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St Nicholas's Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England

Headstone at St Nicholas’s Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk commemorating Master David Bartleman, d. 1781

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England

Transcript

'TO / The Memory of / DAVID BARTLEMAN / Master of the Brig Alexander & Margaret / of North Shields / Who on the 31st of Jan.ry 1781, on the Norfolk Coast / With only three 3 pounders and ten Men and Boys / Nobly defended himself / Against a Cutter carrying eighteen 4 pounders / And upward of a Hundred Men / Commanded by that notorious English Pirate / FALL / And fairly beat him off. / Two hours after the Enemy came down upon him again / When totally disabled his Mate Daniel Mac Auley / Expiring with the loss of blood / And himself dangerously wounded / He was obliged to strike and ransome. / He brought his shattered Vessel into Yarmouth / With more / Than the Honours of a Conqueror / And died here in consequence of his wounds / On the 14th of February following / In the 25th Year of his Age, / TO commemorate the Gallantry of his Son / The Bravery of his faithfull Mate / And at the same time Mark the Infamy of a / Savage Pirate / His afflicted father ALEXANDER BARTLEMAN / Has ordered this Stone to be erected over his / Honourable Grave / "Twas Great" / His Foe tho' strong was infamous / (The foe of the human kind) / A manly indignation fired his breast / Thank GOD my son has done his Duty.'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: Graveyard
Vessel: Alexander & Margaret

Event Category

1775-1783 American Revolutionary War

People

Bartleman, David
Age: 25
Date of Death: 14/2/1781
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: John Fall operating as a privateer under American letters of marque against East Coast shipping (see Arthur E. Bensley's web page 'Fall the Pirate’).

Recorder: Bridget Clifford 17/03/1981
Photographer: Pippa Lacey

JSON

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  "transcript": "'TO / The Memory of / DAVID BARTLEMAN / Master of the Brig Alexander & Margaret / of North Shields / Who on the 31st of Jan.ry 1781, on the Norfolk Coast / With only three 3 pounders and ten Men and Boys / Nobly defended himself / Against a Cutter carrying eighteen 4 pounders / And upward of a Hundred Men / Commanded by that notorious English Pirate / FALL / And fairly beat him off. / Two hours after the Enemy came down upon him again / When totally disabled his Mate Daniel Mac Auley / Expiring with the loss of blood / And himself dangerously wounded / He was obliged to strike and ransome. / He brought his shattered Vessel into Yarmouth / With more / Than the Honours of a Conqueror / And died here in consequence of his wounds / On the 14th of February following / In the 25th Year of his Age, / TO commemorate the Gallantry of his Son / The Bravery of his faithfull Mate / And at the same time Mark the Infamy of a / Savage Pirate / His afflicted father ALEXANDER BARTLEMAN / Has ordered this Stone to be erected over his / Honourable Grave / \"Twas Great\" / His Foe tho' strong was infamous / (The foe of the human kind) / A manly indignation fired his breast / Thank GOD my son has done his Duty.'",
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Slavery

Church of St John the Baptist, Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire, England

Wall monument in Church of St John the Baptist, Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire commemorating Commander Walter Estcourt RN d. 1845

Location

Church of St John the Baptist, Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire, England

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF / WALTER GRIMSTON BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, ESQR / COMMANDER IN THE ROYAL NAVY / FOURTH SON OF THOMAS GRIMSTON BUCKNALL ESTCOURT ESQR / OF ESTCOURT IN THIS PARISH / AGED THIRTY EIGHT YEARS / TWENTY FIVE OF WHICH / HE PASSED IN THE ACTIVE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY / HE DIED ON THE 16TH SEPTEMBER 1845 / IN COMMAND OF H.M. STEAM SLOOP ECLAIR / WHILE ON HER PASSAGE HOME / FROM THE COAST OF AFRICA / AND WAS BURIED AT SEA / DEEPLY LAMENTED BY THE SURVIVORS OF HIS CREW / WHO HAD WITNESSED HIS DEVOTED / THOUGH UNAVAILING EFFORTS / TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERINGS OF THEIR COMRADES / OF WHOM SIXTY FIVE OFFICERS AND MEN / PERISHED WITH THEIR COMMANDER / VICTIMS OF THE AFRICAN FEVER "I HAD FAINTED UNLESS I HAD BELIEVED TO SEE THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD"'

Details

Description: Inscription on a carved sail suspended from a palm tree, a sword below.
Type: Wall monument
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Eclair

People

Estcourt, Walter Grimston Bucknall
Age: 38
Date of Death: 16/9/1845
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Brian Kemp 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1980) p.191.

JSON

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Uncategorised

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Olveston, South Gloucestershire, England

Memorial in Church of St Mary the Virgin, Olveston, South Gloucestershire dedicated to Captain John Paul RN d. 1720

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Olveston, South Gloucestershire, England

Details

People

Casamayor, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 1776
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Paul, John
Age: 51
Date of Death: 1720
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Tonge, William Norris
Age:
Date of Death: 1844
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Born 1777.

Also of Thomas Casamayor. d. 1776 and William Tonge. d. 1844

JSON

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Uncategorised

Woodbury Park Cemetery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Tomb in Woodbury Park Cemetery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent commemorating Captain John Elliot Bingham RN, d. 1878

Location

Woodbury Park Cemetery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Transcript

'To The memory of / John Elliot BINGHAM Capt. R.N / of Hurstwood Lodge Tunbridge Wells, / who fell asleep in Jesus November 25th. 1878 (BR: 1879), / aged 73 years. / "We love Him because He first loved us" / 1 John IV. 19. / In memory of / Ellen, the beloved wife of Captain J. Elliot BINGHAM, R.N. / of Oakfield Tunbridge Wells: / who fell asleep in Jesus on the 30th. day of March, 1870 / aged 62 years'

Details

Description: Triangular tomb.
Type: Tomb
Materials: Granite

People

Bingham, John Elliot
Age: 73
Date of Death: 25/11/1878
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: M. Uaplesdan. 1994

JSON

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  "transcript": "'To The memory of / John Elliot BINGHAM Capt. R.N / of Hurstwood Lodge Tunbridge Wells, / who fell asleep in Jesus November 25th. 1878 (BR: 1879), / aged 73 years. / \"We love Him because He first loved us\" / 1 John IV. 19. / In memory of / Ellen, the beloved wife of Captain J. Elliot BINGHAM, R.N. / of Oakfield Tunbridge Wells: / who fell asleep in Jesus on the 30th. day of March, 1870 / aged 62 years'",
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    "recorder": "M. Uaplesdan. 1994",
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Vessel Loss

Church of St John the Baptist, Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England

Wall tablet in Church of St John the Baptist, Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire commemorating Thomas Halsey d. 1854 in the loss of the ‘Ercolano’ steam packet

Location

Church of St John the Baptist, Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the memory / of / Thomas Plumer Halsey, / aged 39, / Member of Parliament for this County. / Also of Frederica Halsey, his wife ,/ aged 35. / And of Ethelbert Arthur Sackville Halsey, / their youngest son, aged 4 years. / "Of such is the kingdom of heaven." / They were all swallowed up in the great deep / in one instant, on their passage from Genoa / to Marsailles, in the Erculano steam packet / which was sunk with almost all the passengers / by a dreadful collision with another vessel / off Antibes, on the night of / April 24th 1854. / And the sea gave up the dead which were in it. Rev.xx.13. / They were lovely and pleasant in their lives and in death they were not divided / 2 Sam.1.23. / In Rama there was a voice heard, lamentation and weeping / and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and/would not be comforted because they are not. Matt.11.18:'

Details

Description: Inscription in gothic frame, a crest above and shield of arms below.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Chancel north wall east
Artists: White
Vessel: Ercolano

People

Halsey, Thomas Plumer
Age: 39
Date of Death: 24/4/1854
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Halsey, Frederica
Age: 35
Date of Death: 24/4/1854
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Halsey, Ethelbert Arthur Sackville
Age: 4
Date of Death: 24/4/1854
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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Uncategorised

St Peter's Church, Tewin, Hertfordshire, England

Wall tablet in St Peter’s Church, Tewin, Hertfordshire commemorating Sub Lieutenant Owen Powell RN d. 1919

Location

St Peter's Church, Tewin, Hertfordshire, England

Transcript

'So he passed over and all the trumpets / sounded for him on the other side. / to the dear and beautiful memory of / Sub. Lieut. OWEN PHILIP POWELL R.N. / Beloved and only child of / OWEN MARKHAM and HARRIET POWELL / Killed on Active Service / In the Gulf of Finland / 3rd September 1919, aged 21'

Details

Description: Egg and tongue border.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Stone

People

Powell, Owen Philip
Age: 21
Date of Death: 3/9/1919
Cause of Death: War Casualty
Rank / Occupation: Sub Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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  "transcript": "'So he passed over and all the trumpets / sounded for him on the other side. / to the dear and beautiful memory of / Sub. Lieut. OWEN PHILIP POWELL R.N. / Beloved and only child of / OWEN MARKHAM and HARRIET POWELL / Killed on Active Service / In the Gulf of Finland / 3rd September 1919, aged 21'",
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Vessel Loss

St Matthew's Church, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

Memorial in St Matthew’s Church, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire commemorating Captain Frank Brandt RN d. 1914

Location

St Matthew's Church, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

Transcript

'Frank Brandt, Captain RN who on 1 November 1914, off Coronel, Chile, died at his post in command of H.M.S. Monmouth a unit of the squadron led by Admiral Cradock, H.M.S. Good Hope against an overpowering German squadron. Both vessels sank in flames, with them perished admiral, officers men all willing to die rather than surrender. Born 1871. Elder son of Francis Brandt ICS and of Lucy Sophia his wife'

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: Wall, east end of aisle
Materials: Copper

Event

Battle of Cape Coronel

Event Date

1914

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Brandt, Frank
Age:
Date of Death: 1/11/1914
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: William Donnan, 27/10/1970

JSON

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Vessel Loss

Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Memorial in Toxteth Park Cemetery commemorating Henry Blevin d. 1859 in the wreck of ‘Royal Charter’

Location

Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'In memory of Hannah Blevin, the beloved wife of James Blevin, / who died January 26th. 1862, aged 53 years, Also Henry Molyneux Blevin, second son of the above, who was lost / in the Steamship 'ROYAL CHARTER', October 26th 1859, aged 22 years / and 11 months'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Headstone L 504
Vessel: SS Royal Charter

People

Blevin, Henry Molyneux
Age: 22
Date of Death: 26/10/1859
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: 'Illustrated London News' (26 November 1859); 'Illustrated London News' (5 November 1869) p. 448; Bill Fevyer 'Joseph Rogers, seaman of the Royal Charter', 'The Lifesaving Awards Research Journal' no. 38, pp. 18-22 (Feb 2000).
Recorder: Martin Davies. April, 1985

JSON

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    "recorder": "Martin Davies. April, 1985",
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Uncategorised

Holy Trinity Church, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, England

Headstone in Seaton Carew, Hartlepool commemorating Commander Samuel Strover RN d. 1868

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, England

Transcript

'Sacred / TO THE MEMORY OF / SAMUEL STROVER / COMMANDER RN / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MAY 18TH 1868 / IN HIS 77TH YEAR / ALSO OF ELIZABETH / WIFE OF THE ABOVE / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE DECEMBER 15TH 1877 / IN HER 81ST YEAR / ALSO OF / MARY ANNE STROVER / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOVR 13TH 1868 / IN HER 79TH YEAR / CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS / AN ANCHOR OF THE SOUL.'

Details

Description: Foul anchor above inscription.
Type: Headstone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Granite

People

Strover, Samuel
Age: 76
Date of Death: 18/05/1868
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

JSON

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St Martin's Church, West Drayton, London, England

Memorial in St Martin’s Church, West Drayton commemorating Rupert Billingsley d. 1720

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St Martin's Church, West Drayton, London, England

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Description: With a relief of a warship - 'Royal George'.
Type: Monument
Vessel: HMS Royal George

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Billingsley, Rupert
Age:
Date of Death: 1720
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Bibliography: Nikolaus Pevsner 'The Buildings of England: Middlesex' (Harmondsworth, 1951) p. 171.

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