Memorial in Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China commemorating Captain William Marquis, HEIC, d. 1842
Location
Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Captain William MARQUIS, Honourable East India Company's Service who died at Macao 4th December 1842 Aged 42 years'
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People
Marquis, William Age: 42 Date of Death: 4/12/1842 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master HEIC Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Wall tablet at Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar commemorating Rear-Admiral James Hay d. 1857
Location
Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Transcript
'IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / JAMES HAY OF BELTON / REAR ADMIRAL ROYAL NAVY / WHO DIED 3 FEBRUARY 1857 / AGED 71 YEARS / AND/MARY HIS WIFE / DAUGHTER OF / ROBERT HATHORN STEWART / OF PHYSGILL / SHE DIED 26 APRIL 1880 / AGED 79 YEARS. / THEIR REMAINS REST IN THE VAULT BENEATH / UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY / SONG OF SOLOMON 11 CHAP 17 VERSE / THE MEMORY OF THE JUST IS BLESSED / PROVERBS X CHAP. 7 VERSE. / ERECTED BY THEIR CHILDREN'
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Type: Wall tablet Position: North wall of church above family vault Materials: Red granite
People
Hay, James Age: 71 Date of Death: 3/2/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Dunbar Parish church was completely gutted by fire 3/1/1987. Prior to that there was a memorial window in the church commemorating not only Rear Admiral Hay but also his sons Lt. David Hay 22nd Oude Regular Cavalry died 6/6/1868 aged 25 and Commander Edward Hay RN killed in New Zealand 30/4/1864 aged 29. This has been destroyed completely. Rear Admiral Hay said to be chief mourner at funeral of Lt. Sydenham Wylde (q.v.) Aug.1845.
Gravestone in Protestant burial ground, Rome commemorating the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley d. 1822
Location
Protestant burial ground, Rome, Italy
Transcript
'PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY / COR CORDIUM / NATUS IV AUG MDCCXCII / OBIIT VIII JUL. MDCCCXXII / Nothing of him that doth fade / But doth suffer a sea-change / Into something rich and strange'
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Type: Gravestone Vessel: Don Juan
People
Shelley, Percy Bysshe Age: Date of Death: 8/7/1822 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Poet Organisation:
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Notes: Poet, drowned in yachting accident. Bibliography: Dr Garnet 'The Shelley Monuments', 'Illustrated London News' (May 21 1892) p. 627.
Drinking fountain at Western esplanade, Southampton commemorating Mary Anne Rogers, stewardess lost in the wreck of the SS ‘Stella’ 1899
Location
Western esplanade, Southampton, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / THE HEROIC DEATH OF / MARY ANNE ROGERS / STEWARDESS OF THE 'STELLA' / WHO / ON THE NIGHT OF THE 30TH OF MARCH 1899, / AMID THE CONFUSION AND TERROR OF SHIPWRECK, / AIDED ALL THE WOMEN UNDER HER CHARGE / TO QUIT THE VESSEL IN SAFETY, / GIVING HER OWN LIFE-BELT TO ONE WHO WAS UNPROTECTED / URGED BY THE SAILORS TO MAKE SURE HER ESCAPE / SHE REFUSED, / LEST SHE MIGHT ENDANGER THE HEAVILY-LADEN BOAT, / CHEERING THE DEPARTING CREW / WITH THE FRIENDLY CRY OF 'GOOD-BYE, GOOD-BYE' / SHE WAS SEEN A FEW MOMENTS LATER AS THE 'STELLA' WENT DOWN, LIFTING HER ARMS UPWARD WITH THE PRAYER / 'LORD HAVE ME' / THEN SANK IN THE WATERS WITH THE SINKING SHIP / ACTIONS SUCH AS THESE REVEALING STEADFAST PERFORMANCE / OF DUTY IN THE FACE OF DEATH, READY SELF SACRIFICE FOR / THE SAKE OF OTHERS, RELIANCE ON GOD, CONSTITUTE THE / GLORIOUS HERITAGE OF OUR ENGLISH RACE, THEY / DESERVE PERPETUAL COMMEMORATION, BECAUSE AMONG THE TRIVIAL PLEASURES AND SORDID STRIFE / OF THE WORLD, THEY RECALL TO US FOREVER THE / NOBILITY AND LOVE-WORTHINESS OF HUMAN NATURE'
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Description: Drinking fountain under six-sided canopy on pillars. A stone ball on top of the canopy roof. Twenty four roses carved on cornice blocks below roof. Type: Drinking fountain Materials: Stone Date Erected: 1901 Artists: Herbert Bryans Vessel: SS Stella
People
Rogers, Mary Anne Age: Date of Death: 30/3/1899 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Stewardess Organisation: London and South Western Railway
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Notes: Stewardess on board SS 'Stella' wrecked on the Casquets on her way to Guernsey 30/3/1899. Paid for by public subscription. Inscription composed by Frances Power Cobbe. Bibliography: Robert Douch 'Monuments and Memorials in Southampton' (Southampton, 1968); John Ovenden and David Shayer 'The wreck of the Stella: Titanic of the Channel Islands' (Guernsey, 1999) p.47. Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Memorial in Guangzhou, China, commemorating Henry Hum d. 1817 Honourable East India Company
Location
Guangzhou, China, Rest of the World
Details
Vessel: HEIC Dorsetshire
People
Hum, Henry Edward Age: Date of Death: 30/11/1817 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: 4th Officer Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Memorial at Lake cemetery, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, commemorating John Moss, William Moss, Charles Moss, Charles Selth, Henry Kirkaldie d. 1887 in the loss of ‘Pride of the Sea’
Location
Lake cemetery, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, England
Transcript
'In Memory of / John Moss aged 53 / William Moss aged 48 / Charles Moss aged 36 / Charles Selth aged 51 / Henry Kirkaldie aged 34 / owners and crew of the Walmer lugger Pride of the Sea, which with all hands as above named was lost in the gale of the night of 29th October, 1887, off Shanklin, in the Isle of Wight. "Underneath are the everlasting arms". Deut. xxxiii, 27 "Oh Christ, whose voice the waters heard / And hush'd their raging at Thy word, / Who walkedst on the foaming deep, / And calm amid the storm didst sleep; / O hear us when we cry to Thee / For those in peril on the sea" "Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of Man cometh at an hour when ye think not," St Luke xii., 40. This stone has been erected by the men of Deal, Walmer and Kingsdown and by other sorrowing friends'
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Description: '...a rock surmounted by a cross which has the appearance of weather-beaten oak. Beneath and fastened to the cross is an anchor with a broken strand of rope. The grave is enclosed with an iron chain supported by eight very solid stone supports shaped in keeping with the rock which bear the inscription.' Type: Memorial Materials: Stone Vessel: Pride of the Sea
People
Kirkaldie, Henry Age: 34 Date of Death: 29/10/1887 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Moss, John Age: 53 Date of Death: 29/10/1887 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Moss, William Age: 48 Date of Death: 29/10/1887 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Moss, Charles Age: 36 Date of Death: 29/10/1887 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Selth, Charles Age: 51 Date of Death: 29/10/1887 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Bibliography: E.C. Pain 'The Last of our Luggers and the men who sailed them' (Deal, 1929) pp. 98-100 (illustration).
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating the men and boys of HMS ‘Sybille’ who died 1855-1857
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'To the memory of / Twenty Two Men / and Boys / of / H.M.S. 'SYBILLE' / who died on this station / the years of our Lord / 1855-57 / John HANSFORD Private R.M. Died at Hong Kong 5.4.1855 aged 28 / John MARSDEN Sick Berth Attendant Died at Hong Kong 8.2.1856 aged 51 / Charles NEW Quarter Master Died at Sea 2.8.1856 aged 48 / Thomas RENNY Ord. 2-C Killed by falling from aloft 18.8.1856 aged 19 / John WATERSON Capt. of ...Mast Died at Whampoa 17.10.1856 aged 33 / Charles BENNETT Private R.M. Murdered by Chinese 5.12.1856 aged 24 / A.R.G. CLARINGBOLD Boy R.M. 2-C Killed by falling from aloft 8.12.1856 16 / Frederick BRYER A.B. Died at Hong Kong 17.12.1856 26 / William VINCENT A.B. Died at Hong Kong 20.12.1856 aged 27 / George LAMERTON Leading Seaman Died at Hong Kong 5.1.1857 aged 27/ Richard VENTOM Private R.M. Died at Hong Kong 12.1.1857 aged 22', 'Edward PULLEN A.B. Died at Hong Kong 13.1.1857 aged 23 / William STEPHENS A.B. Died at the Bocca Tigris 16.1.1857 aged 25 / John WILES A.B. Died at Hong Kong 23.2.1857 26 / George CANN Boy 1-C Died off Tiger Island 27.3.1857 18 / Edward EDMONDS A.B. Died at Hong Kong 31.3.1857 aged 33 / James RUSSELL Ord. Drowned in Canton River 12.4.1857 aged 21 / James WILLIAMSON Ropemaker killed by falling from aloft 13.5.1857 aged 34 / Stephen STUPPLE Ord. Died in Canton River 30.5.1857 aged 24 / John HARRIS Private R.M. Died off Tiger Island 13.8.1857 aged 24 / John PARKER Boy 1-C Died at Whampoa 9.12.1857 aged 18 / Edward LOFT Ord. Killed at the Capture of Canton 29.12.1857 aged 28'
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Description: Broken column on plinth. Type: Memorial Vessel: HMS Sybille
People
Bennett, Charles Age: 24 Date of Death: 5/12/1856 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Bryer, Frederick Age: 26 Date of Death: 17/12/1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Cann, George Age: 18 Date of Death: 27/3/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Boy 1st Class Organisation: Royal Navy Claringbold, A. R. G. Age: 16 Date of Death: 8/12/1856 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Boy 2nd Class RM Organisation: Royal Marines Edmonds, Edward Age: 33 Date of Death: 31/3/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Hansford, John Age: 28 Date of Death: 5/4/1855 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Harris, John Age: 24 Date of Death: 13/8/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Lamerton, George Age: 27 Date of Death: 5/1/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Leading Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Loft, Edward Age: 28 Date of Death: 29/12/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Marsden, John Age: 51 Date of Death: 8/2/1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Sick berth attendant Organisation: Royal Navy New, Charles Age: 48 Date of Death: 2/8/1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster Organisation: Royal Navy Parker, John Age: 18 Date of Death: 9/12/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Boy 1st Class Organisation: Royal Navy Pullen, Edward Age: 23 Date of Death: 13/1/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Renny, Thomas Age: 19 Date of Death: 18/8/1856 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman 2nd Class Organisation: Royal Navy Russell, James Age: 21 Date of Death: 12/4/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Stephens, William Age: 25 Date of Death: 16/1/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Stupple, Stephen Age: 24 Date of Death: 30/5/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Ventom, Richard Age: 22 Date of Death: 12/1/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Vincent, William Age: 27 Date of Death: 20/12/1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Waterston, John Age: 33 Date of Death: 17/10/1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Navy Wiles, John Age: 26 Date of Death: 23/2/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Williamson, James Age: 34 Date of Death: 13/5/1857 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Ropemaker Organisation: Royal Navy
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Recorder: Christine Thomas
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