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St Leonard's Church, Bursledon, Hampshire, England

Wall tablet in St Leonard’s Church, Bursledon, Hampshire, dedicated to George Parsons d. 1812, shipbuilder

Location

St Leonard's Church, Bursledon, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF / GEORGE PARSONS, / WHO DIED 16TH. APRIL 1812, AGED 82 YEARS, / AND WHOSE MORTAL REMAINS / WERE BURIED IN THE FAMILY VAULT / ON THE / NORTH SIDE OF THE CHURCHYARD. / HE WAS THE BUILDER / OF MANY SHIPS FOR THE ROYAL NAVY, / INCLUDING H.M.S. ELEPHANT, 74 GUNS, / LAUNCHED FROM HIS YARD AT / BURSLEDON ON 24TH. AUGUST 1786 / AND FIFTEEN YEARS LATER / THE FLAGSHIP OF LORD NELSON / AT THE BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN'

Details

Description: Carved ship above inscription.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Nave
Materials: Grey marble
Date Erected: 1920
Artists: Garret & Mason
Vessel: HMS Elephant

People

Parsons, George
Age: 82
Date of Death: 16/4/1812
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipbuilder
Organisation:

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Bibliography: P. Clissold 'Ships and Monuments in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 58, p. 210 (Greenwich, 1972).
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 1987
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St Peter's Church, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Memorial in Port Royal, Jamaica commemorating Horace Bayfield RN d. 1819

Location

St Peter's Church, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Horace BAYFIELD Esq. of H.M.S. 'Confidence', died 23rd Decr.,1819 at Port Royal, Jamaica of the fever of the country. Erected by his mother, brother and sister'

Details

Vessel: HMS Confidence

People

Bayfield, Horace
Age:
Date of Death: 23/12/1819
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875).
Recorder: Christine Thomas
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St Luke's Church, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

Tablet in St Luke’s Church, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire dedicated to Rear-Admiral Thomas Watkins d. 1870

Location

St Luke's Church, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

Transcript

'To the glory of God and in memory of / Rear Admiral Thomas Vernon Watkins R.N. / third son of the Rev. William Watkins of Court Coleman / Glamorganshire and Rector of Port Eynon in that county, / who died at Cheltenham March 5th 1870 after 40 years of / active and distinguished service to his country. / Also of Georgiana Elizabeth widow of the above, and only / surviving daughter of Thomas Morgan, Esq. of Llangodoch, / Carmarthenshire who fell asleep at Cheltenham Sept 27th 1901 / leaving behind her the memory of a tender mother's unfailing love, / this tablet is erected by her only child. / Give them eternal life'

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: South aisle
Materials: Marble

People

Watkins, Thomas Vernon
Age:
Date of Death: 5/3/1870
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

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All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, England

Memorial in All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, commemorating Edwin H.F. Lawrence d. 1953

Location

All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, England

Transcript

'Captain Edwin H.F. Lawrence (Lawrie) / Master of S.S. Dewsbury / who passed into the fuller life on 26 February 1953, aged 56 years'

Details

Position: Churchyard
Artists: Wolfe
Vessel: SS Dewsbury

People

Lawrence, Edwin H. F.
Age: 56
Date of Death: 26/2/1953
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

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Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969
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Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, England

Memorial in the Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, commemorating William James Lee d. 1857

Location

Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'William James Lee Seaman / who died Oct 11th 1857 / aged 20'

Details

People

Lee, William James
Age: 20
Date of Death: 11/10/1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:

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Greyfriars churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland

Wall tablet in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh commemorating Lieutenant John Russell RN d. 1843

Location

Greyfriars churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland

Transcript

'THE BURYING GROUND OF JOHN RUSSELL CLERK TO THE SIGNET' [left hand panel] 'TO THE MEMORY OF / JOHN RUSSELL / LIEUTENANT ROYAL NAVY / SON OF / JOHN RUSSELL ESQ. C.S. / AND PRINCIPAL CLERK OF SESSION / BORN 19TH MARCH 1811 / DIED AT MALTA 29TH JANUARY 1843 / WILLIAM ROBERTSON RUSSELL / FOURTH SON OF / JOHN RUSSELL ESQ. C.S. / AND PRINCIPAL CLERK OF SESSION / BORN 18TH OCTOBER 1817 / DIED 11TH MAY 1857'

Details

Description: Three inscribed panels.


Type: Wall tablet
Position: West yard extension

People

Russell, John
Age:
Date of Death: 29/1/1843
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Notes: DOSSIER
Recorder: John Steele 1988
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Upper Barrakka Gardens, Valletta, Malta, Rest of the World

Memorial in Valletta, Malta commemorating Admiral Sir Henry Hotham d. 1833

Location

Upper Barrakka Gardens, Valletta, Malta, Rest of the World

Transcript

'SIR HENRY HOTHAM / BY THE OFFICERS OF HIS FLEET / MDCCCXXXIII'

Details

Description: Square cippus on black marble base, relief on front of action between HMS 'Northumberland' and French frigates 'Arienne', 'Andromaque' and 18 gun brig 'Mamelouk', bust of Hotham on top.
Type: Monument
Materials: Carrara marble
Artists: Fernando Dimech, J Biliosky
Vessel: HMS Northumberland

People

Hotham, Henry
Age: 56
Date of Death: 19/4/1833
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the Red
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Notes: DOSSIER. Buried Msida Bastion Cemetery, grave 250, zone C. £600-00 raised by the officers of the fleet to erect the monument. Robert William Sconce designed and modelled the relief? Carved in marble in Rome. Monument removed from its original location to present position prior to 1861.
Bibliography: Albert Ganado 'Hotham's Monument at Upper Barracca', 'Sunday Times' (Feb 1986); Sarah Susanna Bunbury 'Life and Letters of Robert William Sconce' (London, 1861).
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Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, England

Memorial in Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex commemorating George Bell d. 1882

Location

Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN GEORGE BELL / WHO WAS DROWNED AT SEA / 22nd JULY 1882 / AGED 43 YEARS / ALSO OF FANNY / WIFE OF THE ABOVE / WHO FELL ASLEEP / 31st JANUARY 1905 / AGED 67 YEARS. IN MY FATHERS HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS'

Details

Materials: White marble

People

Bell, George
Age: 43
Date of Death: 22/7/1882
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

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Recorder: M. E. Manton
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St Nicholas' Church, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England

Wall tablet in St Nicholas’ Church, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, commemorating Captain Jellicoe Turner RN of Rochester, Kent, d. 1844

Location

St Nicholas' Church, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England

Transcript

'WITHIN A VAULT IN THIS AISLE / ARE DEPOSITED THE MORTAL REMAINS OF / GEORGIANA ELIZABETH TURNER / WIFE OF LIEUTENANT JELLICOE TURNER, OF THE ROYAL NAVY, / DAUGHTER OF THE LATE REVD CHARLES WALKER / RECTOR OF COSGROVE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE / AND GRAND DAUGHTER OF THE REVD DOCTOR JOHN WALKER / DEAN OF BOCKING IN ESSEX / SHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 9TH OF DECEMBER 1832, / AGED SIXTY YEARS. / ALSO OF / CAPTAIN JELLICOE TURNER, R.N. / HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE, AND FOURTH SON OF THE LATE / CHARLES TURNER, ESQUIRE, / OF MOUNTHILL HOUSE, ROCHESTER, KENT, WHO DEPARTED / THIS LIFE ON THE 4TH OF JUNE 1844 AGED 59 YEARS.'

Details

Description: In shape of sarcophagus with acroteria, supported on lion's paw feet, a draped urn above. The inscription tablet is flanked by fluted pilasters. The whole is supported on a plinth with guilloche decoration, brackets below carved with acanthus leaves. The arms of Turner impaling Walker are carved on the apron with palm branches in place of supporters.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North aisle west north wall
Materials: Marble

People

Turner, Jellicoe
Age: 59
Date of Death: 4/6/1844
Cause of Death: Unknown / None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
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St James's Church, Clanfield, Hampshire, England

Wall tablet in St James’s Church, Clanfield, Hampshire, dedicated to Admiral Charles Napier d. 1860

Location

St James's Church, Clanfield, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Admiral Sir Charles Napier MP KCB. Born 6th March 1786, died 6th November 1860. Then shall the dust return to the earth even as it was and the spirit shall return unto God who made it'

Details

Description: Carved with cross and foul anchor.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North wall nave
Materials: White marble

People

Napier, Charles
Age: 74
Date of Death: 6/11/1860
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1990
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