Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating John Webb RM d. 1896
Location
Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales
Transcript
'In loving memory of / John Webb / who sailed in the first expedition / in search of the late Sir John Franklin / and received the Arctic medal 1818-1855 / Who died May 12th 1896 / Aged 78 years / We have to mourn the loss of one / we did our best to save / Beloved on earth, regretted, gone / Remembered in the grave.'
Details
Description: Headstone. Type: Gravestone
People
Webb, John Age: 78 Date of Death: 12/5/1896 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private Organisation: Royal Marines
Extra
Notes: Medal group sold 22 June 1999 Dix Noonan Webb Recorder: David J. Wickham
Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Malone d. 1926
Location
Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England
Transcript
[Tier 1, North Side] 'ALSO / IN LOVING MEMORY/OF [Tier 2] 'Lt COLONEL ANTHONY MALONE. / R.M.L.I. / WHO DIED 13TH NOVEMBER 1926 / AGED 89' [Tier 3] 'SON OF THE LATE / Lt EDMUND MALONE R.N. / OF CARTRONS WESTMEATH IRELAND / THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD'
Details
Description: Three tiered pedestal and curbed grave. Type: Cross Position: Section 149 Materials: Stone
People
Malone, Anthony Age: 89 Date of Death: 13/11/1926 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Colonel Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Memorial at Huangpu, Guangdong, China commemorating Lieutenant William Warre HEIC d. 1781
Location
Huangpu, Guangdong, China, Rest of the World
Details
Vessel: HEIC Peneborne
People
Warre, William Age: Date of Death: 18/9/1781 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant HEIC Organisation: Honourable East India Company
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Notes: Lieutenant of the Bengal Establishment ship 'Peneborne' Indiaman. Bibliography: 'Chowkidar' vol.4, no. 2, p.19 (Oct 1985).
Tomb with effigy at St Thomas’s Church, Cricket St Thomas commemorating Nelson’s brother the Reverend William Earl Nelson, Duke of Bronte d. 1835 formerly a naval chaplain
Location
St Thomas's Church, Cricket St Thomas, Somerset, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE / REVEREND WILLIAM EARL NELSON DUKE OF BRONTE / WHO WAS BORN THE 26TH [?] APRIL 1747 AND DIED 28TH FEBRUARY 1835 / HIS REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL / BY THE SIDE OF HIS GALLANT BROTHER HORATIO VISCOUNT NELSON / ALSO SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF HORATIO NELSON / SON OF SAMUEL LORD BRIDPORT AND OF CHARLOTTE HIS WIFE / WHO WAS BORN JULY 25TH 1822 AND DIED 19TH JAN 1826 / AND OF HIS BROTHER HORATIO NELSON / WHO WAS BORN APRIL 27TH 1826 AND DIED 19TH JANUARY 1832 / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY CHARLOTTE MARY LADY BRIDPORT / AS A TOKEN OF AFFECTION AND GRATITUDE TO HER FATHER / AND OF TENDER LOVE AND RESPECT FOR HER TWO CHILDREN'
Details
Description: Reclining effigy in clergyman's robes, two children and angel in relief above. Type: Effigy Position: Crypt Materials: Marble
People
Nelson, William Age: Date of Death: 28/2/1835 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Chaplain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Tower at Portesham, Dorset, commemorating Vice-Admiral Thomas Hardy d. 1839
Location
Portesham, Dorset, England
Details
Description: Octagonal tower Type: Tower Date Erected: 1844 Artists: Arthur Henry Dyke Troyte
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Hardy, Thomas Masterman Age: 70 Date of Death: 20/9/1839 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Erected by public subscription in 1844. Bibliography: 'The Builder' vol ii (1844) p. 553; 'An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset' vol. ii, part 2 (London, 1970) p. 242.
Memorial Ledger at St Mura’s Church, Fahan, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, commemorating Horatio Nelson, Midshipman, RN d. 1811
Location
St Mura's Church, Fahan, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland
Transcript
'In memory of / HORATIO NELSON / late Midshipman of H.M.S. Endymion / an amiable youth / who breathed his last at Fahan House / in the 18th year of his age. / Could friendship have prolonged his days / he had lived. Born at Burnham Thorpe in the County of Norfolk. / Died November 17th 1811. / Nomenq. erit indelebile nostris
Details
Type: Ledger Position: Graveyard Vessel: HMS Endymion
People
Nelson, Thomas Horatio Age: 18 Date of Death: 17/11/1811 Cause of Death: Unknown illness Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Latin motto-Ovid 'Metamorphoses' xv, 875. ‘My name shall never be forgotten.’ Gravestone erected by Captain Sir William Bolton. Fahan House, Fahan, was the home of Captain Sir William Bolton.
Memorial in St Endellion, Cornwall commemorating Matthew Trevan d. 1885
Location
St Endellieta's Church, St Endellion, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / FREDERICK TREVAN / OF PORT ISAAC / BORN FEBy. 24th 1803 / DIED FEBy 22nd 1885 / AND / ELIZABETH MOON / WIFE OF / FREDERICK TREVAN / BORN JUNE 24th 1813 / DIED NOV. 18th 1884 / ALSO / MATTHEW TREVAN / STAFF SURGEON ROYAL NAVY / ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE / BORN DEC. 21st 1841 / DIED NOVR 19th 1889'
Details
People
Trevan, Matthew Age: 48 Date of Death: 19/11/1889 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Staff Surgeon RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Plaque in St Nicholas Church, Bristol dedicated to the officers and crew of the SS ‘Massasoit’ lost 1896
Location
St Nicholas Church, Bristol, England
Transcript
'Spes Super Sydera. / In memory of the / Captain Officers and Crew / of the SS Massasoit / which foundered at sea / during the month of March 1896 / while on a voyage from the United States to England / This memorial / is erected by their sorrowful widows / orphans and dependent relatives / Charles A. Murray Master / Daniel B. Scott 1st Mate / James G. Sullivan 2nd Mate / John G. Peters 1st Engineer / James Thomson 2nd Engineer / Alexander Frank 3rd Engineer / James Carle Boatswain / Carl Ostergen Carpenter / Maurice Callaghan Steward / William Campbell Cook / William Chamberlain Donkeyman / Frederick Sully Able Seaman / James Woods Able Seaman / Charles Erlandson Able Seaman / George Bentley Able Seaman / William A. Saunders R.N.R. Able Seaman / Denis Arcade Able Seaman / John Sage Able Seaman / Henry J. Pillinger Fireman / John R. McMullin R.N.R. Fireman / John Leahy Fireman / William Peaple Fireman / Frederick Crews Fireman / Henry Williams Fireman / William Jones Fireman / Frank Woodrow Asst. Stewd. / Resting until that great day when the sea shall give up her dead'
Details
Type: Plaque Position: Staircase Materials: Brass Vessel: SS Massasoit
People
Arcade, Denis Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: bentley, George Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Callaghan, Maurice Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Steward Organisation: Campbell, William Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Cook Organisation: Carle, James Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Boatswain Organisation: Chamberlain, William Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Donkeyman Organisation: Crews, Frederick Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Erlandson, Charles Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Frank, Alexander Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: 3rd Engineer Organisation: Jones, William Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Leahy, John Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: McMullin, John R. Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve Murray, Charles A. Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Ostergen, Carl Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Carpenter Organisation: Peaple, William Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Peters, John G. Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: 1st Engineer Organisation: Pillinger, Henry J. Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Sage, John Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Saunders, William A. Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve Scott, Daniel B. Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: 1st Mate Organisation: Sulley, Frederick Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Sullivan, James G. Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: 2nd Mate Organisation: Thomson, James Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: 2nd Engineer Organisation: Williams, Henry Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Woodrow, Frank Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Steward Organisation: Woods, James Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation:
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Notes: Removed to St Nicholas from The Missions to Seamen Institute in 1981. Bibliography: Josephine Teague 'The Missions to Seamen Church and Institute Bristol'.
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
