Memorial in St John’s Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool, commemorating Robert Browning d. 1822
Location
St John's Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Robert Browning of Appledore, Devon. Master Mariner died 19th October 1822 age 27'
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People
Browning, Robert Age: 27 Date of Death: 19/10/1822 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master mariner Organisation:
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Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d.1886, vol. 1, p. 637. Church demolished in 1898. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand, Friends of Merseyside Maritime Museum
Memorial in All Saints Church, East Budleigh, Devon commemorating Frederick Gore Torriano d. 1806
Location
All Saints Church, East Budleigh, Devon, England
Transcript
'To the GLORY of God / & to the memory of / Wm. Edward TORRIANO LT. 71st Regt. Highland Infantry / 3rd son of Capt. Charles TORRIANO / XXX Regt. of Foot / & Hester de la Fausille, his wife / b. at MOUNT ROY, WELLS, Somerset / 14th July 1793 / Died at BUDLEIGH SALTERTON 5th FEB 1862 / He served from 1810-14 in the Peninsular War under / the Great Duke of Wellington was 3 times wounded / & was present at the actions of ARROYD des MOLINOS
/ ALMARAY, covering army at BADAJOS, VITTORIA, NIVE / BAYONNE URT ST. PALIAS, ORTHES, AIRE TARBES, TOULOUSE / & many other minor affairs & finally fought at the Battle of / Waterloo was present at the surrender of PARIS / & was with the army of occupation in France / also of GEORGINA SOPHIE, his wife / widow of Capt. James Hunt, 26th Regt. (The Cameronians) / She died at Minton [?] 7th January 1878 aged 84 / Also of FREDERICK GORE TORRIANO / 2nd son of Captain Charles Torriano/XXXth Regiment of Foot / and Hester de la Fausille his wife / He died young at ANTIGUA of yellow fever / when a midshipman of H.M. ship CARYSFORT'
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Description: Peninsular and Waterloo medal carved above. Type: Tablet Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Carysfort
People
Torriano, Frederick Gore Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1806 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore commemorating John Youlton, RN, d. 1854
Location
Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World
Transcript
‘Sacred / to the / Memory / of / JOHN YOULTON L.S. / of H.M.S. SYBILLE / who departed this / life 25th October 1854 / Aged 24 years / Erected by his shipmates / as a tribute of their / great esteem and regard'
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Type: Tablet Position: North wall N 58 C89 Vessel: HMS Sybille
People
Youlton, John Age: 24 Date of Death: 25/10/1854 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Leading Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
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Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney 1988) p. 210.
Gravestone at East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich commemorating Henry Williams d. 1903
Location
East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
'In / Loving Memory / of / HENRY THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF / ELIZABETH WILLIAMS FOR 21 YEARS AN INSTRUCTOR / IN GREENWICH RH SCHOOL / WHO FELL ASLEEP 25 APRIL 1903 / AGED 59 YEARS / "FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH" / ...AT GOD'S COMMAND HE FELL..../ TIME TO BID HIS FRIENDS FAREWELL /...CAME WITHOUT A WARNING GIVEN /...HIM HASTE TO MEET HIS GOD IN HEAVEN. / ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS, STAFF AND BOYS / PAST AND PRESENT OF THE SCHOOL AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT'
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Description: In the form of a scroll. Type: Gravestone Materials: Marble, lead letters
People
Williams, Henry Age: Date of Death: 25/4/1903 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Hospital School, Greenwich
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Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1988 Photographer: Dr Pieter van der Merwe 2020
Plaque at Sydney Cove, Sydney, Australia commemorating the arrival of the First Fleet in 1988
Location
Sydney Cove, Sydney, Australia, Rest of the World
Transcript
[Map of Australia F.F.F. on ribbon] 'THIS PLAQUE HONOURS THE PEOPLE WHO SAILED / TO THIS COUNTRY IN THE ELEVEN SHIPS OF THE FIRST / FLEET UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN ARTHUR PHILLIP / THEY LEFT PORTSMOUTH ON 13TH MAY 1787, JOURNEYED VIA / VIA TENERIFE, RIO DE JANEIRO AND CAPETOWN TO / ARRIVE IN BOTANY BAY ON 18TH JANUARY 1788. / THE PEOPLE AND THEIR PROVISIONS WERE LANDED / HERE IN SYDNEY COVE TO SET UP THE FIRST BRITISH / SETTLEMENT IN THIS COUNTRY ON 26TH JANUARY 1788 / SHIPS OF THE FIRST FLEET, SIRIUS SUPPLY GOLDEN GROVE / FISHBURN ALEXANDER CHARLOTTE SCARBOROUGH / PRINCE OF WALES FRIENDSHIP LADY PENRHYN / FELLOWSHIP OF FIRST FLEETERS / 1988 / "THUS EQUIPPED EACH SHIP / LIKE ANOTHER NOAH'S ARK, AWAY / WE STEERED FOR BOTANY BAY" / GEORGE WORGAN / SURGEON, H.M.S. SIRIUS.'
Ledger in memory of George Paget Chester d. 1866 located in Chicheley, Buckinghamshire.
Location
St Lawrence's Church, Chicheley, Buckinghamshire, England
Transcript
'In memory of / George Paget Chester, / who died at Melbourne, Australia, Feb. / 17th 1866 / in the 18th year of his age / from the effects of an accident caused on duty / aboard the ship 'Sussex' / 'Looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ / unto eternal life.'
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Description: Foul anchor with cross superimposed carved at the top. Type: Ledger Position: Sanctuary Materials: White marble with black marble border Vessel: HMS Sussex
People
Chester, George Paget Age: 17 Date of Death: 17/2/1866 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Recorder: M.T. Morton 1982
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters