Gravestone at St Ishmael”s Church, Dale, Pembrokeshire commemorating Captain Hugh Williams d. 1777
Location
St Ishmael's Church, Dale, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Transcript
'Here lieth the Body of Captain Hugh Williams who [with?] ready faith & firm reliance on the Promised Land bore up with fortitude agaist the tryalls of this life and attained in the fifty fourth year of his age the promised land, Jan 11th Anno Domini 1777'
Details
Description: Carved with an anchor. Type: Gravestone
People
Williams, Hugh Age: 53 Date of Death: 11/1/1777 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
Wall tablet in Westminster Abbey commemorating Rear-Admiral Sir George Hope RN d. 1818
Location
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / REAR ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE HOPE K.C.B. / ERECTED BY SEVERAL CAPTAINS OF THE ROYAL NAVY / WHO SERVED UNDER HIM AS MIDSHIPMEN'
Details
Description: Inscription panel supported on brackets with lions heads, trophies above. Type: Wall tablet Position: North west tower Materials: Marble Artists: Peter Turnerelli Vessel: HMS 'Defence'
People
Hope, George Age: 50 Date of Death: 2/5/1818 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Rear Admiral of the White Bibliography: Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964).
Wall tablet in Bath Abbey, Bath, commemorating William Oliver d. 1716
Location
Bath Abbey, Bath, England
Transcript
'In Memory of / WILLIAM OLIVER MD FRS / He was descended from the / Family of TREVARNOE in the County of Cornwall / while he was prosecuting ye Study of Physick in Foreign Universities / The Miseries of his Country call'd for a Deliverer. / He was ambitious of contributing his Mite to so great a Work. / He came into England an Officer in King William's Army in 1688 / He was appointed Physician to the Fleet in 1693 / And continued in that Station till the Year 1702. / He was appointed Physician to the Hospital for / Sick and Wounded Seamen at Chatham 1709: / And in the Year 1714 / He had ye pleasure to have his Old Fellow Sailors committed to his Care / He being then appointed Physician to the Royal Hospital at Greenwich / In which honourable Employment he died a Batchelor. / April 4th 1716; His Love to this City, where he practised Physic many Years / Appears in his Writings.'
Details
Description: Simple rectangular tablet, surmounted by a quill or a feather Type: Wall tablet Position: Aisle wall Materials: Marble
People
Oliver, William Age: Date of Death: 4/4/1716 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Naval physician Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich
Extra
Bibliography: W. P. Courtney, ‘Oliver, William (bap. 1658, d. 1716)’, rev. S. Glaser, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/20735, accessed 7 June 2017]
Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Albert Victor Bourne d. 1904
Location
Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England
Transcript
'Sacred / to the memory of / ALBERT VICTOR BOURNE / Gunner R.M.S. / H.M.S. Victorious / who died October 26th 1904 / aged 22 years / Erected as a mark / of respect by the ship's / company'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Church of England (old) 312 Artists: J. Reforne Stone Vessel: HMS Victorious
People
Bourne, Albert Victor Age: 22 Date of Death: 26/10/1904 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Gunner RMA Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery
Wall tablet in Landewednack, Cornwall dedicated to Richard Saunders d. 1845
Location
St Wynwallow Church, Landewednack, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'To the memory of RICHARD SAUNDERS, / fourth son of Joseph and Elizabeth Saunders of this parish / who died at Penang, East Indies October 4th 1845,aged 40 / For many years an officer in the E.I. service, / and subsequently Commander of several East Indiamen / Latterly a member of the firm of / Messrs. Saunders, May and Co. Merchants of Calcutta. / Thro` life he maintained a course of inflexible virtue / integrity and honorable exertion / as husband, father, son, brother and friend / tender, dutiful and affectionate. / He lived a Christian, and he died a saint. / "Them that sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him" / Also of MARY ALEXANDRINA, the beloved child of / Richard Saunders and Charlotte, his wife, / who died on board the Dido off Penang July15th 1843 / aged 10 months 22 days. / "Of such is the kingdom of heaven"'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: Interior Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Miranda
Event
Crimea War
Event Date
1853-1856
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
People
Saunders, Richard Age: 40 Date of Death: 4/10/1845 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commander Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Headstone at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Holy Island commemorating Captain Edward Grey RN d. 1825
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Holy Island, Northumberland, England
Transcript
'In memory of William Grey who died March 8th 1804 aged 81 years. Margaret Grey, his wife, died July 23rd 1816 , aged 92 years. Also George Grey, son of the above, who died October 24th 1825, aged 77 years. Also Edward Grey, Captain in the Royal Navy, who died November 1st 1825, aged 70 years.'
