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St Martin's Church, Horsley, Gloucestershire, England

Wall tablet in St Martin’s Church, Horsley, Gloucestershire commemorating  Vice-Admiral James Young d. 1833

Location

St Martin's Church, Horsley, Gloucestershire, England

Transcript

'In memory of James Young Vice Admiral of the White of Barton End House in this parish who died 8 March 1833 aged 67...and his ...son Edward d.11 Oct.1842 aged 34 and his 6th daughter Elizabeth d.3 Sept.1848 aged 33 and of Charlotte Anna Young his wife d. 18 Sept 1850 aged 64'

Details

Type: Wall tablet

People

Young, James
Age: 67
Date of Death: 8/3/1833
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: T. Cockerill 1979
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Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Memorial tablet in Westminster Abbey commemorating Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Blackwood RN d. 1832

Location

Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / VICE ADMIRAL THE HONOURABLE / SIR HENRY BLACKWOOD, BART K.C.B., G.C.H. / WHO DIED DECR THE 13TH 1832, AGED SIXTY THREE YEARS, / FIFTY ONE OF WHICH HE HAD SPENT / IN THE ACTIVE SERVICE OF HIS PROFESSION / DISTINGUISHED BY HIS ENERGY, PROMPTITUDE AND BRAVERY / QUALITIES WHICH DERIVED ADDITIONAL LUSTRE / FROM THE VIRTUES WHICH ADORNED / HIS PERSONAL CHARACTER; / WITH VALOUR COMBINING A STRONG SENSE OF RELIGION / AND THE ELEVATION OF AN UPRIGHT NOBLE MIND / WITH ALL THE ENDEARING FEELINGS OF A / MANLY, GENEROUS AND BENEVOLENT HEART. / THIS TRIBUTE OF SORROW AND AFFECTION / TO THE MEMORY OF ONE SO JUSTLY HONORED AND BELOVED / IS OFFERED BY HIS DEEPLY AFFLICTED WIDOW / AND HIS SURVIVING CHILDREN'

Details

Description: Plain inscription tablet with shells on supporting brackets.
Type: Monument
Position: North transept, west aisle
Date Erected: 1832
Artists: William Behnes

People

Blackwood, Henry
Age: 63
Date of Death: 17/12/1832
Cause of Death: Typhus or scarlet fever
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Tablet erected by Blackwood's widow - Harriet Gore, his 3rd wife.
Bibliography: Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964).
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1981
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Church of St Mary Magdalene, Taunton, Somerset, England

Memorial in Taunton, Somerset dedicated to Lieutenant John Onebye Bliss RN d. 1828 in the loss of HMS ‘Acorn’

Location

Church of St Mary Magdalene, Taunton, Somerset, England

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF / JOHN ONEBYE BLISS R.N. / YOUNGEST SON OF THE LATE REVEREND PHILLIP BLISS, M.A. / RECTOR OF FRAMPTON COTTERELL AND OF DODINGTON IN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER / HE SAILED AS LIEUTENANT OF HIS MAJESTY'S SLOOP OF WAR ACORN / AND WAS LOST TOGETHER WITH THE WHOLE SHIPS COMPANY / IN A HURRICANE BETWEEN BERMUDA AND HALIFAX / APRIL XV MDCCCXXVIII AGED XXVIII / ERECTED BY HIS MOTHER, BROTHER AND SISTER / AS A TESTIMONY OF HIS EXEMPLARY WORTH AND THEIR SINCERE AFFECTION'

Details

Description: Sarcophagus-shaped with acroteria. Above the inscription, waves are carved in high relief, amidst which is the stern of a vessel.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North Aisle, east End
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Acorn

People

Bliss, John Onebye
Age: 28
Date of Death: 15/4/1828
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: 'Acorn' ship sloop, 18 guns, 455 tons built at Chatham in 1826. Sailed from Burmuda to Halifax with £10, 00 on board, last seen on 14 April in a storm and presumed foundered soon after with all hands.
Recorder: Saunders Milford Hara.
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St Paul's Church, Whitechapel, London, England

Memorial in Whitechapel, London commemorating Edward Baruch Blaker d. 1885

Location

St Paul's Church, Whitechapel, London, England

Transcript

'To Edward Baruch Blaker, d. 1885, commander of the ship Shannon lost with all hands, bound for Calcutta'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Vessel: Shannon

People

Blaker, Edward Baruch
Age:
Date of Death: 1885
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: RP. Dulling,
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating men of HMS ‘Tribune’ who died 1856-8

Location

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

Transcript

'This Monument / is erected by / Captain Harry EDGELL, the officers / and ship's company / of H.M.S.'TRIBUNE' / to the memory of their shipmates / who lost their lives / in their country's cause / 1856-58 / Killed and died from wounds received / in action / Henry L. BARKER Mid. Fat-shan Creek 2 June 1857 / Richard HARPER A.B. Fat-shan Creek 2 June 1857 / Barnet MORGAN A.B. Fat-shan Creek 10 June 1857 / Benjamin SHELDRAKE Leading Seaman 29 July 1857 / STRICKLAND Private R.M. French Island 7 July... / Drowned / John CHAPMAN Shipwright Canton River 28 May 1857 / William TILL A.B. Canton River 1 Feb 1858 / Died from disease / Charles KING Chief Engineer 2 July 1858 / Thomas BARNES Assistant Engineer 15 July 1858 / John GANGE Sail Makers Mate 13 Nov. 1856 / George WHITE Ordinary 12 Feb 1857 / George PAGE A.B. (Fell from aloft) 12 June 1857 / David GIBSON Ordinary 28 July 1857 / John BOWDEN Ordinary 6 Jan. 1858 / Arthur BENHAM Captain of the Mast 24 July 1858 / Thomas SMITH Quarter Master 10 August 1858 / William SEARLE Ships Steward 17 September 1858 / George BUTCHER Ships Steward 13 November 1858 / John ALEXANDER Gunner R.M.A. 19 August 1857 / William HORRELL Gunner R.M.A.27 November 1857 / James BURLEY Gunner R.M.A. 20 January 1858 / Thomas WEBSTER Gunner R.M.A. 28 October 1858 / James NASH Private R.M. 2 August 1858'

Details

Description: Urn on large plinth.
Type: Monument
Vessel: HMS Tribune

Event

Second China War

Event Date

1857- 1860

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Alexander, John
Age:
Date of Death: 19/8/1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RMA
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery
Barker, Henry L.
Age:
Date of Death: 2/6/1857
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Barnes, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 15/7/1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Benham, Arthur
Age:
Date of Death: 24/7/1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Mast
Organisation: Royal Navy
Bowden, John
Age:
Date of Death: 26/1/1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Burley, James
Age:
Date of Death: 20/1/1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RMA
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery
Butcher, George
Age:
Date of Death: 13/11/1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ship's Steward
Organisation: Royal Navy
Chapman, John
Age:
Date of Death: 28/5/1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipwright
Organisation: Royal Navy
Gange, John
Age:
Date of Death: 13/11/1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Sailmaker's mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
Gibson, David
Age:
Date of Death: 28/7/1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Harper, Richard
Age:
Date of Death: 2/6/1857
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Horrell, William
Age:
Date of Death: 27/11/1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RMA
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery
King, Charles
Age:
Date of Death: 2/7/1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Morgan, Barnet
Age:
Date of Death: 10/6/1857
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Nash, James
Age:
Date of Death: 2/8/1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RMA
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery
Page, George
Age:
Date of Death: 12/6/1857
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Searle, William
Age:
Date of Death: 17/9/1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ship's Steward
Organisation: Royal Navy
Sheldrake, Benjamin
Age:
Date of Death: 29/7/1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Leading Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Smith, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 10/8/1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster
Organisation: Royal Navy
Strickland, Edward
Age:
Date of Death: 1857-8
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Till, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1/2/1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Webster, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 28/10/1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RMA
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery
White, George
Age:
Date of Death: 12/2/1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Opium Wars.
Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com
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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, England

Memorial in Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, dedicated to Joseph Beckett RN, d. 1918.

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, England

Transcript

'In memory of Joseph Beckett A.B. R.N. H.M.S. Vindictive who received death wounds at Zeebrugge April 23 1918 aged 20'

Details

Vessel: HMS Vindictive

Event

Zeebrugge Raid

Event Date

1918

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Beckett, Joseph
Age: 20
Date of Death: 23/4/1918
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: One of over 200 British casualties sustained during the raid on German submarine bases in Belgium, during the First World War.
Bibliography: W. Wainwright, Zeebrugge.
Recorder: Mrs. S. Gilbert
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St Nicholas's Church, Chislehurst, Kent, England

Memorial in St Nicholas’s Church, Chislehurst, Kent commemorating Captain Thomas Bertie RN, d. 1749

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Chislehurst, Kent, England

Transcript

'Sacred to those virtues that adorn a christian and a sailor this marble perpetuates the memory of the right honourable Lord Thomas Bertie, captain in the Royal Navy. His eminent abilities in his profession, and amiable qualities in private life render his death universally regretted. Obiit the 29 of July 1749, aestatis suae 29. He was the fourth son of the most noble Robert, Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, Marques and Earl Lindsey etc etc Lord Great Chamberlain of England, by his second wife, Albinia, daughter of Lieutenant-General Farrington'

Details

Description: Carved in relief with a naval battle. Biographia Navalis' Vol V John Charnock: 'On the 6th of August following his corpse was carried from Portsmouth, in great naval pomp to be interred at Chislehurst, in which church is a beautiful monument, ornamented with an urn, inscribed with a festoon of flowers. Between trophies and naval ensigns of war, in statuary marble, a naval engagement is finely expressed in basso relievo.'
Type: Monument
Artists: John Michael Rysbrack

People

Bertie, Thomas
Age: 29
Date of Death: 29/7/1749
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: John Charnock 'Biographia Navalis' vol.v, p. 283.
Recorder: J.L.S Auan
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St Mary's Church, Watford, Hertfordshire, England

Wall tablet in St Mary’s Church, Watford, Hertfordshire commemorating Lieutenant George Pidcock RN d. 1853

Location

St Mary's Church, Watford, Hertfordshire, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / LIEUT. GEORGE ADOLPHUS PIDCOCK, R.N. / YOUNGEST SON OF JOHN PIDCOCK, AND GEORGINA, HIS WIFE, / THIS BRAVE AND ZEALOUS OFFICER WAS KILLED / IN THE ACT OF BOARDING WITH THE CUTTERS CREW / A HEAVILY ARMED JUNK WHICH ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE / WHEN A FORMIDABLE FLEET OF PIRATES WAS CAPTURED OFF AMOY / BY H.M.S.'RATTLER' MAY 11TH 1853, AGED 27. / HIS LOSS IS DEEPLY DEPLORED BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, / AND SINCERELY REGRETTED BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS / WHO SORROWFULLY COMMITTED HIS BODY TO THE DEEP / BETWEEN NAMQUAN AND THE INCOG ISLANDS.' [INCISED LINE] 'FULL MANY A GEM OF PUREST RAY SERENE / THE DARK UNFATHOMED CAVES OF OCEAN BEAR [italic]'

Details

Description: White marble on a black base. Arched head with a foul anchor in high relief, resting on a cornice carved with dog-tooth ornament, the whole supported by two consoles.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South nave, east wall
Materials: Marble
Artists: J. Bedford
Vessel: HMS Rattler

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Pidcock, George Adolphus
Age: 26
Date of Death: 11/5/1853
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 1988
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St Andrew's Mission Church, Gravesend, Kent, England

Memorial windows at St Andrew’s Mission Church, Gravesend, Kent, dedicated to the crews of HMS ‘Erebus’ and ‘Terror’, lost during the ill-fated expedition of Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRGS RN  in 1845-1848.

Location

St Andrew's Mission Church, Gravesend, Kent, England

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF / PETTY OFFICERS / BROWN : SAMUEL / JOHNSON : THOMAS / RIGDEN : JAMES / WILSON : JOHN / MATE : REUBEN / REDDINGTON : PHILIP / ARTHUR : DANIEL / BELL : WILLIAM / DOWNING : JOHN / KENLEY : JOHN / MCDONALD : DAVID / RHODES : WILLIAM / FARR : THOMAS / SULLIVAN : JOHN / PEGLAR : HENRY / SINCLAIR : ROBERT / ANDREWS : JOSEPH / GODDARD : WILLIAM / HART : JAMES / MURRAY : JOHN / WATSON : THOMAS / WILSON : ALEXANDER / BROWN : JAMES W. / DARLINGTON : THOMAS / HONEY : SAMUEL / SMITH WILLIAM / DUNN : FRANCIS / HICKEY : CORNELIUS / DIGGLE : JOHN / WALL : RICHARD / FOWLER : WILLIAM / GEORGE : EDWARD / HOAR : EDMUND / JOPSON : THOMAS / A:B'S &CT / ARMITAGE : THOMAS / AYLMORE : RICHARD / BAILEY : JOHN / BATE : JOHN / BERRY : ALEXANDER / BEST : CHARLES / BRIDGENS : JOHN / CANN : GEORGE / CHAMBERS : GEORGE / CLOSSAM : WILLIAM / COOMBES : CHARLES / COWIE : JOHN / CRISPE : SAMUEL / EVANS : THOMAS / FERRIER : ROBERT / GEATER : JAMES / GIBSON : WILLIAM / GOLDING : ROBERT / HANDFORD : JOHN / HARTNELL : THOMAS / JERRY : WILLIAM / JOHNS : ROBERT / JOHNSON : CHALRES / JOHNSON : WILLIAM / KINNAIRD : GEORGE / LAWRENCE : EDWIN / LEYS : DAVID / LLOYD : HENRY / MANSON : MAGNUS / MCCONVEY : THOMAS / MARK : WILLIAM / MORFIN : JOHN / ORREN : WILLIAM / PLATER : THOMAS / POCOCK : FRANCIS / SAIT : HENRY / SEELEY : ABRAHAM / SHANKS : WILLIAM / SINCLAIR : WILLIAM / SMITH : LUKE / STRICKLAND : JOHN / STRONG : WILLIAM / TADMAN : THOMAS / THOMPSON : GEORGE / TIMMS : DAVID / WALKER : JAMES / WENTZALL : WILLIAM / WILLIAMS : GEORGE / WORK : THOMAS / YOUNG : DAVID / ROYAL MARINES &C / BRYANT : DANIEL / TOZER : SOLOMON / HEDGES : WILLIAM / PATERSON : ALEXANDER / DALY : JAMES / HAMMOND : JOHN / HEALY : JOSEPH / HEATHER : WILLIAM / HOPCROFT : ROBERT / PILKINGTON : WILLIAM / REED : WILLIAM / WILKS : HENRY / THE BRAVE CREWS OF H.M.S. EREBUS & TERROR WHO SAILED FROM THE THAMES MAY MDCCCXLV / AND SHARED THE SAD BUT NOT INGLORIOUS FATE OF THEIR COMMANDER / SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. / THESE 3 WINDOWS ARE DEDICATED BY HIS WIDOW WHO PLACED THEM IN THIS MISSION / CHURCH FOR SEAMEN ERECTED IN MEMORY OF R:ADMIRAL SIR F:BEAUFORT K:C:B: / WHO WAS THE FAITHFUL FRIEND OF HER HUSBAND THE UNWEARIED ADVOCATE OF / THE SEARCH FOR THE LOST SHIPS AND HER WISEST COUNSELLOR'

Details

Description: The windows depict Christ, St Andrew and St Peter.
Type: Memorial; windows
Materials: Brass
Artists: Clayton & Bell
Vessel: HMS 'Erebus', HMS 'Terror'

People

Andrews, Joseph
Age: about 38
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Hold
Organisation: Royal Navy
Armitage, Thomas
Age: about 43
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Gun Room Steward
Organisation: Royal Navy
Arthur, Daniel
Age: about 38
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster
Organisation: Royal Navy
Aylmore, Richard
Age: about 27
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Gunroom Steward
Organisation: Royal Navy
Bailey, John
Age: about 24
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Bates, John
Age: about 27
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Bell, William
Age: about 39
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster
Organisation: Royal Navy
Berry, Alexander
Age: about 35
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Best, Charles
Age: about 25
Date of Death: c.1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Bridgens, John
Age: about 29
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Subordinate Officer's Steward
Organisation: Royal Navy
Brown, Samuel
Age: about 30
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Boatswain's Mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
Brown, James W.
Age: about 31
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Caulker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Bryant, Daniel
Age: about 34
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Sergeant
Organisation: Royal Marines
Cann, George
Age: about 26
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Chambers, George
Age: about 21
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: 1st Class boy
Organisation: Royal Navy
Clossam, William
Age: about 28
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Coombes, Charles
Age: about 32
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Cowie, John
Age: about 35
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Crispe, Samuel
Age: about 27
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Daly, James
Age: about 34
Date of Death: ca, 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marines
Darlington, Thomas
Age: about 32
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Caulker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Diggle, John
Age: about 39
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Ship's Cook
Organisation: Royal Navy
Downing, John
Age: about 37
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster
Organisation: Royal Navy
Dunn, Francis
Age: about 28
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Caulker's Mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
Evans, Thomas
Age: about 21
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: 1st Class Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy
Farr, Thomas
Age: about 35
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Maintop
Organisation: Royal Navy
Ferrier, Robert
Age: about 32
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Fowler, William
Age: about 29
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Paymaster and Purser's Steward
Organisation: Royal Navy
Geater, Joseph
Age: about 35
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
George, Edward
Age: about 24
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Paymaster and Purser's Steward
Organisation: Royal Navy
Gibson, William
Age: about 25
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Subordinate Officer's Steward
Organisation: Royal Navy
Goddard, William
Age: about 42
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknowne
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Hold
Organisation: Royal Navy
Golding, Robert
Age: about 22
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: 1st Class Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hammond, John
Age: about 31
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marines
Handford, John
Age: about 31
Date of Death: c. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hart, James
Age: about 36
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Leading Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hartwell, Thomas
Age: about 26
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Healey, Joshua
Age: about 32
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marines
Heather, William
Age: about 38
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marines
Hedges, William
Age: about 34
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Corporal
Organisation: Royal Marines
Hickey, Cornelius
Age: about 27
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Caulker's Mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hoar, Edmund
Age: about 26
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain's Steward
Organisation: Royal Navy
Honey, Samuel
Age: about 25
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Blacksmith
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hopcraft, Robert
Age: about 41
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marines
Jerry, William
Age: about 32
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Johns, Robert
Age: about 27
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Johnson, Charles
Age: about 31
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Johnson, William
Age: about 48
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Johnson, Thomas
Age: about 31
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Boatswain's Mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
Jopson, Thomas
Age: about 30
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain's Steward
Organisation: Royal Navy
Kenley, John
Age: about 47
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster
Organisation: Royal Navy
Kinnaird, George
Age: about 26
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Lawrence, Edwin
Age: about 33
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Leys, David
Age: about 30
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Lloyd, Henry
Age: about 29
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
MacDonald, David
Age: about 49
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster
Organisation: Royal Navy
Male, Reuben
Age: about 30
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Forecastle
Organisation: Royal Navy
Manson, Magnus
Age: about 31
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Mark, William
Age: about 36
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Leading Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
McConvey, Thomas
Age: about 27
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Morfin, John
Age: about 28
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Murray, John
Age: about 46
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Sailmaker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Orren, William
Age: about 37
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Paterson, Alexander
Age: about 34
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Corporal
Organisation: Royal Marines
Peglar, Henry
Age: about 40
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Foretop
Organisation: Royal Navy
Pilkington, William
Age: about 31
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marines
Plater, Thomas
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation:
Pocock, Frances
Age: about 27
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Reddington, Philip
Age: about 31
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Forecastle
Organisation: Royal Navy
Reed, William
Age: about 31
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marines
Rhodes, William
Age: about 35
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster
Organisation: Royal Navy
Rigden, James
Age: about 34
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain's Coxswain
Organisation: Royal Navy
Sait, Henry
Age: about 26
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Seeley, Abraham
Age: about 37
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Shanks, William
Age: about 32
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Sims, David
Age: about 27
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Sinclair, William
Age: about 33
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Sinclair, Robert
Age: about 28
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Foretop
Organisation: Royal Navy
Smith, William
Age: about 31
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Blacksmith
Organisation: Royal Navy
Smith, Luke
Age: about 30
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Strickland, John
Age: about 27
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Strong, William
Age: about 25
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Sullivan, John
Age: about 31
Date of Death: about 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Maintop
Organisation: Royal Navy
Tadman, Thomas
Age: about 31
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Thompson, George
Age: about 30
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Tozer, Solomon
Age: about 37
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Sergeant
Organisation: Royal Marines
Walker, James
Age: about 32
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Wall, Richard
Age: about 48
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Ship's Cook
Organisation: Royal Navy
Watson, Thomas
Age: about 43
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Carpenter's Mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
Wentzall, William
Age: about 36
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Wilks, Henry
Age: about 31
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marines
Williams, George
Age: about 38
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Wilson, Alexander
Age: about 30
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Carpenter's Mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
Wilson, John
Age: about 35
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain's Coxswain
Organisation: Royal Navy
Work, Thomas
Age: about 44
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Young, David
Age: about 18
Date of Death: ca. 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: 1st Class Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Includes list of names. Presented by Lady Franklin to the St Andrew's Waterside Mission Church.
Bibliography: 'The Builder' October 19, 1872
Recorder: E. Young
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St David's Church, Ashprington, Devon, England

Wall tablet in St David’s Church, Ashprington, Devon commemorating Captain John Bastard RN d. 1825

Location

St David's Church, Ashprington, Devon, England

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF / IOHN BASTARD, OF SHARPHAM ESQR., / CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY, / WHO WAS BORN XXVTH OF JANUARY MDCCLXXXVII, / AND DIED XITH OF JANUARY MDCCCXXXV. / THIS TABLET IS DEDICATED / BY HIS / AFFECTIONATE WIDOW.'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Chancel, south wall
Materials: Black and white marble
Vessel: HMS Bellona; HMS Africa;

Event

French Revolutionary Wars; Napoleonic Wars

People

Bastard, John
Age: 48
Date of Death: 11/1/1825
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Grandson of Captain Philemon Pownoll, who also has a memorial in the church. John Bastard married Frances Wade in 1817.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)1993
Photographer: P Lacey
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