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

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating A.K. Buck d. 1899

Location

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

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of A.K. Buck of the P & O Steamer 'Arabic', who died at Hong Kong July 25th 1899'

Details

Description: Headstone with carved borders, a cross in relief above the inscription.
Type: Headstone
Vessel: SS Arabic

People

Buck, A. K.
Age:
Date of Death: 25/7/1899
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: P & O Line

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas, Flat D4, 111 Mt Butler Road, Hong Kong

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  "location": "Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of A.K. Buck of the P & O Steamer 'Arabic', who died at Hong Kong July 25th 1899'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating A.K. Buck d. 1899</p>",
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St Saviour's Church, Westcliffe on Sea, Essex, England

Window in St Saviour’s Church, Westcliffe on Sea, Essex, dedicated to Clarence F. G. W. Copeland d. 1943

Location

St Saviour's Church, Westcliffe on Sea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Clarence F G W Copeland RN who died on active service 19th March 1943 aged 27 and his cousin Douglas William Robinson RAF K.I.A. 6 May 1941 aged 23'

Details

Type: Window
Position: Side chapel
Vessel: HMS Hereward

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Copeland, Clarence Frederick George Wire
Age: 27
Date of Death: 19/3/1943
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Canteen manager
Organisation: Navy Army and Air Force Institute

Extra

Recorder: Rev. William Henry Donnan 1969

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  "location": "St Saviour's Church, Westcliffe on Sea, Essex, England",
  "transcript": "'Clarence F G W Copeland RN who died on active service 19th March 1943 aged 27 and his cousin Douglas William Robinson RAF K.I.A. 6 May 1941 aged 23'",
  "content": "<p>Window in St Saviour’s Church, Westcliffe on Sea, Essex, dedicated to Clarence F. G. W. Copeland d. 1943</p>",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
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    "notes": "",
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    "recorder": "Rev. William Henry Donnan 1969",
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New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Memorial at New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica commemorating Thomas Gibson died 1846?

Location

New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Thomas GIBSON [?] of Liverpool, England, Commander of the Ship 'Jamaica', belonging to that Port, who died in this city on the 25th day of October 1846 [?] aged 41 years...Erected by his widow...'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: Jamaica

People

Gibson, Thomas
Age: 41
Date of Death: 25/10/1846
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London 1875).

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  "location": "New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'Thomas GIBSON [?] of Liverpool, England, Commander of the Ship 'Jamaica', belonging to that Port, who died in this city on the 25th day of October 1846 [?] aged 41 years...Erected by his widow...'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica commemorating Thomas Gibson died 1846?</p>",
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  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
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    "event":"",
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    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London 1875).",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Needham's Point Military Cemetery, Barbados, Rest of the World

Memorial at Needham’s Point Military Cemetery, Barbados commemorating John L. Parrett RN d. 1900

Location

Needham's Point Military Cemetery, Barbados, Rest of the World

Transcript

'John L. Parrett A.B. Died 8 July 1900 age 22 years'

Details

Vessel: HMS Prosepine

People

Parrett, John Locke
Age: 22
Date of Death: 8/7/1900
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Born 19 October 1878 at Liverpool. Died of typhoid fever. ADM 188/296/178923
Recorder: C. Flintham

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  "id": "M1233",
  "location": "Needham's Point Military Cemetery, Barbados, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'John L. Parrett A.B. Died 8 July 1900 age 22 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Needham’s Point Military Cemetery, Barbados commemorating John L. Parrett RN d. 1900</p>",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "notes": "Born 19 October 1878 at Liverpool. Died of typhoid fever. ADM 188/296/178923",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "C. Flintham",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Memorial formerly at Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating the Reverend David Lloyd d. 1845

Location

Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of / the Reverend David Lloyd / Chaplain of this Hospital / who died on the 5th September 1845 / aged 72 years / also of Amelia Lloyd his widow who / died on the 18th September 1845 [?] aged 90 years'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Mausoleum (interior south wall)

People

Lloyd, David
Age: 72
Date of Death: 5/9/1845
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Chaplain
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich

Extra

Notes: Destroyed in 1939-45 War, transcription in PRO. Greenwich Hospital memorial inscription 99618.

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  "location": "Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of / the Reverend David Lloyd / Chaplain of this Hospital / who died on the 5th September 1845 / aged 72 years / also of Amelia Lloyd his widow who / died on the 18th September 1845 [?] aged 90 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial formerly at Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating the Reverend David Lloyd d. 1845</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
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  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Destroyed in 1939-45 War, transcription in PRO. Greenwich Hospital memorial inscription 99618.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery commemorating William Henry Bowen d. 1876

Location

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Transcript

'IN / LOVING MEMORY OF / WILLIAM HENRY BOWEN, / COMMANDER DURING THE CRIMEAN WAR, / OF THE S.S. HOPE / WHO IN ZEALOUS PERFORMANCE OF [HIS] / DUTY AND IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY / WAS STRUCK DOWN BY FATIGUE AND EXPOSURE. / IN THE PRIME OF HIS LIFE. AND AFTER 20 YEARS OF PAIN PATIENTLY BORNE / DIED APRIL 20 1876 AGED 52.'

Details

Description: Lead lettering.
Type: Base of cross [now missing]
Materials: Stone
Vessel: SS Hope

Event

Crimea War

Event Date

1853-1856

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Bowen, William Henry
Age: 52
Date of Death: 20/04/1876
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh

JSON

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  "id": "M5717",
  "location": "Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England",
  "transcript": "'IN / LOVING MEMORY OF / WILLIAM HENRY BOWEN, / COMMANDER DURING THE CRIMEAN WAR, / OF THE S.S. HOPE / WHO IN ZEALOUS PERFORMANCE OF [HIS] / DUTY AND IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY / WAS STRUCK DOWN BY FATIGUE AND EXPOSURE. / IN THE PRIME OF HIS LIFE. AND AFTER 20 YEARS OF PAIN PATIENTLY BORNE / DIED APRIL 20 1876 AGED 52.'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery commemorating William Henry Bowen d. 1876</p>",
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  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Lead lettering.",
    "type": "Base of cross [now missing]",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "Stone",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "SS Hope"  },
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    "event":"Crimea War",
    "date": "1853-1856",
    "category": "19th century conflicts in Asia"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Bowen, William Henry","age":"52","dateofdeath":"20/04/1876","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Master","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, China commemorating Captain Nicholas Vansittart RN d. 1859

Location

Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, China, Rest of the World

Details

Position: Narthex
Vessel: HMS Magicienne

People

Vansittart, Nicholas
Age:
Date of Death: 17/7/1859
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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  "id": "M3867",
  "location": "Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, China, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, China commemorating Captain Nicholas Vansittart RN d. 1859</p>",
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    "description": "",
    "type": "",
    "position": "Narthex",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Magicienne"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, England

Wall tablet in the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk commemorating Admiral of the White, Sir William Rowley RN d. 1768 and Vice Admiral of the White, Sir Joshua Rowley RN d. 1790

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, England

Transcript

‘SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / SIR WILLIAM ROWLEY, K.B. / ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE; / WHO DIED THE 1ST OF JANUARY, 1768, / AGED 79 YEARS. / ALSO OF / SIR JOSHUA ROWLEY, BART. / VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE; / WHO DIED THE 26TH OF FEBRUARY 1790 / AGED 59 YEARS. / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY SIR WILLIAM ROWLEY, BART. / SON AND GRAND-SON, / TO COMMEMORATE HIS AFFECTION WHILST LIVING, / AND PERPETUATE THEIR MEMORY WHEN DEAD.'

Details

Description: Two Rowley coats of arms carved on a rectanglar panel above the inscription. This has a rectangular pediment, with anthemion acroteria. A flaming lamp is placed above, flanked with an ensign and pennants and an anchor and compass.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Wall of south chancel
Materials: White and grey marble
Date Erected: 1813
Artists: John Bacon, the younger

People

Rowley, William
Age: 79
Date of Death: 1/1/1768
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy
Rowley, Joshua
Age: 59
Date of Death: 26/2/1790
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Captain M.T. Morton 1984

JSON

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  "id": "M4272",
  "location": "Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, England",
  "transcript": "‘SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / SIR WILLIAM ROWLEY, K.B. / ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE; / WHO DIED THE 1ST OF JANUARY, 1768, / AGED 79 YEARS. / ALSO OF / SIR JOSHUA ROWLEY, BART. / VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE; / WHO DIED THE 26TH OF FEBRUARY 1790 / AGED 59 YEARS. / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY SIR WILLIAM ROWLEY, BART. / SON AND GRAND-SON, / TO COMMEMORATE HIS AFFECTION WHILST LIVING, / AND PERPETUATE THEIR MEMORY WHEN DEAD.'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet in the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk commemorating Admiral of the White, Sir William Rowley RN  d. 1768 and Vice Admiral of the White, Sir Joshua Rowley RN d. 1790</p>",
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    "description": "Two Rowley coats of arms carved on a rectanglar panel above the inscription. This has a rectangular pediment, with anthemion acroteria. A flaming lamp is placed above, flanked with an ensign and pennants and an anchor and compass.",
    "type": "Wall tablet",
    "position": "Wall of south chancel",
    "materials": "White and grey marble",
    "dateErected": "1813",
    "artists": "John Bacon, the younger",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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Scropton, Derbyshire, England

Memorial dedicated to Admiral Sir Arthur Cuming d. 1893 in Scropton, Derbyshire.

Location

Scropton, Derbyshire, England

Details

Type: Window

People

Cumming, Arthur
Age:
Date of Death: 1893
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Admiral Sir Arthur Cuming 1817-1893.

In his early career, Admiral Cuming boarded and liberated slaves from a Portuguese ship.

Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996), p. 108.

JSON

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  "id": "M3845",
  "location": "Scropton, Derbyshire, England",
  "transcript": "",
  "content": "<p>Memorial dedicated to Admiral Sir Arthur Cuming d. 1893 in Scropton, Derbyshire.</p>",
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    "event":"",
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    "notes": "Admiral Sir Arthur Cuming 1817-1893.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nIn his early career, Admiral Cuming boarded and liberated slaves from a Portuguese ship.<br />\r\n<br />",
    "bibliography": "David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996), p. 108.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Andrew John Wilson d. 1898

Location

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

Transcript

'In loving memory of Andrew John WILSON 2nd Officer S.S. 'Phra Chom Klao' who died of fever on the voyage Bankok to Hong Kong 12 July 1898 aged 21 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: SS Phra Chom Klao

People

Wilson, Andrew John
Age: 21
Date of Death: 12/6/1898
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: 2nd Officer
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas 1988

JSON

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  "location": "Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'In loving memory of Andrew John WILSON 2nd Officer S.S. 'Phra Chom Klao' who died of fever on the voyage Bankok to Hong Kong 12 July 1898 aged 21 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Andrew John Wilson d. 1898</p>",
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  "details": {
    "description": "",
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    "position": "",
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  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "recorder": "Christine Thomas 1988",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters