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St Martin's Church, Cheriton, Kent, England

Headstone in St Martin’s Church, Cheriton, Kent, commemorating Captain Frederick Mortimer Barwick RIN, d. 1954

Location

St Martin's Church, Cheriton, Kent, England

Transcript

'To / the glory of God / and the memory of / ETHEL GORDON / beloved wife of / Capt. F M BARWICK R.I.N. / died 16th Sep 1944 / Also of the above / FREDERICK MORTIMER BARWICK / O.B.E. K.T. of St John. J.P. / Capt. R.I.N. Retd. / died 24th July 1954 / in his 97th year (EKB). / Rise with me dawn at the birth of spring / lay sorrowing thoughts on the swallow's wing'

Details

Description: Headstone and kerbstone.
Type: Headstone
Position: N1256

People

Barwick, Frederick Mortimer
Age: 97
Date of Death: 24/7/1954
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RIN
Organisation: Royal Indian Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Pauline Davey 'St Martins Church, Cheriton Monumental inscriptions' part II, p. 89, no. N1256 (Folkestone and District Family History Society, 1985).

JSON

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  "transcript": "'To / the glory of God / and the memory of / ETHEL GORDON / beloved wife of / Capt. F M BARWICK R.I.N. / died 16th Sep 1944 / Also of the above / FREDERICK MORTIMER BARWICK / O.B.E. K.T. of St John. J.P. / Capt. R.I.N. Retd. / died 24th July 1954 / in his 97th year (EKB). / Rise with me dawn at the birth of spring / lay sorrowing thoughts on the swallow's wing'",
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St Mary's Church, Stottesdon, Shropshire, England

Window in Stottesdon church, Stropshire dedicated to Stephen Karslake Bathe RN, d. 1896

Location

St Mary's Church, Stottesdon, Shropshire, England

Transcript

'To the glory of God and in memory of Stephen Karslake Bathe midshipman of the Royal Navy died at Hobart Feb 13th 1896. aged 18 years'

Details

Type: Window

People

Bathe, Stephen Karslake
Age: 18
Date of Death: 13/2/1896
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Elizabeth Wiggans

JSON

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  "transcript": "'To the glory of God and in memory of Stephen Karslake Bathe midshipman of the Royal Navy died at Hobart Feb 13th 1896. aged 18 years'",
  "content": "<p>Window  in Stottesdon church, Stropshire dedicated to Stephen Karslake Bathe RN, d. 1896</p>",
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    "recorder": "Elizabeth Wiggans",
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}

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Brothers Burial Ground, Rue des Freres, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Family vault in Brothers Burial Ground, Rue des Freres, Guernsey of Admiral Thomas Gosselin d. 1857

Location

Brothers Burial Ground, Rue des Freres, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'To the memory of Admiral Thomas Le M: Gosselin born in Guernsey 1765 died at his residence, Bengeo Hall, Hertfordshire 1857 aged 92 years. At his death he was the Senior Admiral of the Royal Navy'

Details

Type: Family vault

People

Goselin, Thomas Le Marchant
Age: 92
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: David Kreckeler 1982

JSON

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  "id": "M3751",
  "location": "Brothers Burial Ground, Rue des Freres, Guernsey, Channel Islands",
  "transcript": "'To the memory of Admiral Thomas Le M: Gosselin born in Guernsey 1765 died at his residence, Bengeo Hall, Hertfordshire 1857 aged 92 years. At his death he was the Senior Admiral of the Royal Navy'",
  "content": "<p>Family vault in Brothers Burial Ground, Rue des Freres, Guernsey of Admiral Thomas Gosselin d. 1857</p>",
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    "recorder": "David Kreckeler 1982",
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Uncategorised

Holy Trinity Church, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, England

Gravestone in Seaton Carew, Hartlepool commemorating Vivian Emlyn d. 1944

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, England

Transcript

'in / Loving Memory / of / WALTER EMLYN / BELOVED HUSBAND OF / ELIZABETH ANN EDWARDS / DIED JULY 4TH 1918 / AGED 32 YEARS / ALSO THEIR SECOND SON / VIVIAN LLEWELLYN (BILLA) / 1ST OFFICER, MN / KILLED AT SEA, AUG 16TH 1944 / AGED 34 YEARS'

Details

Description: Art Nouveau style, the inscription flanked by ivy branches, a celtic cross-head above.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Marble

People

Emlyn, Vivian Llewellyn
Age: 34
Date of Death: 16/8/1944
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: First Officer
Organisation:

Extra

JSON

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St James's Church, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Church, Toxeth, Liverpool, commemorating David Donkin d. 1798

Location

St James's Church, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'David Donkin of South Shields, Durham, Mariner died 29th July 1798 age 58'

Details

People

Donkin, David
Age: 58
Date of Death: 29/7/1798
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From an MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 3, p. 341.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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  "transcript": "'David Donkin of South Shields, Durham, Mariner died 29th July 1798 age 58'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in St James’s Church, Toxeth, Liverpool, commemorating David Donkin d. 1798</p>",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Captain J. P. Brand",
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Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Memorial in Portland, Dorset, dedicated to William Beckingham d. 1906

Location

Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to / the memory of / WILLIAM HENRY BECKINGHAM / P.O.2. / of H.M.S. 'Good Hope' / died November 6th 1906 / Aged 29 years / Until the dawn breaks / Erected by his shipmates'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 350
Vessel: HMS Good Hope

People

Beckingham, William Henry
Age: 29
Date of Death: 6/11/1906
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer 2nd class RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J. H. Perry 1987

JSON

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  "post_id": "1818",
  "id": "M3547",
  "location": "Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England",
  "transcript": "'Sacred / to / the memory of / WILLIAM HENRY BECKINGHAM / P.O.2. / of H.M.S. 'Good Hope' / died November 6th 1906 / Aged 29 years / Until the dawn breaks / Erected by his shipmates'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Portland, Dorset, dedicated to William Beckingham d. 1906</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "artists": "",
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  "event": {
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    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "R. & J. H. Perry 1987",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Vessel Loss

St Edward's Church, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, England

Plaque in St Edward’s Church, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire commemorating Rupert Ingles-Chamberlayne d. 1914

Location

St Edward's Church, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, England

Transcript

RUPERT HENRY INGLES-CHAMBERLAYNE R.N. / MIDSHIPMAN H.M.S. HAWKE. / HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN THE NORTH SEA / OCTOBER 15 1914 AGED 17 YEARS / “THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS ARE IN THE HAND OF GOD” / “NUMBERED WITH THY SAINTS IN GLORY EVERLASTING”

Details

Type: Plaque
Position: South wall of nave
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Hawke

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Ingles-Chamberlayne, Rupert Henry
Age: 17
Date of Death: 15/10/1914
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: The 'Hawke' was on patrol off Aberdeen on the 15 October when it was sunk by a torpedo fired for the German submarine 'U-9'. The torpedo struck 'Hawke' and she quickly capsized. She was lost alongside 524 officers and men.
Recorder: David Saunders 1983

JSON

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  "transcript": "RUPERT HENRY INGLES-CHAMBERLAYNE R.N. / MIDSHIPMAN H.M.S. HAWKE. / HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN THE NORTH SEA / OCTOBER 15 1914 AGED 17 YEARS / “THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS ARE IN THE HAND OF GOD” / “NUMBERED WITH THY SAINTS IN GLORY EVERLASTING”",
  "content": "<p>Plaque in St Edward’s Church, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire commemorating Rupert Ingles-Chamberlayne d. 1914</p>",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "David Saunders 1983",
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}

Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex commemorating David Day d. 1872

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'DAVID DAY / aged 15 / lost with his Father / in the Schooner William / off Hartlepool / Dec, 9 1872'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: William

People

Day, David
Age: 15
Date of Death: 9/12/1872
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Elspeth McAdam 'Peril on the Sea','Family Tree' vol. 5, p. 30 (Jan 1989); Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan
Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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  "id": "M1638",
  "location": "All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England",
  "transcript": "'DAVID DAY / aged 15 / lost with his Father / in the Schooner William / off Hartlepool / Dec, 9 1872'",
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    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan",
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}

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Cartmel Priory, Cartmel, Cumbria, England

Gravestone in Cartmel, Cumbria of Robert Barrow d. 1795 and Richard Barrow d. 1796

Location

Cartmel Priory, Cartmel, Cumbria, England

Transcript

'William Barrow of Abbott Hall, gent, died 7 May 1784 in his 66th year, Ann his wife died 8 May 1789, in her 57th year and their children William died 1764 aged 7, Thomas, Mariner died 1771 aged 18, Alice, died 14 February 1788 aged 18, William Spencer Barrow died 2 June 1793 on the coast of Guinea aged 23. Robert, Mariner died in Norway in 1795 aged 34, Richard, Mariner died at Lorraine in France in 1796 aged 28, Thomas died 12 May 1835 aged 60'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Barrow, Thomas
Age: 18
Date of Death: 1771
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation:
Barrow, William Spencer
Age: 23
Date of Death: 2/6/1793
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation:
Barrow, Robert
Age: 34
Date of Death: 1795
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation:
Barrow, Richard
Age: 60
Date of Death: 1796
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: DB Nottage

JSON

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  "post_id": "1778",
  "id": "M1757",
  "location": "Cartmel Priory, Cartmel, Cumbria, England",
  "transcript": "'William Barrow of Abbott Hall, gent, died 7 May 1784 in his 66th year, Ann his wife died 8 May 1789, in her 57th year and their children William died 1764 aged 7, Thomas, Mariner died 1771 aged 18, Alice, died 14 February 1788 aged 18, William Spencer Barrow died 2 June 1793 on the coast of Guinea aged 23. Robert, Mariner died in Norway in 1795 aged 34, Richard, Mariner died at Lorraine in France in 1796 aged 28, Thomas died 12 May 1835 aged 60'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Cartmel, Cumbria of Robert  Barrow d. 1795 and  Richard Barrow d. 1796</p>",
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Lifesaving, Vessel Loss

Holy Trinity Church, Castle Macadam, County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland

Memorial in Holy Trinity Church, Castle Macadam, County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland commemorating Thomas Belton, Patrick Leban and Thomas Burke, d. 1908

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Castle Macadam, County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland

Transcript

[Front] 'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN JAMES THOMAS BELTON / S.S. CITY OF DUNDEE / BY WHOSE DEVOTED GALLANTRY ALL THE / PASSENGERS WERE SAVED, WHEN, DURING / A FOG, THE VESSEL WAS RUN INTO & SUNK / IN THE BAY OF CARDIGAN / EARLY ON THE MORNING OF 4TH OCT. 1908 / 'WHEN THOU PASSEST THROUGH THE / WATERS, I WILL BE WITH THEE''

[Back] 'THE REMAINS WERE WASHED ASHORE / AT ENNEREILLY / AND HERE BY LOVING HANDS / LAID TO REST ON HALLOW EVE / HIS NAME IS ONE OF THE FIRST INSCRIBED / ON THE / CARNEGIE TRUST ROLL OF HEROES / BORN AT HULL 20TH NOV. 1863'

[Right panel] 'THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED / BY HIS BROTHER CAPTAINS, / OFFICERS AND FRIENDS / TO COMMERATE / THE HEROIC DEED OF A BRAVE / AND NOBLE ENGLISH SAILOR'

[Left panel] 'TWO OF HIS OFFICERS, BOTH IRISHMEN, / PATRICK HENRY LEBAN, AGED 45 YEARS / SECOND OFFICER / AND / THOMAS BURKE, AGED 47 YEARS / QUARTER MASTER / SHARED THE SAME GLORIOUS END, / GOING DOWN WITH THE SHIP'

Details

Description: Plinth surmounted by cross with anchor and chain twined round.
Type: Memorial; Cross
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: SS City of Dundee

People

Belton, James Thomas
Age: 42
Date of Death: 4/10/1908
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Ellerman’s City Line
Burke, Thomas
Age: 47
Date of Death: 4/10/1908
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster
Organisation: Ellerman’s City Line
Leban, Patrick Henry
Age: 45
Date of Death: 4/10/1908
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: 2nd Officer
Organisation: Ellerman’s City Line

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. The City of Dundee was in collision with Elders & Fyffes MATINA in St George's Channel, Bay of Cardigan. The passengers were all rescued.
Bibliography: The Ship’s List
Recorder: Alfred Farnell

JSON

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  "post_id": "1756",
  "id": "M1761",
  "location": "Holy Trinity Church, Castle Macadam, County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland",
  "transcript": "[Front] 'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN JAMES THOMAS BELTON / S.S. CITY OF DUNDEE / BY WHOSE DEVOTED GALLANTRY ALL THE / PASSENGERS WERE SAVED, WHEN, DURING / A FOG, THE VESSEL WAS RUN INTO & SUNK / IN THE BAY OF CARDIGAN / EARLY ON THE MORNING OF 4TH OCT. 1908 / 'WHEN THOU PASSEST THROUGH THE / WATERS, I WILL BE WITH THEE'' <br />\r\n<br />\r\n[Back] 'THE REMAINS WERE WASHED ASHORE / AT ENNEREILLY / AND HERE BY LOVING HANDS / LAID TO REST ON HALLOW EVE / HIS NAME IS ONE OF THE FIRST INSCRIBED / ON THE / CARNEGIE TRUST ROLL OF HEROES / BORN AT HULL 20TH NOV. 1863' <br />\r\n<br />\r\n[Right panel] 'THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED / BY HIS BROTHER CAPTAINS, / OFFICERS AND FRIENDS / TO COMMERATE / THE HEROIC DEED OF A BRAVE / AND NOBLE ENGLISH SAILOR' <br />\r\n<br />\r\n[Left panel] 'TWO OF HIS OFFICERS, BOTH IRISHMEN, / PATRICK HENRY LEBAN, AGED 45 YEARS / SECOND OFFICER / AND / THOMAS BURKE, AGED 47 YEARS / QUARTER MASTER / SHARED THE SAME GLORIOUS END, / GOING DOWN WITH THE SHIP'",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "DOSSIER. The City of Dundee was in collision with Elders & Fyffes MATINA in St George's Channel, Bay of Cardigan.  The passengers were all rescued.",
    "bibliography": "The Ship’s List",
    "recorder": "Alfred Farnell",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters