Plaque at St Laurence Church, Seale commemorating Captain A.M. Knapp RN d. 1980
Location
St Laurence Church, Seale, Surrey, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY / OF / CAPTAIN / A.M. (DONNELL) KNAPP / ROYAL NAVY / BORN 29 JULY 1900 / DIED 23 DEC. 1980'
Details
Description: Rectangular plate with semicircular top. A Latin cross with splayed ends above the inscription. Type: Plaque Position: Aisle, south wall Materials: Brass
People
Knapp, Arthur MacDonnell Age: 80 Date of Death: 23/12/1980 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Charles Miller d. 1922
Location
Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales
Transcript
'In loving memory of / Charles Miller / (Master Mariner) / who died June 6th 1922 / Aged 75 years / Sleep on beloved / Also of Emelie Miller / Died March 4th 1932 Aged 85 / Until the day breaks.'
Details
Description: Headstone. Type: Gravestone
People
Miller, Charles Age: 75 Date of Death: 6/6/1922 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner Organisation:
Window in St Mabyn, Cornwall dedicated to Admiral William Hext d. 1867
Location
St Mabina's Church, St Mabyn, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'THE WINDOW IN THIS SOUTH AISLE IS DEDICATED / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / ADMIRAL WILLIAM HEXT OBIT OCTR 31 1867 AGED 87 / BARBARA HIS WIFE OBIT FEBY 26TH 1852 AGED 62 AND THEIR / DAUGHTERS: LOVEDAY HEXT OBIT OCT 6TH 1831 AGED 19 / AND BARBARA HEXT OBIT JULY 23RD 1842 AGED 20'
Details
Type: Window; brass plate Vessel: HMS Russell
Event
Glorious First of June 1794
Event Category
1793-1802 French Revolutionary War
People
Hext, William Age: 87 Date of Death: 31/10/1867 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Wall tablet at Holy Rood Church, Southampton commemorating song writer Thomas Dibdin d. 1814
Location
Holy Rood Church, Southampton, England
Transcript
'To / CHARLES DIBDIN, / SON OF THOMAS DIBDIN / PARISH CLERK OF THIS CHURCH. / A NATIVE OF SOUTHAMPTON, POET, DRAMATIST AND COMPOSER. / AUTHOR OF TOM BOWLING, POOR JACK, AND OTHER SEA SONGS. / BORN 15TH MARCH 1745, DIED 25TH JULY 1814. / "THERE'S A SWEET LITTLE CHERUB THAT SITS UP ALOFT, / TO KEEP WATCH FOR THE LIFE OF POOR JACK." / ERECTED BY THE / SOUTHAMPTON LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 1914.'
Details
Description: Black lettering in a cartouche. Oak leaves with acorns and roses are depicted above the lettering - both plants traditionally associated with Southampton. Type: Wall tablet Position: Exterior to right of entrance Materials: Stone
People
Dibdin, Charles Age: 69 Date of Death: 25/7/1814 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Poet; Composer Organisation:
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Notes: Many of Dibdin's sea songs were adopted by the Royal Navy, and he was encouraged to write and perform them in the late 18th and early 19th centuries to bolster national pride during the wars with France. His 'Tom Bowling' comprises the 4th movement of Sir Henry Wood's "Fantasia on British Sea Songs", which has been a traditional part of the last night of the proms.
Wall tablet in St Margaret’s Church, Barking, Essex, commemorating Joshua Banaster d. 1734
Location
St Margaret's Church, Barking, Essex, England
Transcript
'Near this place lies Interred the Body of / CAPTAIN JOSHUA BANASTER / who was born in this Parish and brought / up to the sea service from his Infancy / and in several Engagements, both in / KING WILLIAM and QUEEN ANN'S Warrs / behaved with Great Conduct & Bravery / which recommended him to the favour / of his Royal Highness George Prince of / Denmark, Lord High Admiral of Great / Britain. / He commanded his Majesty's yatch the / Charlott 13 years, and dyed the 28th / March 1738 aged 63 years. / He gave £50 in his life time to repair ye / School House and £50 to the Poor / of the said Parish at the time of his Decease / to whom he had always been a generous / Benefactor.' [Floor slab] 'Lyeth the body of Captain Joshu Banaster who departed this life 28th March 1738 aged 63. Also the body of Pricilla Vere sister of above who departed this life on 12th day of February 1748'
Details
Description: Within a broken pediment, naval trophies and an urn in relief, with a weeping cherub on either side. A winged skull on the base. Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble, grey and white marble, granite Vessel: HMY Charlotte
People
Banaster, Josh Age: 63 Date of Death: 28/3/1734 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Gravestone in Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Henry Cook, missionary d.1911
Location
Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'HENRY JOHN COOK, missionary of the North Beach Bethel and leader of Open Air Services for 38 years in the town and neighbourhood in connection with the Lowestoft Sailor's Bethel. Went home to God whilst conducting the morning service of the North Beach Bethel, East Street, May 28 1911 aged 60'.
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Plot 17
People
Cook, Henry John Age: 60 Date of Death: 28/5/1911 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Clergyman Organisation: Unknown
Gravestone at Golspie New Cemetery commemorating Donald Gunn Pendrith d. 1867, Surgeon RN
Location
Golspie New Cemetery, Golspie, Highland, Scotland
Transcript
'Alexander Pendrith, died 14 May 1855, age 70; wife Ann Gunn, died 9 May 1867, age 71; children, Reverend John Pendrith, died 1 Jul 1853, age 26; Alexander Pendrith, died 14 Aug 1844, age 12; Donald Gunn Pendrith, Royal Navy surgeon and medical store keeper, Royal Naval Hospital, Port Royal, Jamaica, died there 1 Nov 1867; Margaret, died 5 Nov 1889, age 65; Helen, died 26 Jul 1903, age 74.'
Details
Type: Gravestone
People
Pendrith, Donald Gunn Age: Date of Death: 1/11/1867 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
