date of Death: 7/12/1817 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the Blue Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in Portsmouth Cathedral commemorating F. N. Bennett, d. 1915.
Location
Cathedral of St Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'To the Glory of God and to the memory of Engr Lieut F.N.Bennett and his wife Ada May (nee Bevis) who lost their lives in H.M.S. Natal at Invergorden 30 Dec 1915 Lovely and pleasant in their lives / And in Death they were not divided'
Details
Type: Plaque Materials: Brass Vessel: HMS Natal
People
Bennett, F. N. Age: Date of Death: 30/12/1915 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Engineer Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy Bennett, Ada May Age: Date of Death: 30/12/1915 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation:
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Notes: 'Ships of the Royal Navy', J.J. Colledge gives date of sinking of HMS 'Natal' by internal explosion as 31/12/1915. Bibliography: Harry Chesney 'An Unhappy Hogmanay', 'Family Tree Magazine' vol. 17, pp. 67-8 (Jan 2001). Recorder: David Saunders
Memorial in St Peter’s Church, Boughton Monchelsea, Kent commemorating Edward Greaves Bird RN, d. 1857, at Woosung, China
Location
St Peter's Church, Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England
Details
People
Bird, Edward Greaves Age: 22 Date of Death: 25/7/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Accidentally drowned in the Yangtse River, China. Buried on the bank of the River in a piece of ground bought for the purpose and a tombstone erected by the officers of the ships stationed at Woosung. Recorder: J. Millar. 1997
Memorial in Spion Kop Cemetery, Hartlepool dedicated to Francis and Horsley Bulmer d. 1887
Location
Spion Kop Cemetery, Hartlepool, Hartlepool, England
Transcript
[On ribbon] 'IN THE MOST [sic] OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH', 'IN AFFECTIONATE / REMEMBRANCE / OF / FRANCIS BULMER, / AGED 47 YEARS / AND HIS BROTHER / HORSELEY BULMER, / AGED 43 YEARS. / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES RETURNING / FROM SALMON FISHING, / AUGUST 9TH 1887 / THY PURPOSE LORD WE CANNOT SEE, / BUT ALL IS WELL THATS DONE BY THEE / ALSO / ELIZABETH / THE BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE / FRANCIS BULMER...'
Details
Description: Headstone flanked by gothic pillars. Type: Gravestone
People
Bulmer, Francis Age: 47 Date of Death: 9/8/1887 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Fisherman Organisation: Bulmer, Horsley Age: 43 Date of Death: 9/8/1887 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Fisherman Organisation:
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
