Wall memorial in St Paul’s Cathedral, London commemorating Captain George Hardinge d. 1808
Location
St Paul's Cathedral, London, England
Transcript
'TO GEO. N. HARDINGE / CAPT. OF THE S. FIORENZO 36 GUNS 186 MEN / WHO ATTACKED ON THREE SUCCESSIVE DAYS LA PIEDMONTAISE. 50 GUNS 566 MEN, / AND FELL, NEAR CEYLON, IN THE PATH TO / VICTORY / 8. MARCH 1808, AGED 28 YEARS'
Details
Description: A sarcophagus draped with an ensign staff. Below, the inscription is flanked by figures of a mourning Indian and winged Victory. Type: Wall monument Artists: Charles Manning Vessel: HMS San Fiorenzo
People
Hardinge, George Nicholas Age: 28 Date of Death: 8/3/1808 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Buried in Colombo. National monument, voted by Parliament, contract 7/10/1810, value £1, 575. Bibliography: Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London 1964) p. 241.
Gravestone at the Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire commemorating Lockhart Francis Stephens d. 1852
Location
Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'To / the Memory of / EDWARD LEWINGTON / who departed this Life / the 24 Day of May 1824 / in the 56th Year of his age / Also of LOCKHART FRANCIS STEPHENS R.N. / Acting Master of H.M.S. Driver / Second son of DANIEL WELLS / and MARY STEPHENS / and Grandson of the above / who Died on His Passage from / V[alparaiso] to England / April 24th 1852 [?] Aged 24 years'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Materials: Limestone Vessel: HMS Driver
People
Wells, Lockhart Francis Stephens Age: 24 Date of Death: 24/4/1852 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Acting Master Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: DOSSIER. Uncertainty whether date 1832 or 1852. Presumably HMS 'Driver' 1840 as the 1797 HMS 'Driver' a convict ship in 1832. Recorder: Josephine Hallett 1997
Ledger in the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Beddington commemorating Admiral James Piggott d. 1822
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Beddington, Surrey, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY / JAMES PIGOTT / ADMIRAL OF THE R[ED]/DIED SEPTEMBER 26TH [182]2 / AGED 71 YEARS / AND OF SARAH HIS WIDO[W] / DIED JUNE 7TH 184[1] / AGED 74 YEARS'
Details
Type: Ledger Position: Tower by west wall and vestry Materials: Stone
People
Pigott, James Age: 71 Date of Death: 26/9/1822 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Red Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: H.W. Pointer 'Coats of Arms in Surrey churches' p.39. Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 1995
Memorial obelisk at Curds Hall Estate, Fransham, Little Dunham, Norfolk commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson d. 1805
Location
Curds Hall Estate, Fransham, Little Dunham, Norfolk, England
Transcript
[Oval plaque half way up ESE face of obelisk] ‘NELSON / of / the NILE. / TRAFALGAR / Obir 21. of Oct. / 1805 / AEtatis 47’
‘In / Commemoration of / PEACE / JOHN DROSIER Esqr. / Erected this / OBILISK [sic]) / Anno Domini/ MDCCCXIV.'
Details
Type: Obelisk Materials: Limestone, Norfolk Whites brick Date Erected: 1814
Event
Battle of Trafalgar
Event Date
1805
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Nelson, Horatio Age: 47 Date of Death: 5/10/1805 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Vice-Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: When erected the Obelisk was at the WMW end of an avenue of trees which framed the main front view westward from Curds Hall which was demolished at some time between 1935 and 1950. The parkland has now reverted to arable field. Memorial is 1.5 km from the nearest road but is accessible on public footpaths from Great Fransham and Little Dunham. The final 250m to the monument is on a signposted path from the north (not marked on map) along the western side of the field boundary. In Blomfield's 'History of Norfolk' the Curds Hall estate is recorded as being owned by William Nelson of Dunham Parva - this same William Nelson owned other property in both parishes and was the elder brother of Edmund Nelson, Horatio Nelson's grandfather (who was christened in Little Dunham church on 4 Nov 1693). William Nelson died in 1775 and John Drosier appears to have acquired Curds Hall from his estate. Mary Drosier (Drozier) was Nelson’s aunt.
Memorial at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating Henry Simpson, Trinity Pilot, d. 1844
Location
St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England
Transcript
‘IN / MEMORY OF / HENRY SIMPSON / (TRINITY PILOT) / WHO DIED JAN. 29 1844 / AGED 66 YEARS. / ALSO ELIZABETH HIS WIFE / WHO DIED MARCH 17. 1865 / AGED 85 YEARS'
Details
Position: Churchyard
People
Simpson, Henry Age: 66 Date of Death: 29/1/1844 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Trinity Pilot Organisation: Trinity House
Extra
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967 Photographer: Pippa Lacey, 2018
Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating William Selway d. 1897
Location
Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales
Transcript
'In loving memory of / Eliza / dearly loved wife of / William Selway, late of Bristol / and Cardiff, pilot, died at Grangetown / Sept 26th 1897, aged 69 years / Why should we grieve now she is gone / from sickness and from pain / Rather rejoice because our loss / Is her eternal gain / Also the above / William Selway / who died suddenly Nov 1st 1902 / aged 76 years / Forever with the Lord / Also of Frank Selway the dearly / loved eldest son of J.C.& S. Lawson / and grandson of the above / who died Dec 16th 1910 / aged 24 years / Until the day breaks and the shadows / flee away.'
Details
Description: Headstone. Type: Gravestone
People
Selway, William Age: 76 Date of Death: 1/11/1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Pilot Organisation:
Wall tablet in the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Beddington commemorating Patrick Maxwell Shaw Stewart RN d. 1846
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Beddington, Surrey, England
Transcript
'IN THE VAULT BENEATH / LIE THE MORTAL REMAINS OF / PATRICK MAXWELL SHAW STEWART, R.N. / YOUNGEST SON OF CAPT HOUSTON STEWART, R.N.C.B. / HE WAS BORN 9TH AUGUST 1832 AND KILLED JUNE 25TH 1846 / BY THE ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF A FOWLING PIECE, / AT BEDDINGTON PARK / INNOCENT AMIABLE AND WARM HEARTED, / HE WAS LOVED AND LAMENTED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM, / IN LIFE HE NEVER CAUSED HIS FOND PARENTS / TO SHED ONE TEAR OF SORROW, / AND THEY HAVE NOW THE BLESSED CONVICTION / THAT HE IS SAFE IN DEATH'
Details
Description: Carved with flowers in the corners, a roundel at the top with a crown and anchor. Type: Wall tablet Position: Carew Chapel west wall Materials: White marble on black marble base
People
Stewart, Patrick Maxwell Shaw Age: 14 Date of Death: 25/6/1846 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial headstone at Bangor Abbey, Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland commemorating William Hassan, d.1847
Location
Bangor Abbey, Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland
Transcript
‘Erected / by / W. H. HASSAN, / IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER / WILLIAM HASSAN, / MASTER MARINER / LOST FROM THE SHIP Wm PERRY, / BOUND FROM DANZIG IN OCTOBER 1847, / AGED 29 YEARS. / ALSO HIS MOTHER / HANNAH HASSAN, / WHO DIED ON THE 5TH OF MAY 1912, / IN HER 94TH YEAR. / ALSO HIS AUNT / CHARLOTTE McMEEKAN, / WHO DIED ON THE 11TH OF OCTOBER 1911, / IN HER 98TH YEAR. / ALSO HIS BROTHER / JAMES HASSAN, / WHO DIED YOUNG. / ALSO THE ABOVE / W.H.HASSAN, / DIED 20TH MAY 1927. / AGED 83 YEARS.'
Details
Description: Headstone with a triangular top - black granite with grey specks; light grey granite base. Attractive ivy leaf motif surrounds the inscription. Inscription is incised. Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Materials: Granite Vessel: William Perry
People
Hassan, William Age: 29 Date of Death: 1847 Cause of Death: Maritime Accident Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner Organisation: Unknown
Memorial in St Cuthbert’s Church, Marton, Middlesborough, commemorating Captain James Cook RN d. 1779
Location
St Cuthbert's Church, Marton, Middlesborough, England
Transcript
[Top] 'Captain James Cook RN, FRS Born at Marton and baptised in the church.'
Details
Description: At the top within a circular border is a chart of New Zealand. In the sea are birds, fish and whales surrounding Cook's ship; a wind cherub to the right. In the foreground, Cook steps ashore, holding his sword in his right hand and his hat in his left while a seaman hoists the red ensign behind him. Type: Window
People
Cook, James Age: 51 Date of Death: 14/2/1779 Cause of Death: Killed by indigenous people Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Given to the church by Dorothy M. Bolckow. A panel commemorating various members of the Bolckow family is placed in the lower part of the window.
Naval temple in Monmouthshire, Wales dedicated to those Admirals who fought for Britain in the American and French Revolutionary Wars.
Location
Kymin, Monmouthshire, Wales
Transcript
'THIS NAVAL TEMPLE / WAS ERECTED AUGUST 1ST 1800 / TO PERPETUATE THE NAMES OF THOSE / NOBLE ADMIRALS / WHO DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES BY THEIR / GLORIOUS VICTORIES FOR ENGLAND / IN THE LAST AND PRESENT WARS / AND IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO / HER GRACE DUCHESS OF BEAUFORT / DAUGHTER OF / ADMIRAL BOSCAWEN'
Details
Description: Small building with Britannia on the arch the above roof. Two alcoves with seats.
Type: Temple Date Erected: 1801
Event Category
1793-1802 French Revolutionary War, 1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Boscawen, Edward Age: Date of Death: 10/1/1761 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy Cornwallis, William Age: Date of Death: 1819 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy Duncan, Adam Age: Date of Death: 4/8/1804 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet Organisation: Royal Navy Elphinstone, George Age: Date of Death: 1823 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy Gell, John Age: Date of Death: 1806 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy Hawke, Edward Age: Date of Death: 17/10/1781 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet Organisation: Royal Navy Hood, Samuel Age: Date of Death: 1816 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy Hood, Alexander Age: Date of Death: 1814 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy Howe, Richard Age: 73 Date of Death: 5/8/1799 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet Organisation: Royal Navy Jervis, John Age: 89 Date of Death: 13/3/1823 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet Organisation: Royal Navy Mitchell, Andrew Age: Date of Death: 1806 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy Nelson, Horatio Age: 47 Date of Death: 21/10/1805 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy Parker, Hyde Age: Date of Death: 1807 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy Rodney, George Brydges Age: 74 Date of Death: 24/5/1792 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy Thompson, Charles Age: Date of Death: 1799 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy Warren, John Borlase Age: Date of Death: 22/2/1822 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: DOSSIER. Built in order to celebrate British naval victories. Sixteen admirals commemorated on medallions set in walls. Boscawen, Bridport, Cornwallis, Duncan, Gell, Hawke, Hood, Howe, Keith, Mitchell, Nelson, Parker, Rodney, St Vincent, Warren, Thompson. Bibliography: 'Seascape' (Aug 1987) p. 6.
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
