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]
Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Fort St George, Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India, commemorating Captain James Watt, RN, d. 1782
Location
St Mary’s Church, Fort St George, Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Capt. James Watt, late Commander of his Majesty's ship 'Sultan'.
Details
Position: Compound, St Mary's Church Vessel: Pearl 32, Sulphur 8, Sultan 74
Event
Battle of Providien, Battle of Negapatam, Battle of Trincomalee
Event Date
1782, 1782
Event Category
1775-1783 American Revolutionary War
People
Watt, James Age: Unknown Date of Death: 13/9/1782 Cause of Death: War Casualty Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Julian James Cotton 'List of Inscriptions on tombs or monuments in Madras possessing historical or archaeological interest' (Madras, 1905) p.27.
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:
Statue on Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth depicting Sir Francis Drake d. 1596
Location
Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth, England
Transcript
'FRANCIS DRAKE SAILED FROM PLYMOUTH ON DECEMBER 13, 1577 TO / BEGIN THE 'FAMOUS VOYAGE' DURING WHICH HE TRAVERSED THE STRAIT / OF MAGELLAN AND DISCOVERED DRAKE PASSAGE SOUTH OF CAPE HORN. / DRAKE THEN SAILED THE GOLDEN HINDE NORTH AND IN JUNE 1579 / LANDED IN CALIFORNIA. hE TOOK POSSESSION OF THAT REGION FOR / QUEEN ELIZABETH NAMING IT NOVA ALBION. HE RETURNED TO PLYMOUTH / SEPTEMBER 26, 1580 HAVING CIRCUMNAVIGATED THE GLOBE. DRAKE / WAS KNIGHTED ABOARD THE GOLDEN HINDE AT DEPTFORD IN THE / PRESENCE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH ON APRIL 4 1581. / THIS PLAQUE WAS PRESENTED AUGUST 5, 1977 BY THE STATE OF / CALIFORNIA SIR FRANCIS DRAKE COMMISSION IN COMMEMORATION OF / THE QUADRICENTENNIAL OF DRAKE'S VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD.'
Details
Description: A full-length bronze figure standing beside a globe on a rectangular, granite plinth. Type: Statue Position: Plymouth Hoe Materials: Bronze, granite plinth Date Erected: 14/2/1884 Artists: Joseph Boehm
People
Drake, Francis Age: Date of Death: 1596 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Copy of the statue at Tavistock, Drake's birthplace (cast from the same mould). It is without the bas-reliefs on the base. The plaster studio model from which the two statues were cast, was discovered outdoors at Haldon Hill, south of Exeter where it had stood outside a tearooms. It was acquired by the National Trust in 2002 and is now at Buckland Abbey. Recorder: B. Tomlinson Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Memorial in the Church of St Martin & St Mary, Chudleigh, Devon commemorating Lieutenant Robert Reid RN d. 1836
Location
Church of St Martin & St Mary, Chudleigh, Devon, England
Transcript
'Sacred / to the memory of / Mrs Maria Isabella Reid / many years resident in this parish / who departed this life / on the 25th day of April 1859 / aged 71 years. / Also of Robert Thomas Reid / her eldest son a Lieut. in the Royal Navy / who died on the 10th day of October 1836 / aged 35 years. / Also Isabella S. Reid died Sept. 12th 1890 Aged 79 years'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: South aisle Materials: White marble with black marble surround
People
Reid, Robert Thomas Age: 35 Date of Death: 10/10/1836 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 1985
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
