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St Laurence Church, Seale, Surrey, England

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

Extra

Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
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Funzi Island, Mombasa, Kenya, Rest of the World

Memorial at Funzi Island, Mombasa, Kenya commemorating George Redman, RN, d. 1887

Location

Funzi Island, Mombasa, Kenya, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘Sacred / to the Memory of / G.H. Redman A.B. / H.M.S. Reindeer / Age 30 years / Drowned at Dry Gap 1st July / 1887 / Not dead but sleepeth'

Details

Description: Cross on a stepped plinth.
Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Reindeer

People

Redman, George H.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 1/7/1887
Cause of Death: Martime accident
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Drowned off Pemba. Five burials on Funzi Island are of Royal Navy and Royal Marine personnel. Redman’s grave is now in the House of Wonders Museum, Stone Town, Zanzibar.


Bibliography: Kevin Patience 'Zanzibar Revisited', 'The Review: Journal of the Naval Historical Collectors Research Association' (Winter 1999, pp. 6-7).
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Holy Rood Church, Southampton, England

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:

Extra

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.
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Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

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:

Extra

Recorder: David J. Wickham
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Golspie New Cemetery, Golspie, Highland, Scotland

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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Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Road, London, England

Chest-tomb in Brompton Cemetery commemorating Captain John Debenham RN  d. 1847

Location

Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Road, London, England

Transcript

'In Memory of CAPTAIN JOHN DEBENHAM.RN / BORN NOVR 12 1772 AT BOLTON CASTLE YORKS. DIED JUNE 15 1847. A / GOOD CHRISTIAN FRIEND AND FATHER. HE ENTERED THE ROYAL NAVY / 1789.WAS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN ALL THE NAVAL AND MILITARY OPERATIONS OF / THAT TIME TO 1814. PARTICULARLY ON 29 MAY & 1ST JUNE WITH LORD HOWE / 1794. LORD BRIDPORTS RENCONTRE OFF L'ORIENT. THE CAPTURE OF TRINI / DAD. THE CHANNEL FLEET. CORUNNA & WALCHAREN. LASTLY AT THE PASSAGE OF THE BAR OF BAYONNE WHERE HE SUCCEEDED FIRST IN PASSING / THE BARS THEN IN LANDING THE TROOPS. IN THIS SERVICE HE / SAVED MANY LIVES FOR WHICH HE RECEIVED THE PERSONAL THANKS / OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON & ALL THE MILITARY COMMANDERS THERE / ASSEMBLED & WAS HONOURABLY GAZETTED FOR HIS BRAVERY AND / EXERTIONS AT THAT PLACE'

Details

Description: Chest-tomb with carving of a dismasted warship on top.


Type: Chest-tomb

Event

Glorious First of June

Event Date

1794

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Debenham, John
Age: 72
Date of Death: 15/6/1847
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Photographer: Arthur Debenham (1845-1936)
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All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, England

Memorial at All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, commemorating G. R. Versey d. 1946

Location

All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, England

Details

Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Prague

People

Versey, G. R.
Age: 57
Date of Death: 11/5/1946
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Greaser
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969
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St Thomas's church, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

Ledger in St Thomas’s Church, Salisbury commemorating Rear-Admiral John Stanhope, d. 1800

Location

St Thomas's church, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

Transcript

'Under this stone / Are deposited the Remains / of JOHN STANHOPE Esq / of Wilkham / in the County of SOUTHAMPTON / REAR ADMIRAL of the RED / In his Majesty's Navy / in which service / he has been honourably engaged / for more than 45 years / He came to this city on his / way to Bath for the Recovery / of his declining Health
/ the 30th day of November 1800 / when his illness rapidly increasing he, on the Day following / here departed this Life / in the 56th year of his age'

Details

Description: 1.9m high x 0.97m wide.
Type: Ledger
Position: Wall south porch

People

Stanhope, John
Age: 55
Date of Death: 1/12/1800
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral of the Red
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Removed from S choir. In poor condition. 1.9m high x 0.97m wide.
Bibliography: Edward Bellasis 'Monumental Inscriptions within the church of St Thomas'.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
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St Mary's Church, Willesden, London, England

Tomb at St Mary’s Church, Willesden commemorating Lieutenant William Finch RN d. 1827

Location

St Mary's Church, Willesden, London, England

Transcript

'..Lieut W Finch, 5th Son of the above [Joseph Finch] died February 7th 1827 in his 43rd year'

Details

Type: Chest-tomb
Position: Churchyard

People

Finch, William
Age: 42
Date of Death: 7/2/1827
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: See will PROB 11/1721.
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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Henham, Essex, England

Memorial in Church of St Mary the Virgin, Henham, Essex commemorating Sub-Lieutenant Robert Napier d. 1945

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Henham, Essex, England

Transcript

'Robert David Napier, Sub Lieutenant (A) RNR killed on active service in the Pacific 25 May 1945 aged 21 yrs. Beloved and only child of Henry A M Napier and his wife Sydney, BACONS FARM, Henham'

Details

People

Napier, Robert David
Age:
Date of Death: 25/5/1945
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Sub Lieutenant RNR
Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969
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